THE RURAL WORLD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21147, 3 October 1930, Page 4

THE RURAL WORLD.

FARM AND STATION NEWS.

By Rusticus.

FORTHCOMING SHOWS. The following is the roster of summer shows for the 1930-31 season in the South Island:— October 16.—Ellesmere. October 21, 22, 23.—Royal Show. Tomoana, Hastings. October 29, 30.—Timarii, October 31.—Amber ley. October. 31.—Marlborough. ■ ■ t .!■ November 6.—Kelso. November fli—Ashburton. ■ • November 7, —Rangiora, ' November' 13,' 14.—Canterbury Metropolitan. November 18.—Waimate. November . ,20, 21.—North Otago (Oamaru); ■ November 22.—Courtenay. November 22.—Taieri (Outram). November 25, 26. —Otago (Dunedin),; November 26.—Winfon. ' ; November 27, 28.—Clutha • and Malau. November'2B,'29—Nelson. /' December. 2,. 3.—Gore. December 6.—Wyndham. December 9, 10.—Southland (Invercargill). . Show, secretaries are invited to send in any dates for this list that have been omitted. ' Particulars- should be faf- ' warded., immediately. ANSWER TQ CORRESPONDENT. “ W... D. ”, (Gatlins). —Supplies'/of Hern- ) n g’s .swede seed have been received by the Department of Agriculture in Dunedin. . 'You should communicate .at - once, with the fields’ super- - intendent, Dunedin. Galloway Flat Dairying. ‘.. The rise 'of the dairying industry on the Galloway Flat is one of the most encouraging sighs, of the times in the irrigation settlements of Central Otago. The development of he£da and production has reached an interesing' stage, and it may be .suggested that the time is ripe for the extension of the activities, of the oouthland and Otago- Herd-testing Association to embrace the herds of this district. . It is probable that when a group is termed'at Galloway, a lot of susprising figures, will Jbe forthcoming. A Noteworthy Sale. _f^9Y e ea^*n S re fers to the .New Zealand Aberdeen Angus pedigree cattle sale which will be held in Dannevirke, Hawkes. Bay, on Tuesday, October 7, commencing at 11 a,m.. The Aberdeen Angus is_-undoubtedly one' of the most popular breeds in the Dominion to-day, and rightly so,/because of< the outstanding features of the breed. Notably economy in rearing the stock and bringing, them to maturity ready for the market. In these days of heavy taxation the farmer must be able to convert his stock into cash as . quickly as possible, . and Aberdeen Angus: and' Aberdeen Angus-cross breeds are pre-eminent in early maturity. This fact is -unassailable, and recognised- all over the world. At Frankfort, in Germany, the breed is growing increasingly popular favour, and the opinion of two of.'the best butchers who acted as judges , a t a iateveliow,' who, . with great expert knowledge,/classified >ahd judged all the cattle.' is worth quoting:—“ The young Aberdeen Angus heifer No. 97 is quite ripe andready for slaughter, and completely fills the requirements in shop-sale, and certainly also the highest demands. The animal is well fattened, the fat dis-! tribution is superb/ and the animal possesses no superfluous fat. Furthermore, with so. young an animal the fat tastes considerably sweeter than with old fattened animals.- The muscular,, development is naturally, in so-young an animal, not yet eo extensive as in three or four years’ fattened animals, hut the meat ..value could not be .higher.” The association's ■ sale at' Damievirke ’offershn' outstanding opportunity for . breeders to inspect the best type of Aberdeen Angus bulls. Every animal is either entered or ■ eligible* -for entry in- the; .association's Herd' Book. - The object of’ the association is. to assemble at some central spot the finest bulls so that buyers may have the ; pick of ; the . best sires and cattle /breeders may have an opportunity of-in-specting selected cattle, from the nerds of the principal/breeders.’ .At the sale there is held annually a competition-for a cup §eneroualy donated by Messrs Wright; tepheneon, and Co., Ltd., for the. best' group of three bulls entered by any one vendor.- The competition will be keen this' year, there being six contestants. Mr Leo Lopdell, of Naples, has consented to act as judge. Breeders should not let this opportunity pass without making an effort to attend this sale. The vendors go to considerable trouble and expense to bring, the cattle", forward in; good ' condii tion/eo that'they.merit inspection. All arrangements are Well forward, and with the increased number of entries everything, points to i. successful sale. Horning’s Swede. The Kerning's swede which has gained considerable prominence as a result’ of experiments undertaken by the fields division, of the Department of- Agriculture in respect to its resistance to clubroot, is a Danish swede which promises to be of great use to growers of this crop in New Zealand.. It has been found to be capable of withstanding club root certain-conditipife, but further, ex-periments-will be required to determine ite worth under general conditions., ..Empire Marketing Board. What is being done in the United Kingdom to- push the sales ’of New Zealand and other .Empire, produce is fully described in the fourth.-annual report.of ..the Empire Marketing Board, covering the year ended May 31 last. “There has, without -question,, been a marked advance’,”. states the report, “in the habit of Empire buying in Great Britain in the past year.” Among the commodities mentioned are New Zealand- cheese, butter, eggs, and frozen pork, all of which established in 1929 a record over any previous year. > - “iThere has again been an appreciable quickening of interest in the theme of Empire buying, among men and women in the United Kingdom. ' “The purpose of the Empire Marketing Board is to improve the .quality and increase the quantity of Empire products, marketed in the United Kingdom,. and to make Empire buying a national habit. From this centre radiate; all the diverse activities of the board. “The board ' aims-at seeing that no factor contributory to the growth of Empire' marketing is neglected. The public of-' the United Kingdom has been approached from many angles. There is, first, the heed of making a busy, island industrial people, aware of the .realities of the scattered, Empire. of which they are citizens. Such educational publicity can neither achieve, its objects swiftly nor have an immediate and measurable effect-.upon sales. Nevertheless, if the •habit of Empire ■ buying is to be permanently established, educational publicity is essential. The more vividly people appreciate the achievements, the possibilities, and the needs of -the dominions and. colonies, the more naturally will they choose to do their business within the Empire. ■ VALUE, OF ADVERTISING. ■ “ The board' has directed during' the year an advertisement campaign in the principal ■ national and trade papers, reaching-many millions of readers. The general theme of Empire buying was kept in the'foreground in all advertisements, and; was illustrated by specific appeals .to buy, among other commodities, Canadian apples, New Zealand dairy produce, Aus.

