FARMERS' COLUMN.

N.Z. BUTTER IN LONDI N.

We, Hamra Star, hear tint the first shipment-, per Kimuiaka, to London, of this season'- butter ftom the M.ngatoki factory realised from 103s to 106* per cwt ; a result on which the company, its manngei, and the employees are all to be congratulated.

HOME MARKET FOR POULTRY Mr Taylor, the English fancier, who is on a visit to the colony, informed \i3, Ihc Peop'e, that there is a big future bifors the trade between New Zealand and E gland m poultry. He believes that well-gtown young birds, dressed and sent Home by the freezing process, would realise 8s a pair m London, if they were despatched so aa to arrive from January to Mai th. At that rate poultry raising would pay well, and could be made much more profitable than sheep farming.

THE CROPS IN NORTH OTAGO.

The North OCago Times reports that the crops are turning out well. Some of the oatß cut for sheaf chaff have already come to town, and on Saturday numbers of peop'e who saw samples of oaten Bheaf chaff at Mr James Cooney's were struck by the high {tercentage of oats and the general excel* ence of the product. There can be little doubt but that such produce will command the Sydney market at a good price.

BRAN AS A FERTILISER.

Some time ago a paragraph from America was published m some of the papers with re gard to the great value of bran as a fertiliser. The experiment, which was carried out m Kentucky, showed that the yield of wheat and oat. bad been doub'ed v >y the use of a small quantity of bran sown as a manure along with seed. Mr Brunton, the Presi dent of the Victorian Royal Agticultural Society, was impressed by the results as re ported, and he determined to give the thing a trial this last season. Two plots of oats were sown, each 4ft 6in square, one manured with bran, the other without. From the }>lot manured with bran, the yield was as ollows : —Oats, lib 14oz ; scraw, 201 b 2oz. From the unmanured plot the respective yields were- Oats, lib 12oz; straw, 161 b 2oz. Mr Brunton is now satisfied that there is little to be gained by the use of bran as a fertiliser for cereal crops.

WHEAT-GROWING IN KANSAS.

According to the final report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture on the crops of 1895, the yield of winter wheat from 4,056,514 acres sown, but not all harvested, was 15,512,241 bushels, or only 3 82 bushels per apre, and the produce of 115,457 acres of spiing wheat was 488,819 bushels, or 423 bushels per acre. Only 86 per cent of the wheat is reported as market able for milling, and the average price at the beginning of November was only 47 cents a bushel at the nearest market. Sup posing that the wheat harvested yielded four bushels an acre, the gross return at the

average price given is only 7s 94 an acre. ._. No wonder thit the reported area of wheat sown m the autumn of 1895 m Kansas is only 70 per cent of last season's acreage. Low as the. average price of maize is m Kansas — only 18 cents a bushel — the crop is less unremunerative than wheat, the produce of 8,394,871 acres being pub at 201,457,396 bushels, or 24 bushels an acre, realising at the recent average price 18s an acre.

THE ELECTRIC PLOUGH:

To Germany belongs the credit of having first demoDstrated the practicability and economy of electric ploughing. An electric motor is fixed to the plough itself. The shaft of the motor, by means of suitable gearing, drives a shaft fitted with a pinion over which the chain runs from one end of the field to the other. This chain is held taut at both ends by triple ground anchors. When the motor is put m operation it hauls the plough across the field. On reach ing the end of the field the plough is fi'.ted to the other side, and by reversing the motor the shear starts on its return journey. At a recent test at Halle on the Saale, with a two furrow tilting plough, two furrows were turned, measuring together 2_i_t. m width by lOin. m depth, and travelling at the rate of 35:n. per second. The actual useful effect obfcaineJ was equal to horse power. According to the figures published as to the result of the trial, the working expenses of the system are about half that of steam ploughing-, and if, as is believed will be the case, these results are borne out ip practice, there seems to. be no question as to. the future of; the electric plough.

EXPORT OF ONIONS.

" Expprt onions '* ia the latest cy of the Vi tforiaq. Agricultural D-p.rtment. Hav iug. succeeded m estab'-iahing an export trade m butter, mea% poultry, rabbits, and fruit, the Department is rev turning its attention to the shipment of oaious. A few months ago the Department ma>3e an oxperi msn'al shipment to Loudon, U.o onions being carried as general cargo, and they arrived m good condition, but the advices Mr I^ T Martin, the secretary for agriculture, re ceived, showed. tha.t they had been exported tjt « he wrong season, and therefore the con eig-nment was not a profitable one. The -^epart/nejit \^as advised to. ship onions frop- '. Melbourne not later than the middle, 0 f yebruary, so that they would reach Eng_* nc j m March, when there would be a. -good market for them.

