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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 710, 7 January 1919, Page 2

Owing to unfavourable weather turnip sowing has-been greatly delayed throughout the Western District of Southland and winter feed is at present m a somewhat precarious position. On some farms the and iB not. yet prepared for gowing. Tbe majority of farmers like to have the bulk of their turnips m and showing through the ground by 3lßt Deoember. In the event of a- failure m the.Btrike there ia always the chance of reaowing when seed is got m before Christmas, but failure to germinate when seed is, sown after the Bnt week m January means praotioally the loss of the crop for the season. The success of the winter turnip crop this year is a, very speculative, issue and the odds are against an abundance of 'winter feed. v One of the most respeoted residents of Bluff passed < away on Monday, 30th Deoember m the person of Mr George R. > Waddell. Mr Waddell who was 91 years of age had been a resident of Bluff for over 50 years and was one of its most enterprising citizens. His genial kindly nature made him many friends and tne Bluff, is the poorer by his demise. He is survived' by his widow and six of a family. One of the ohief responsibilities of Red Cross workers m the future will be .ta see .that tho Southland. Red -Cross Soldiers' Conyavesoent Home is looked after. For this reason members are asked to continue \ tjieir shilling a month' contribution. The committee of management also hopes that V.AD. workers will come forward and co serve their country m -what should prove congenial work. 'Pleasant' quarters are provided for the assistants and auvone willing to offer her services is asked to communicate with Mrs L. F. Watson, Box 251,' Invercargill. " *-' WANTEDrKNOWN.— Price & Bulleid'e, Ltd.J* Invoioafgill, • Annual Colossal Summer Sale smarts on Thursday, 9th January^ *. ".*""' Some severe losses m daify cows are also reported. • Cows coming in* m." poor conditions with a soaroity of . food . sucoumbed m the severe snaps of sQkl - weather stretched throughout spring lid early Bummer. . ' •'■

> The National Mortgage and Agency Q^^ will offer the grazing rights foe one yeTi!"F • of the Otautau* Show Grounds on Friday next. . Z ' Two bull and one ram which have strayed on to properties' m which their owners deld nd interest are to be sold at Otautau — Saleyards on Friday. t "! Holiday, are over and we aro right into 8> > lid business again. We nrej commencing . ••he new year with a great display of footgear. We offer you better 'value than oity. shops. The pubiio tnust be satisfied with our stook and prices beoauee our * Ghiißtmas trade iv footwear was a record. Wo want your trade and are catering for •r:_-Cu. o p. Boot |and (?hno Stores. - Cmtral Otag-. Jam Fmit from the best :. ohard m the district. Let ua bavti your order early. Wo guarantee to suppy. Our straight out prioes m store, Otautau. ,*ro aprioots 3jd, peaohea 3Jd, plums 3d.— 00-op. Stores. In the matter of oow.testing tho SovJi Island is oventfully behind tho North Island. CW-teeting associations m mo North, according to the Government Deiry Division, are tenfold more numerous bey. ad Ooolc Strait. The Otauiaii Dairy Fact ;.ry Direotors reoently deoided to provide all the appliances necessary to any suppiior desiring to systematically test his herd, testing to be done by factory manager, with whom a satisfactory arrangement has been made. It is to be hoped that this oovrse will be- followed by other factories and t aat dairymen will take advantage of it. In a season like the present when feed is scarce, late and dear, there is no room for tho "scrubber" on the farm. ■ Tho weighing machino and the butter-fat test quickly separate tho dividend payers- from tho , ahirkers m .a herd. •'■;'* That tho ooroina *• Colossal " at Price md Bulleid, Ltd.,* Invercargill, will b< a money- saving proposition of no small o der is already a foregone conclusion. Prioe- f uniting on a lowish scale has baen J^i adopted m all departments. Big eup-.ilies of aeaEonablo and serviceable apparel and general drapery already have the Redtioket sale prices at taohed ready for the opening day, Thursday, 9th January. As sale succeeds sale this- popular atop; ing centre increases jn favour with drapery buyers. They handle good quality lines and at pricost such as they quote' the values are seoond to none.- : WANTED KNOWN.r-Price & Bulleid'a Ltd Invercargill, . Annual Colossal Summer Sale, atartß on Thursday, 9th January. Fears are ontortained,, that the severe froat on Chiißtmaa niorjJing may havo seriously affeotod the . grass-seod orop m Southland. The grass waa just at tho stage when liable to tako the frost. , , The Imperial Supplies Department have intimated to tho Dominion Produce Committee that advanpes oq oheeeo and butter m cool storeß well be paid fourteen days after reoeipt of goods iri plaoe of 28 days as hitherto. Tho experience of Southland tiairy faotories, aa revealed by "|he intake, ia that ' cows ,aro not giving tho yield of last eeaaon, Iv most factories the milk deliveries Bhow marked^ pulling away and the output of cheese for the eeaaon is likely to' show a. shrinkage. '.-•■'•' At tlra Gpvemment wool valuation wiich concluded .on W^diondiy (says tho Dv tecHn Stat)some3, 5000bale_. werefafi'ered ;•;. is .being 2,000 bales lest, (hau at the oor respondihg valuation las"t \w-. The s7orti. age was owing to two causes — .he influenza v epidemic and the V-jet." wear her. The epidemio especially had a marked effect oiW the sheds, some of whi6h*had only a verjr small proportion of their normal number .ot shearers available. While the oondrtfoifc of the dip was. not to be compared with that of last year, it must be remembered that the latter was* exceptionally good. The hogget wool this time was more or less tender and rather pobr |n appoaranoe, while the ewe aud wether wool was shorter and not nearly so well grown. Probably the nheep are clipping a lighter weight oi fleeoe nevertheless the condition generally of the wool was not up to last year's standard Th« prioes were fully up to the Government contraot fijm'ro— 55 per. oeut, advance oo the prices of 1913- 14.