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tralian dried fruit, and South African oranges and soft fruits. “ The board has frames, with regularly changing sets of posters, in 450 towns in the United Kingdom. Suitable posters were reproduced in half size and in colour, and issued, withleaflets, telling the story of the Empire industry, or scene depicted, to over 20,000 schools in the United Kingdom. The issue of other leaflets' and of, display material, including .shop window' bills and popular recipes, was very considerably increased.' The totjal number of leaflets distributed by tfyc board in the year was nearly 2,000,000. Lectures were given under the 'board’s auspices. to audiences totalling 500,000. The .British Broadcasting. Corporation made it possible 'for the . board to give out a number iof. talks to housewives. "The value of exhibitions and shopping weeks wasSfeo apparent'to the board that it took part vigorously on many of these occasions.' At Glasgow, the board rented a shop . in _ a central position- for six months,- giving- it oyer, for periods of a fortnight'each to individual Empire countries, Direct ■ contacts thus formed with traders and with; the public are proving I most effective in opening up new and in ■ broadening, established lines of Empire trade., . Full use ..is also made of the kinema.” .Packing .of Wool,: ■ _ A' complaint that a, considerable quantity of wopl_ in New, Zealand was packed for sale while' in a damp state, is made by, the'.New Zealand''Wool Brokers' Association. It is - stated .that the matter caused considerable trouble, and buyers declared that-.during . the coming season they would not bid for wool -Much showed signS' of having been packed damp. Accordingly any such'wool sent into store would have to be reconditioned, which: would cost growers approximately 2d a lb, a heavy penalty when ruling prices were taken into consideration. If th dampness of the wool escaped the notice of both buyer and broker, the excessive moisture was the cause of discolouration and shrinkage during transit. There was. also the serious risk of an outbreak of fire through spontaneous combustion. Japanese Support. “ Japan will take about We. same quantity of wool this year, .as she took last season, provided the prices are right," is the opinion of :Mr Charles H, Jones, buyer for Mitsu Bishi Soji Kaislia, Ltd. Mr Jones, while in Japan recently, went through the woollen mills, and they all afiemed to be working very well. “The Australian tariff,” Mr Jones added, “had caused'a lot of unrest in Japan, where the business people- and merchants complain that while they take our wool we in return deal harshly with their silks and. similar: exports." Mr O. Konishi, representing Iwai and Co., Osaki. gave it as his opinion that the price of wool might advance. He would not be surprised if ;it did. Business was showing an improvement in Japan, atid other countries, and that might lead to increased prices. : The Australian Clips. The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia reports receipts of' the 1930-31 clip into .store, the-total dis-, posals up to the end of August, and the balance in each centre then awaiting sale: i — Centre. Receipts Sales Instore, Bales. Bales. Bales. Sydney .. .. 156,647 4,971 151,676 Brisbane .. .. -82,246 4,852 77,394 Victoria .... 32,777 1,364 31,413 Adelaide .... 19,073 230 18,843 W. Australia .. 18,759. 154 18,605 Tasmania .. .. 119 - Totals " . . V;^309,62r 1 11,571/^298-,050 RECORD PRODUCTION / FROZEN MEAT INDUSTRY. NEARLY SEVEN MILLION, LAMBS. The frozen meat, industry has established new records in production during the season. For the Hi months from October 1, 1929, to September 15, 1930, according to., the Meat Producers’ i Board’s latest return,.the killings of mutton, lamb, and'beef show large increases over those for the corresponding period of the previous season.. The killings of lamb are nearing the 7,000,000 mark, and show. an increase of carcasses. Killings, of mutton are up by 872,458 carcasses, the’, total for the. 11J months being 2,620,218 carcasses. The exports of lamb for the period, were 6,647,114 carcasses, an increase 0f.556,391 carcasses,'while the exports of miitton were over 2,000,000 carcasses, an increase of 414,405 carcasses. While the beef killings show an increase, the exports show a decrease of over 24,000 quarterS'and 34,565 bags of, boneless beef. The'killings of pork are down by ' 27 t ISI carcasses and the exports by 34,536 carcases. '■ THE SEASON’S EXPORTS. The exports and destinations of the meat shipped during the 11J months to September 15 were as follow,- the totals for the corresponding period of 1928-29 being also shown:—

