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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2012, 22 February 1907, Page 4

AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS. At llin IJiuig lorn sheep market lust wook, for tho first time for many yours, “bailors” wore sokl, the prices being Is to 3s Oil each. It is reported that a Hiuvora settlor recently refused £-12 an aero for bis bomostoad farm His returns from 300 cows for the month of November averaged £1 10s Cd per cow at 10Jd per lb for butter-fab, with a bonus still to come. Tho rocont north-wosters threshed out a good deal of ripe gain in South Canterbury. In some cases on the Levels Downs tho ground was white with chaff and corn knocked out of tho standing crop. A loss of 100 sacks on 170 acres is one man’s estimate, and another reckons to liavo lost 1500 bushels of oats. Tho gale struck them just at tho worst time, when everything was very drv and tho crop quito ripe. A lawsuit for tho recovery ol heavy damages is pending (savs the Tiniurn Post) in which a well-known farmer and dealer is the defendant. The matter in dispute is the alleged sale of some four thousand lambs by plaintiff to defendant some months ago for forward delivery. It appears that the defendant lms neglected or refused to take delivery of the lambs. The dispute, which is of -groat importance and interest to sheepmen, will be watched with keen interest by all who aro interested in tho sale of sheep.

Dried leaves contain a good deal of limniis, and it is a mistake to burn them. They are no longer valuable for their humus after they have been They also contain a good deal of fertilising value and are especially rich in nitrogen. From some experiments carried on in France it was learned that tho same amount of nitrogen found in 1001 b of ordinary manure is found in 441 b of pear leaves, S3lh of locust leaves, 821 b of elm leaves, and 1741 b of grape-vine loaves. All except tho leaves of grape-vines are thus richer in nitrogen than is common stable manure. A point of importance to those who manufacture butter was disclosed in tho dairy prosecutions, before the Auckland Magistrate's Court on tho Ist iust. A butter manufacturer was convicted under the dairy regain tions for failing to keep his dairy utensils clean. An erroneous idea has prevailed in some quarters that only vendors of milk are liable to prosecution, but tho proceedings show that all kind are liable to bo prosecuted undor those regulations . One of the most remarkable crops of wheat in the colony is that owned by the Maoris at To AVhiti, AVairarapa (says the Gladstone correspondent of the Carterton News). Measured tho grain stands 7ft. 2in. in height in many places, and the yield is in proportion to the size of the stalks. The strength did not go into straw. It was found impossible to use the binder on tho crop in the heaviest parts. The knife was lifted fifteen inches from the ground, but tho burden was even then too heavy, and the machine revolved the reverse way. Scythes had t> be used in these portions of tho crop .

At tlio recent opening of tlie Bible Society’s new premises in Johannesburg, by tlie Earl of Sclborne, High Commissioner for South Africa, His Excellency said:—l have no argument to address you on the subject of the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society, because it seems to me that it is the one subject about which there can bo no argument among Christians. Other causes require argument; some of them require much argument in order to secure commendation; but this work of distributing the work of God, in every possible language, among all races and in all climes, surelv is a work on which there can be no argument among Christians. In the course of ages we Christians have unfortunately developed a great faculty for differing in opinion ”\Ve differ in respect of the interpretation of Scripture; we differ as to the particular forms of Church Government ; and these differences of opinion have crystallised into what we call the different churches But on this one point—the dissemination of the Holy Scriptures—we are absolutely united ; because there can be no possibility of doubt as to our duty.”

SHEEP FARMING IN FIJI. NEW ZEALANDERS BUYING LAND. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 19. Mr. Leslie E. Brown, Fijian Commissioner to the Exhibition, who left on Friday afternoon for Sydney on his way back to Fiji, gave some interesting information to a reporter in a final chat before his departure. The Fijian court in the Exhibition, ho stated, and the visit of the natives had been a good advertisement for Fiji, entirely, of course, at flic Fijian Government’s expense. Much interest had been manifested in the country, and information had been gladly received. As a result of the interest aroused, some New Zealanders had already taken up largo blocks of land in Fiji, which they would stock with sheep. A Napier resident, in particular, had taken up a very large run for sheep-farming. There was no doubt but what the dry portion of the main island would be admirably adapted for sheep-raising, as there was an abundance of rich grass all the year round. Mr. Brown himself has stocked sheep during the last two years in Fiji, but no one else at present does so. Cattle, however, have been introduced, and do wonderfully well. Besides those New Zealanders, who have actually taken up areas, several others have gone, or are going, to spy. out the land, including some from Christchurch. Fiji, Mr. Brown stated, is a country of new industries, many of which contain great promise. Sugar, copra, and bananas are the main exports atr present, but cocoa has recently been planted with much success, and somo exhibits of chocolafco made from Fijian cocoa can be seen in the court In the Exhibition. Already New Zealanders are commencing to buy cocoa from Fiji instead of from Ceylon, and in other commodities trade with this colony will be much stimulated as the result of the Exhibition. Rubber, for which there is at present an almost unlimited demand, is also well suited to the Fijian soil, and laud has recently been taken up for its cultivation. At the present time Fiji is in a very prosperous condition. « A wire from Bundaberg (Queensland) states that the plague of grasshoppers which wrought havoc in the Bundaberg and Gin Gin districts a few years ago, has again manifested itself, Woongarra being the scene of the visitation. So far the insects are only in the “hopper” stage, and on one large estate gangs of men are employed killing them in the bushes. It is maintained that if combined effort were made by the farmers at this stage the plague would be stamped out. Great damage was done to the green cane crops in the Queensland sugar districts during the last visitation.

Miss A. Stapleton, who occupied a cottage at Lygon street, Carlton, Victoria, was awakened by a crackling noise, and found the wooden partition of the passage opposite her room in flames. After giving the alarm to her orphan nephew, Norman Harding, aged 12 years, who was sleeping in a back room, she ran out in her nightdress and knocked violently at the door of ail adjoining tenement on the north side, also a three-roomed house. Finding that the lad Harding had not left the burning building, Miss Stapleton courageously went back and rescued him. The boy’s shirt caught alight as his preserver was rushing him through the passage, and before the flames could bo extinguished he was seriously burned on the head and upper part of the body. The fire was speedily subdued by the brigade. A few days ago Sir. Clark, postmaster at Lawrence (Otago), received the distressing news, through the Public Trust Office, that his son Kupert F. B. Clark, was one of those who were killed as a result of the Calliope Dock accident at Auckland, in November last. He was known as Harry Anderson, late of Sydney, and his body was identified by Mr. and Mrs. George Knight, with whom he resided in AVyndham street. But for the fact that the Public Trust Office was making a claim for a few shillings for the balance of funeral expenses, Mr. Clark would probably have been left in complete ignorance of the untimely death of his son. Mr. Clark leaves for Auckland immediately to make personal inquiry into the circumstances.

“WHY GO HUNGRY. If your stomach is weak and you aro suffering from indigestion, don’t sacrifice your health and comfort. Eat all the wholesome food you want. Then take ouo of Dr. Sheldon’s Digestive Tabules after each meal. They digest your food and thus nourish and build you up, while the stomach is recovering its natural tone. For sale by A. Y\ r . J. Mann, Agent/ Chomist.