For the Man on the Land

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXV, Issue 3265, 5 February 1935, Page 7

For the Man on the Land

,A LIVE STOCK MARKET \, MOK-KINSyiLLB STOCK SALE Messrs Dalgety and €o. Ltd. report laving held thoir usual stock sale at Morrinsvillo on Friday, where a small •entry of all classes cam© forward. Quotations were as follows: Killable Jersey cows £1 1)/- to £1 10/-; smaller cows £l. V- to £1 4/-; boner cows 12/to 17/-; potter bulls 10/- to 25/-. Shorn :Romney lambs 10/-; choppers £2 32/-; porker?. £1 16/-; light porkers £1 :5/- to .'£l 5/-; stores.lS/- to £1 J/-i slips 14/-; ■weanern 0/0 to 7/6. NGARUAWAHIA SHEEP FAIR The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, •report as follows on their annua! sheep fair :ai)d usual stock sale held at Ngarnnwalrir. on Friday: Approximately .1500 store -sheep were yarded and of these there were about 1.000 lambs, including some good lines ®.f. ewe and wether lambs and. the annual draft from Dun-more Estate, and 500 breeding ewes. There was a good attendance of buyers and under very 'keen competition prices soared appreciably.! beyond Frankton quotations, a complete clearance being effected. Most of. the ewes yarded were aged sheep and these also sold very well indeed. A small entry of store and boner cows did nut vary in price from recent quotation !•. They quote: Medium fr.it m.s. lambs 16/- to 18/1; forward conditioned m.s. lambs 14/1) to 15/4; quality grown store m.s. lambs 12/- to 13/(5; 170 medium store ewe lambs 10/p to 11/-; M 0 medium shorn wether lambs fl/0 to 0/7; good store early shorn m.s. lambs ]#/-; •mall m.s. lambs S/- to f>/6; culls 7/to 8/-; 400 big framed but aged breeding ewes 16/-; light fat cows £2 >/- to £2 15/-: forward conditioned do. >,2/- to £2 2/6; plain stores 22/- to 10/-; others 16/- to 21/-. A Mud-fish Story.—A fresh water ish about fin lori£ was displayed in! MTorrinsville last week by Mr W. .T. la.sler, who secured it while deepening ! drain ;at Iviwitjihi. There are many if these fish in the drain. \t -is stated hat they are \vhal are known as mud- I ah. I

DORSET HORN BREED IMPORTATION BY HAWKE'S BAY FARAIEK The' recent importation of the 34 stud Dorset Horn ewes and a stud ram of the same breed by Mr C. C. Lavcr, Ngatapa, makes it possible to have a supply of milk lambs all the year round. This is a. point in which Auckland butchers have become interested already. The Kaiwiro, by which the sheep were brought from Australia, called at Auckland before she proceeded to the Hawke's Bay port, and much interest was shown in the sheep. After the capabilities of the Dorset Horn to breed all the year round became known and the possibilities realised, butchers began to make inquiries concerning them.

Mr Lavcr mentioned this when talking with the writer, and said that G3sborne butchers would be able to do a good trade if they could display milk lambs all the year round, winter and sununer alike (says the "Poverty Bay Herald"). In all-the-year-round breeding he found one of the most interesting points of the breed, and there were big possibilities.. Besides supplying out-of-season lambs to butchers, overseas markets could be considered when the numbers had increased sufficiently to warrant shipments all the year. That, however, was far in the future, and in the meantime it would be necessary to concentrate on the local trade.

Tt should, be possible, said Mr Lavcr, to get the Jambs off their mothers fat within 11 or 12 weeks, beating the present Southdown lambs by about three weeks. This, together with the promise of a regular supply of fat lambs throughout the year, should be a big factor in favour of the breed. These factors made something of a stir in Hawke's Bay. where largo numbers of farmers turned out to see thorn landed, and Mr Laver's experiment Avill be watched with, interest among sheep men throughout the Dominion. Already Hawke's Bay is sufficiently interested for consideration to bo given to purchasing Dorse- Horns for that province.

GRADING Or CREAM NO FINEST IN JUNE OF JULY The grading of cream was considered by the South Auckland Dairy Association executive at. a meeting la,st week, and after several speakers had expressed their views it was agreed that as it was practically impossible to produce in June and July a butter which would be graded finest by the produce grader, no cream should, in future be graded tinest during these months. Tt was decided to convey this decision to the Dairy Division. The executive also recommended that with a view to avoiding the difficulty of divided supply, all companies should be requested in future to accept no less than the whole supply of anyone milking shed. The secretary, Mr R. English, was instructed, to send a letter to each company in the association's territory asking them to consent to this request, the matter to be the subject of a "gentleman 's agreement.'' COME HOME ALIVE!

It will come as rather a shock to some readers to learn that as a result of the increasing number of road fatalities no less a responsible person than the British Minister of Transport has actually appealed to women at home to say to their husbands and sons before they leave for the workshop or office: "Be careful to come home alive." "I want to infuse into everybody the spirit of, consideration and caution," he added. How fortunate we are in New Zealand in comparison—it would bo difficult to imagine our womm having to make such an appeal to their menfolk. There are many other advantages we enjoy—two of : which are being more widely appreciated than ever—Blue Shield (Medium) and Red ShieM (Dark) —New Zealand Tobaccos at their best. They are toasted to a turn, which makes all the difference. They are so cool and pleasant to smoke—and so completely satisfying. Be careful not to go home without a tin of Blue Shield (Medium) or R.;>d Shield (Dark)—only 1/7 per 2oz. tin, and even more economical to buy in one-pound canisters at 11/9. 112

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NEW ZEALAND LAME PRICES AT SMITH FIELD Tn regard to the published prices realised for New lamb delivered to Smithfield market, the New Zealand. Meat Producers Board, supplies the following table, giving the equivalent New Zealand parity, after deducting all costs, including selling commission. The costing is based on to-day's estimated skin values and includes exchange at current rates. The calculation is on the basis of a prime woolly lamb weighing, say 3-tlbs, delivered at freezing works: If price delivered at Smithfield is 7.i-d per lb, the N.Z. "overall" parity delivered at works is approximately 7.74 d per lb; similarly if the former

price is 7 i>/Bd, tlie latter is 7,59 d) and if it is 7id the "overall" price is 7.44 d. In this estimate- the cost of killing, freezing'and placing on board steamer is base' 1 : on a (.'barge of .575 d per lb. • END GKEYNESS EASILY VAX-GREY, the proven hair colour restorer, is as enthusiastically acclaimed in New Zealand as in England. Besides rejuvenating the dull, faded pigments in the hair capillary cells until they glow with young, rich-growing , colour, VAN-GREY keeps the scalp in a healthy condition. H/O 10oz. bottle. Money-Refund Guarantee. Sold by E. H. Leigh, Chemist.

WOOL SALE DATES The following are dates for the current season's wool sales: .■tiK.i ; February 6—Dunedin. '; Vl February 13—Wellington. ( j.j"j .J February 18—Napier. February 22 —Wanganui. March I—Christehurch.1 —Christehurch. ? ? -»., March 4—lnvercargill. . • ~. : j < March 9 —Dunedin. f <'■ '• r March 13—Timaru. 5 March 20—Wellington. " " March 25—Napier. 0: ! '"~' March 29—Auckland. April I—Wanganui.l—Wanganui. April s—Christehurch.5 —Christehurch. ; , April B—Dunedin. April 13—Wellington.