Total 1928- 157,181 1,624,384 5,790,723 162,072 In addition, 80,487 bags of boneless beef were exported during the 114 months 1929- as compared with 115~052 bags during\the 11J months 1928-29. Very little boneless beef is now going to the United States, the principal outlet being Glasgow. KILLINGS AND STOCKS. The killings for export at all Dominion works for the 11J months 1929-30 compare as follows with those for the corresponding period of 1928-29: 1929-30 1928-29. Beef (quarters) .... 177,777 151,481Wether mutton (c/cs) 1,463,643 1,030,920 Ewe mutton (c/cs) .. 1,158,575 716,840 Lamb (c/cs) .. ~ 6,925,036 5,970,787 Pork (porkers) (e/cs) 93,248 115,669 Pork (baconers) (c/cs) 38,944 ' 43,704 Boneless beef ,(frt. c/cs) 193,755 160,240 Sundries (frt. c/cs) 213,115 136,295 The stocks of meat on hand in New Zealand cold stores as at September 15 compare as follows: „ , , , 15/9/30. 15/9/29. Beef (quarters) .. 40,201< 5,441 Wether mutton (c/cs) 282.728 49,113 Ewe mutton (c/cs) 328,920 65,032 Lamb (c/cs) .. .. 196,198 110,629 Pork (porkers) (c/cs) 4,281 12,373 Pork (baconers) (c/cs) 5,295 2,419 Boneless beef (frt. c/cs) , 67,642 3,486 Sundries (frt. c/cs).. ' 65,615 46,414 Stocks of frozen meat loaded into vessels not departed from New Zealand at September 15 compare as follows: 15/9/30. 15/9/29. Beef (quarters),.. .. 7,851 (141) Wether mutton (c/cs) 42,118 (71,386) Ewe mutton (c/cs .. 55,953 (64,960) Lamb, (c/cs) .. .. 212,460 (195,464) Pork (porkers) (c/cs) 4,387 (3,048) Pork (baconers) (c/cs). 982 (247)

Beef Mutton Lamb ■ Pork Qrs. . C/cs. C/cs. G/cs. London 77,767 1,805,408 5.350,016 91,590 Southampton . — 60,522 258,940 . 200 Hull ,656 Liver316 3,281 ~ pool 19,493 99,778 653,701 12,180 Glasgow 7,506 Avonraouth 6,662 20,341 37,871 12,574 42,161 279,123 10,786 ManChester — 2,218 ’ 19,882 — Cardiff 3,132 4,967 42,788 „ 200 Halifax 5,076 500 Montreal 5,497 1,545 T Boston — New — — - — York 3,411 • —.■ Colon .. ’ — San 330 — — Francisco 300 Van- — 7 ■ — couver 3,634 703 1,505 Genoa .. — — f : Total 133,134 2,038,789 6,647,114 127,536