AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2761, 13 February 1907, Page 6

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.

Tlie third wool sale of the series will bd held in the Victoria Hall on Friday, 15th? in=t., commencing at 9 a.m. Wool to be included in the catalogue should reach Dnnorlin not lainr than Tuesday next. Mr W. A. Boucher, tho Government) Pomologibt at Auckland, is in charge of tho in=<?etory in which the supposed ' codlin moth parasite, recently imported from California aro bo ing 1 bred.' Som<J difficulty was experienced for a few weeka in obtaining anwhere in New Zealand a supply of the codlin moth grubs, whicli is essential to the experiments, and some of the parasites had to be placed in cool chambers to keep them in a dormant condition until grubs were again available^ It is, of course, too early to be able to make any pronouncement as to the success cf the parasites. A number of themi have been distributed amongst orchards in the north, and one observant fruitgrower* in Waikato states that he noticed th<3 parasites on liberation taking to thd apple trees in the natural manner. Observations taken in California during/ la&t sea=on confirm the hope that the parasite will prove a successful enemy of tbei codlin moth. The exports of butter and cheese from! New Zealand during January totalled bO 294ew fc and 3567ewt respectively. Two more large consignments cf eheegi are to bo shipped away from Tiraaru to* day, the Storm loadintr 1000 for Wain eranui, and tho Wanaka 1000 for Auckland-The-e two shipments make up a total ofl 3750 &he«p sent from Timaru within 10 days. A few days ago (says the Ashburtor* Mail) a Wakanui farmer sold last ye&r'^ wheat at 3s 3d per bushel — the grain met? chant nofc chareinsr 6torage for one vear< Thf lino totalled a few thousand bushels. 7he payments made by the New Zealand? Dairy Af-sooiation to its milk suppliers iijl Auckland for December amounted tdj nearly £20,000. The Manawatu Standard states that MjS W. O. Buch&nan has cut off portions ofj