The Meenister Feeshin'.

"Civis " thus chaffs a» minister, who hav ing gone on a fishing expedition. ■ returns with the usual fit-hM-men's yarns of wonder ful takes :— .

"VRh.enthe'meenester stans wi' his goon an.* his bans, An % turns up his een an* spreads out his hana, Wi' an air o' devotion pervadin' each feaSore, He seems such a wyse-like, superior ctwttore, That we puir fowk wha sit In the pews at his fib Feel we live m a d.ff.rent wasS. ffae the preacher.

But when he's awa', recrefcbibn to seek, An' he turns up his t_aw*« an' he wades m the creek, An' when — after hopkin' a beauty — he loses His feesh and his temper, the language, he uses

Is the same we a* own to Bern' whiles somewhat proae*to;: And we feel that oor fa'iu' away bos-excuses.

When nkht time has come aa* tlie- feesliing,! i. o'er, An* ilka, twa-puu troot increases tae fowr. It gars my hert warm,- as- 1 tak my Bifti sneeshin' — ' Tae see that he hasn't forgot his add_*et_bnu . The Auld- Adam comes oofc i In the weight o' they troot r- ! Our raeenestet's nocht but a man when he?iß J • n shin.

ME ASHBURTON GtJARDIAN : TtJESMS, FEBRUARY 4, 1896.

Printed and Published by the Ashburton Publishing Company, Limited, at their Steam Printing Office, Burnett Street Ashburton. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1899



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Bus. ties. Notices. « 1 H. M. JONES, h. M. J .•*_•__ BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS. . o . PUBLISHERS PRICES. CHEAP EDITIO-SS. Bought for Cash. THE ASSIGNED STOCK OF J. MARBDEN at a Low Price, and the whole £266 will be Cleared at a Great Redaction. COME EARLY FOR BAKGA~iNS IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, AND FANCY GOODS. QfIIPMENT of Eooks, exTainui, just opened up. Great variety, suitable for *-* prize awards and presentation purpos.s. Liberal Discount to School Com- mittees, to keep the trade here. | STATIONERY, STATIONERY, STATIONERY. SPECIAL VALUES m Boxed Paper and Envelopes. Plain and Fancy from «d upwards. Good Business Envelopes from 3s Od per 1000, cash. Law and Com- mercial Papers. ACCOUNT BOOKS, ACCOUNT BOOKS. Various sizes and Binding, Memorandum, Pocket and Counter Books, Pianos, Albums, Photo Frames. ELECTROPLATED, GLASS AND CHINA WARE FANCY GOODS In great variety. All at -Lowest Cash Prices. I have made arrangements to procure any Books, Magazines or other lines re- quired, from London, America, and elsewhere, at the shortest possible notice. H. M. JONES. PACU BOOTS & SHOES fIAOU OAUN. BOOTS & SHOES . UAU-1. GREAT VARIETY, ' " CHEAPEST AND BEST. Tt_fE£SRS (vtcß>OltfA_L.l> A N» CI>Ii%RIttII> HAVE great pleasure m announcing that their premises m East street are Stocked with the Largest Variety of Boots and Shoes ever seen m Ashburton. We are making a specialty of GEN LEMEN'S BOOTS, All kinds kept m stock. Try Our Own Make Hand-sewn to Measur Try the Electric Boots— specially Imported Try the Cookham— best In the market Try Our Own Make m French Calf. East India Kip and Colonial Kip A special import of thick rubber Tennis Shoes m Ladies' and Gentlemen's. Try the INCOMPARABLE. Ladies' Walking Strap Shoes m great Variety. Ladies' Shoes m Beetive, Wolfe, Otto Herz, Beehive, Oceana, and all the Best Continental goods. A large assortment of Our Own Make also to choese from. Children's Dainty Shoes for the holidays. Canvas Shoes of every description — Black Brown, White and Blue. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE SPECIALLY FINE ASSORTMENT OF BABIES' SHOES. Repairing efficiently done at the Shortest notice. TRY THE CASH BOOT SHOP. Mcdonald & McDiarmid, East street, Ashburton, and at Oamaru and Waimate. MYID THOMAS, (Late Matson, Cox and Co.) Auctioneer, Land, Insurance & Estate A gent,* Valuator, Wool and Grain Broker, ASHBURTON. ' • . Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of Lire Stock — Tinwald and Ashburton Alternately Fortnightly Sales of Sheep Skins, Fats, Hides, etc., on Fridays Sales .f Wool Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Oleari jg Sales as per arrangements AGENT EOR— Matsom and Co, Ohristchurch Booth, McDonald and Co, Ohristchurch White's Sheep Dip Massey-Harris Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stevenson and Co, Dunedin Planet Junior Garden and Field Tools Belfast Manures I beg to inform my Rakaia Clients and others that I*have appointed Mb W Barcock as my Agent m the Rakaia district DAVID THOMAS, Ashburton T HAVE the undermentioned Properties| for Sale, viz., 280 acres Charing Cross, well fenced, all m grass 160 acres First-class Swamp Land, thoroughly Improved, "Flemlngt on 62 acres First-class Land, Eifielton 1050 acres Dromore, m grand order 330 acres Tussock, Maronan 300 acres Tussock, Llsmore 486 acres Good Land, splendidly grassed, Lismore I hold Auction Sales of Sheepskins, Hides, Fat, Etc., every fortnight throughout the season Belfast Freezing Co.'s Manures, IOANSUPPLY Superphosphates, Blood Manure, Potato Manure, Bone Meal, and Bone Dust, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE OF PLANET JE. TOOLS. David Thomas, ASHBURTONj THE Ohristchurch Meat Company, Ltd. HAVING LARGELY INCREASED the Freezing capacity, and Slaughtering and Storage Accommodation of the Works at ISLINGTON, Are m a position Meet All the Requirements of the District during the Coming Season, and are prepared to FHEE_?^J EOR FARMERS Or Purchase Sheep and Lambs on the ground at HIGHEST MARKET VALUES



