FARMING NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, 6 May 1924, Page 7

FARMING NOTES.

A. H. Turnbull and Co., from W. Weddel and Co., Ltd., May 2:—Danish butter 202/ (last week 174/ to 176/); New Zealand, unsalted 176/ to 182/ (166/ to 172/), salted 170/ to 174/ (164/ to 168/); market slow. N.Z. cheese, white 84/ to 88/ (82/ to 88/), coloured 84/ to 88/ (83/ to 88/); market quiet.

Some beautiful samples of Australian wools were passed round at the annual meeting of the North Otago A. and P. Association says the “North Otago Times,” having been forwarded for inspection by Mr William Gardiner, who stated that the clips from which the samples had been taken had realised from 40d to 46d per pound. It was decided to exhibit the samples at the Winter Show and later forward them to the Waitaki Boys’ High School for inspection by the boys taking wool classing.

The splendid season which has been enjoyed this year is reflected in the growth of fodder, a local resident having obtained no less than seven cuts from a paddock of lucerne (says the “Manawatu Evening Standard.”') A reporter was informed that it was only the dry period which followed the sowing of the crop which prevented even this remarkable record being improved upon.

“When I return to Africa shortly, I expect to take back 100 stud sheep and 200 flock rams.” This statement was made by Mr J. F. P. Rider, who arrived at Sydney recently. “Within the next 20 years South Africa will be as great a wool producing country as Australia,’’ asserted Mr Rider. He pointed out that while there are only about 30,000,000 merino sheep in South Africa compared with Australia’s 80,000,000, the farmers of the Union are steadily buying Australian stock, and have been doing so for the last 25 years. They are devoting all their time and energy to wool-growing while in Australia the tendency is to go in for the production of mutton.

Under the heading, “Is the Wool Situation Safe ” an Australian review remarks that the advance in the price during the past two years has been phenomenal, but so has been the activity of the world’s textile machinery. The immediate future shows no sign of a decline in present values, which are due to mastery of the situation hold by the raw material. It is added: “Despite the seeming extreme, height of recent prices, we have no doubts as to their healthiness. Much though manufacturers may resent it the age of cheap raw material is passing.”