GLEANINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6179, 10 April 1907, Page 3

GLEANINGS

A farm of 26J- acres at East Taieri was sold the other day to a local butcher at £SO per acre. Messrs Daigety and Co. have shipped eleven two-tooth Romney rams, from tho flock of Mr William Akers, Linton, to Kaikoura. Since the freezing works have settled down to work (says tho Christchurch “Press”) there has been a steadystream of sheep going to them, and tho usual March and April country sales were as brisk as they have been for some years. Indeed, it is often remarkable where all the sheep at the sales are collected from so regularly. It was stated at tho annual meeting of tho East Taieri branch of tho Farmers’ Union tho other day that during tho year tho committee divided tho dis. trict up into threo sections, and appointed four of its number to canvass for members, with the result that the membership had substantially increased. Mr Colpman, a dairy farmer of Waikanae, has imported from tho South Island two well-bred Ayrshirea, a twoyear heifer, and a bull calf. The former is by King Edward (imp.) out of Lilian. She was first at Christchurch and Dunedin as one of progeny. Tho latter is by tho same sire out of Strilla (imp.). The price realised for forty-two bales of first half-bred greasy wool, the pro. perty of Mr William Saunders, Hawke’s Bay, 171 d per pound, is said to be the record price for New Zealand greasy wool, and was tho top price at tho sale in question. At tho same time fortythree halos of the clip realised 17d, and tho fieeco portion averaged IGJd per pound. Tho Ashburton branch of the Farmers’ Union, says the “Lyttelton Times,” had written to tho Flourmillers.’ Association regretting its action in importing wheat into New Zealand. To this the association replied that it did not in any way control tho purchase of wheat by its members. Tho branch considers tills explanation satisfactory, and has thanked tho association for it. Four' hundred and twenty thousand tons of meat passed through the Smithfiold market last year, of which only 20 per cent, was home-bred. Tho total quantity of meat imported into the United Kingdom in 1906, exclusive of 500,000 head of live cattle, was 1,000,000 tons, three-fourths of which was foreign meat, only one-fourth coming from British jiossessions. At a meeting of tho Tai llawhiti Land Board the other day a claimed an interest in a block of land. His claim was proved, and it was a sixth of a quarter of an acre, about enough land to put a billiard table on. Tho native whoso claim was next to bo heard was very scornful at so much time being spent over this “bit of property.” “Not enough to bury him in,” ho ejected, “less you put him up and down, all the same the strainer post.” An interesting table published in the “Journal of the British Board of Agriculture” gives the average values of wheat from different sources of supply in 1906 and the two preceding years. Last year New Zealand topped tho list for wheat at 32s 2d per quarter, which price was followed by 31s 2d for Australia, 30s Hd for tho Pacific States of America, 30s 8d for Canada, CDs 7d for the Atlantic States, 2Ps lOd for Argentina and Russia. 29s Id for India, and 2Ss lid for Roumania and Turkey. The milk supply of the various dairy factories is keeping op fsays the “Southland Nows"), and tho average is as good as it has been in former years.

The daily intake at Krleiuiale is 4000 gallons par day. That quantity was received on Wednesday, and out of it -2001 b of St ikon cheese, and 70 choose.-; each weighing bOib, also a few smaller (.nos, will be manufactured. The Brydono factory's intake i> a little over 000 gallons per day. On 'Wednesday fifteen 00!b clu-rscs were manufactured. 1 The Matanra factory's -laily supply of nidk is now ahvutL 1400 gallons. .Mr W. J. Bolt. sr-entary of the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply f'ompauy of Dunedin, the largest butter concern in Hie South Island, is about to leave lor Great Britain. The object of Mr Bolt's visit 1; to endeavour to bring his company into direct tone); with Homo it tailors. This i.s not the first time Mr Bolt has been scut Homo by the progressive T, and P. directorate, a Inch Ins probably done more to get’ info close to’urh with the British and Smith African butter markets than any co-operative butter concern in the colony. THE LAND HrXGF.R. PRESS ASSOCIATION. DU.VEDIN, April f). Applications were received to-day for 122,5111 acres, portions of what are known as tin- lilaekstono Hill, Hander, and Homo Hill runs. The land offered consists of small grazing nuts —ten iirst-elass and eight second-class —-varying from 851 to It 1,0011 acres. There were over iMOO applications from f)4fi applicants. The ballot will take place at -Vascby on Thursday.