TT7E ARE CASH BUYERS OF WHEAT, OATS BARLEY, RYEGRASS, COCKSFOOT, AND OATEN SHEAF CHAFF, m large [or small "quantities. JUST LANDED, ex Mount Siviou,- --1 00fl BALES CORNSAOKS. Full size and full weight. FKIEDLANDER BROTHEKS, LTD. The Canterbury Frozen Meat and Dairy Produce Export Company, Limited. MANURjTsEASON, 1895. THE Company has for Sale, Manure to suit all purposes and lands, at prices ranging from £2 17s 6d per ton, to £5 5s per ton. SPECIAL POTASH MANURES FOR CLOVER, POTATOES, & ORCHARDS. BONEDUST, ANIMAL MANURES, & SUPERPHOSPHATE, mixed ready for the drill. for List of Prices, etc. , apply at the Company's Office, 191 Hereford Street, Christchurch, F. WAYMOUTH, Secretary. Or to D _LVI_D THOJSIAS, Ashburton Agent. NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY RAKAIA AGENTS. 10 57 BRIDGE WORKS, ASHBURTON. T7IOR the year 1896 the Weekly Half-holiday will be observed at these Works on SATURDAY instead of Thursday as heretofore Thomas . JE- Kilworth & Son. sale IMPORTANT NOTICE. SALE SALE SALE SALE . SALE SALE - SALE SAUS Beath's SALE SALI. SALE sale Great (Summer Sale sale SALE SALE SALE FOR ONE MONTH ONLY, SALE SALE , COMMMENCES SALE SALE SATURDAY NEXT, FEBRUARY 1. SALE SALE SALE SALE ______ SALI^. SALE SALE SALE "EVERYTHING REDUCED SALE SALE WONDERFUL BARGAINS SALE sale GENUINE CLEARING- SALE. SALE SALE ' SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE G-. L. Beath ' & Co, SALB SALE ' SALE SALE TANCRED STREET. SALE USE LITTLE'S SHEEP DIP. FLUID DIP, the Best Non-poisonous Dip Used and Recommended by Owners of over 5,000,000 Sheep m N.Z. alone.' Price (incaska) 5s Gdjper gallon. One Gallon Fluid makes 100 gallons Dip V_ _U_SS__H_ nltf— _■ — R— H ■ M*Hk_— ___Hl^_^B— l _Hr_BP^***_____— _■>«—***__— i^u'Qra-— £'__£__; — r^ j LITTLE'S POWDER DIP. A POISONOUS DIP, combined with Glycerine— the outcome of many years' experience Wonderfully Successful. Is Displacing all other Poisonous Dips Sales have RE BLED each year since introduced. EXTERMINATES VERMIN, KEEPS WOOL SOFT & BRIGHT, EASILY MIXED Cheapest and Best Poisonous Dip m the Market. Km*™ PT.TPIF / In I«»l-roved Iron Kegs, 50s per cwt NOTE PRlU__ *J In oases of 10j 101 b packetS| 5o 8 per caße One cwt. makes 1,000 gallons of Dip. CHIEF AGENTS— 6LACKBURNE & CO., Chriatohurch district agent-e. W Hanmer, ASHBURTON*



