LOBBY GOSSIP AND NEWS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 11 October 1900, Page 4

LOBBY GOSSIP AND NEWS

The anmnl report of Ihe Agricultural Department was present'd to Parliaim nt during the wc<k. Froi.i it I learn that the average yu Id of \s ht.it per ncre 1 ,st h ir\e-t \\ a- clo->e on .'_' bu->hel-, and that of oat- marly fl bushels. Time were lt>u.) acies le-s of potatoes grown. \< t from the pneis now ruling the area s, < ins in c\ci -s of our rto,nucmpnts. '1 he attempts to eridicato phylloxera have bien bucce-stn' Small bads a r e increasing at an planning utc. The poultry branch is nn etmg with the hearty support of settlers. The dunyiiig industry has made rapid wtrides (hiring the la«t season, b'uu r showing an increase of "■'>.. >l.<cwt, valued at JLl (| 7.2iti. The grader*' reports on butter are now unnersally act cpted as the b »-i- of all sales. Prices for meat exported have b^en fomewh.it better for mutton and lamb, but there is still room lor improvement. The clip of wool was goeid. and satisfactory it turns are looked for Cattle show an increase of '.'! 1 "■, and cows, etc., tor d.iiry purposes increast d by 21,722. Horses show an increase of ">1 ! 1 . Ihe demand for draughts is still unsatisfied.