FARMING NOTES.

Wairarapa Age, 18 December 1924, Page 7

FARMING NOTES.

The Carrington dairy factory has paid out 1/- per lb to suppliers for November butterfat.

The Nireajha Cheese Co. will pay out Is Id per lb. for butterfat supplied last month and also final payment on last year.

Authority was given at the meeting of the Masterton Dairy Company for the chairman and Mr W. H. Harcombc to have the necessary extension to the staging at the factory completed. .

In November' the Mastertoil Dairy Company made 196,0601bs of butter, being 65,6351bs more than was made in November last year. Up to November 30 the company has manufactured 78 tons more butter than for the corresponding period of last year.

Immense crops of hay are being harvested just now in many Hawke’s Bay paddocks, the yield being both early and prolific. Early harvesters arc in getting a second growth of good quality should the present conditions prevail for any length of time.

The committee appointed by the Masterton Dairy Company last year (Messrs J. C. Ewington, C. van Praagh and J. E. Sewell) to go into the question of the disposal of pigs for farmers has been reappointed for* tiie present season. It is anticipated that the company will again act on behalf of the farmers in the marketing of their pigs.

That the Masterton Dairy Company’s exhibit at this year’s National Dairy Show in England drew favourable notice is evident from the fact that the secretary (Mr R. Brown) has receive a letter from the editor of a London journal, “The Illustrated Country Review,” for photographs and information concerning the factory and its operations.

Speaking at Gisborne with regard to agricultural education in New Zealand, Professor Pcren said that a good deal of organisation work would be necessary. It was proposed to have at least two courses, a degree course for those who wished to study ’ the scientific side, and a diploma course for those who were practical farmers. It was also proposed to have a college farm, but up to the present no decision as to its location had been made. The aim was to 'have a first-class agricultural college in the North Island. This college would really be independent of Victoria College, and its connection therewith would be nominal rather than actual. Such a proposal involved the expenditure of a considerable amount of money, and it was therefore necessary to go sloy for a start. When the college became thoroughly established and efficiently staffed, research work could be undertaken and the functions of the college still further enlarged.