Public Notices. ALFRED CDRTIS, GRAIN BROKER AND COM- MISSION AGENT, ARCADE. I 1 66 I monster Sale, of English Cxoofl?. WE have just landed, ex ss Duke of Sutherland, the following Goods — Tea Sets, Rreakf ast Sets, Dinner Ware, Steak Dishes, Oheese Stands, Triple Trays, Fancy . Jugs m Sets, Forty Toilet Sets, etc. These _goods are direct from two of the Largest Potteries m England and are first- class m every respect. Ex ss Kaikoura — A Shipment of the UNRIVALLED BICYCLES which are the Best, Strongest, and Cheapest ever seen m Ashburton. Price from £10. Ball-bearings throughout. Terms if required. Also— Bells Lamps, Saddles, Pouches, Oilers, Capes/ etc., which will be sold at Lowest prices Ex ss Ruapehu— Ten Orates JAM JARS with Screw Tops, Splendid Value. The Sale will be held m the END SHOP OF THE ARCADE-Commencing, TUESDAY, December 31. The Besb Christmas Show m Ashburton will be Cahscst ani- Co.'s, MONSTER SALE OF ENGLISH GOODS, at Tancred street end of the Arcade, Direct from London. E. W. HANMER. TTAVTNGr at last made the necessary D. arrangements to occupy the premises lately occupied by I MESSRS MILES AND CO., Limited, without the chance of being asked to clear out at any moment, I have much pleasure m informing OLD CLIENTS who have dene their business to a great extent on these premises, and the Public generally, that I intend to keep m stock ALL KINDS OF GOODS WHICH ARE REQUIRED ON FARMS, LARGE OR SMALL, s__o as Fencing Wire, Barbed Wire, Sheep Netting, with centre strand, Binder Twine, Cornsacks, Woolpacks, Seaming Twine, Branding Oils m Blue, Fed, & Black, Flour, Sharps, Bran, Fine t-a!t, Coarse Salt, Rock Salt, English Fuperphosphatcs, Bone Dust, all kinds of Agricultural Seeds, the germination of which is tried before being offered for Sato, TEA, SUGAR, Eto. I fhsll hold Auction Sales of STOCK and SHEEPSKINS at the usual times as heretofore, and I shall be a Cash Buyer of all sorts of GRAIN and GRASS SEEDS during the coming season. As I have pitched my camp m Ashburton, I hope to receive a share of. (he business going. .£.. w. JTanmer. West Street, December 17, 1895. i —■ TO FABMERS, SHEEPOWNERS& OTHERS I HAVE much pleasure m informing my Farming Friends, that owing to the demands of my ever-increasing busi- ness I AM COMPELLED TO HAVE A RESIDENT AUCTIONEER, And to fill this position, MR DAVID ZANDER, Who has v been attending the sales for some years now, and has a thorough knowledge of all kinds of stock, HAS I STARTED AS AUCTIONEER, and will REPRESENT ME AT THE YARDS and CONDUCT ANY CLEARING SALES entrusted to him. I only ask for a FAIR PATRONAGE, and having been m the district for many years, my interests are identical with those of the farmers and others who patronise me. account" sales Will be rendered promptly as heretofore. LIBERAL OASH ADVANCES Will be made against Stock of any - description AT LOWEST RATES. HENRY ZANDER, General Merchant.. DAVID ZANDER, Auctioneer. — ■ ■ — --—,-. ._/ THE UNITED FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Ltd. j CAPITAL _5500,000. T> ISKS accepted and Rates quoted on application irrespective of Tariff A. LAWRIE & CO., Agents, WANTED Known — Speotaoloß, Eye Protectors. Goggles, Folders, and everything m the optica line at S.J SiusKS, Optiolan, j



