THE MAKING OF STACK ENSILAGE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3017, 10 January 1912, Page 18

THE MAKING OF STACK ENSILAGE.

VISIT OF MR DIBBLE. Mr Dibble, acting fields instructor of the Department of Agriculture, North island, is at present on a visit to Otago with a view to carrying out instruction in regard to the making of stack ensilage, and operations have already been started in the Taicri on Mr Jas. Patrick’s farm, and, will bo continued in that and th© Balclutha districts or elsewhere where required where co-operation with the department is offered. Mr Dibble has brought with him one of the Maiiiototo stacking machines and an expert stacker. Anyone desiring information from Mr D : bblc will receive his attention on application to th© offices of tho Department of Agriculture.

CAXThUUURf MARKETS (Christchurch Press, January 6.) Tho 10-dal grain and produce market has scarcely yet resumed its normal state since tho holidays, and business is yet very quiet. There has been some wheat offering, but millers arc still holding off with a view to seeing how the now crops are likely to turn out. There is an excellent promises of a good yield, providing that suitable weather sets in to ripen the grain and allow the crops to be harvested. The paddocks are very soft, however, and in the northern district, where some early crops are ready for tho binder, the machines cannot be taken on to the ground. Tho nominal price for wheat is 3s 6cl at. country stations, tliough pearl is worth more. The new grain is likely to be soft, and in view of this fact a good deal of last season’s wheat will be required for mixing purposes, but. there appears bo bo a fair quantity still in tlie Hands of growers. Though there is not likely to be such a large amount of stock threshing as usual, some new oats are expected to bo on th© market shortly. The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers, at country stations, free of commission, except where otherwise specified:— Wheat. —Nominal; milling, Tuscan or Hunter’s 3s 6d. and velvet 3s 6d to 3 S 7d, at country stations. Oats. —Nominal; Algerian, seed lines 2s lOd to 2s lid, feed 2s 8d to 2s 9d, Gartons 2s 9d to 2s lOd, at country stations. Ryegrass.—ltalian 3s 3d to 5s 6d, .perennial 3s 3d to 3s 6d, at country stations. Beans, 3s 3d, at country stations. Peas. —Partridge 3s 6d, Blue Imperial 6s 6d to 7s, White Ivories 5s to 5s 3d, at country stations. Flour —£8 10s per tori, 1001 b begs £8 15s. 501 b £9, and 251 b £9 ss. • Bran, £4 15s. local; £4 10s, f.0.b., per ton. Pollard, £5 per ton. Oatmeal, £ls per ton. Oatsheaf Chaff.—-Nominal; 70s to 755, at country stations. Dairy Produce. —Cheese, factory 6£d, dairy loaf 6d; butter, factory Is to Is Id, farmers’ separator lOd, dairy 9d; bacon, sides 8?d. rolls 9-Uh hams 9d, ham rolls 9£d; honey, extracted B£d per lb, wax Is 2d per lb; lard, packets hulk Bd, bladders S^d; fresh eggs lid per dozen.