T. Bullock. TO LET BOOTMAKER'S Shop m tke Arcade, lately occupied by P O'Connor. T. BULLOOK. I TO LET — Comfortable Cottage m Grey street, Good Cooking Range. T. BOLLOCK. TO SHE6.P FARMERS & OTHERS. FOR SAL E — OOfi ACRES Westerfield Survey C-JOvJ District 1 , about 200 acres have been sown with English Grasses. Very suitable for working with heavy lands. Easy terms of payment. Apply to T. BULLOCK. FOR SALE, Cottage and Section, well situated m Moore Street. . T. BULLOCK MONEY. npo LEND on Approved Freehold *- Securities, the following Special Sums— £6oo, £600, £200. T. BULLOCK. ALFORD FOREST. Estate of the late J. H. Morris. The 19 Acres 2 Roods 36 Perches, part of R. 3. 21413 and R.S. 20675, with dwelling House of six rooms, 15 acres m Oats, eto. Also the R.S. 27677, 20 acres. iNot having disposed of these properties by Auction, I am prepared to receive offers for them. T. BULLOOK GREAT ANNUAL SALE ' OP DiJAPERY, CLOTHING & BOOTS. landrew arb WILL COMMENCE A GREAT SALE OF SURPLUS STOOK OP DRAPERY, CLOTHING, AND BOOTS, ON SATURDAY. THE 18th JANUARY, FOR ONE MONTH ONLY i ■ ALL GOODS MARKED AT A> LARGE REDUCTION. i Men's Suits at 20s Men's Hals from 6d upwards Men's Boots from 4s 6d Ladies' Roots half-price ■ Children's Boots from Is LacF.es Trimmed Hals balf-prico* I .adics' Jackets from 4s 6d Ladies' Gloves 61 per pair ALL GOOD 3 WILL B 3 SOLD AT A SACRIFICE i FOR CASH. ! | ANDREW ORR. < f : " j AUSTRALIAN j MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY New Zealand Branch i Head Office. Cußtomhonse-quay, Wellington! Local Board of Directors : The Hon Morgan 8. Grace, MJ>., C.M.G., MX.O. (.-airman) The Hon Charlee J. Johnston, M.L.O. (.OepuJj* ( Chairman) I Alfred de Bathe Brandon, Eiq TheHon Edward Riohardion, O.M.Gr, M.L.C John Duncan, Esq Medical Officer : Dr G. E. Anson. M,D., M.R.O.S. (England) >frtHE OLDEST, WEALTHIEST, I JL ano . MOST PROSPEROUS AtTSTBAXIAN LIPJE OFFICE, .ND THB * LARGEST IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. ! Tho only Colonial Life Office which 1 declares a BONUS- --EfIyEKY YEAR, l_e Method of Valuation adopted by this Society is Of the most Stringent Character, and ensures a Cons, derably Larger Reserve to meet Liabilities than tb_ held by any other office m the Australasian •oloniefl. COUMULATED FUND EXCEEDS £12,000,000- --(TWELVE MILLIONS) Stebmno i ANNUAL INCOME, £2,000,000. (TWO MILLION STERLING). POLICIES IN FORCE ._, 119,333 j -urn Assured £39,888.07] [ Cash Bonuses Divided .. .. £5,883,-1- --' 80-VCJS-EJS j BONUS ror ONE year, 1898, £448,790, yielding CASH -Jcreretonary Bonuses amounting to £910,000 ' after making SPECIAL RESERVE!! i CASH BONUSES declare, for last FIVE veare, over TWO MILLIONS, yielding -teveraionary Bonniei exceeding FOUR MILLIONS » ASSURE YOUR LIFE _ IN THE ! A- M- P- SOCIETY And Sscure a .BONUS EVERY "SEAR Expenses of Management 8f per cent on ! the total income ! EDWARD W. LOWE, j Resident Secretary f Brancn Office — I; Custom House Quay, Wellington i Christchurch District Office — j Cathedral Square. [ JAMES HAIR, Dißfcriot Secretary H ZANDER, L cal Broker Ashburton 1 T»i|i..» iii i— ■i. —I a r i. i \ You try the New Vtnut Tobacco



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