DAIRY PRODUCE.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 183, 11 January 1878, Page 7

DAIRY PRODUCE.

Judges : Messrs W. Waddel and J. Hay. 31bs Fresh Butter in lib rolls. — Ladies' dress, gift of Mr Bremner and Washer. Twelve entries. Miss M'Ewen, Ist ; Mrs J. Harvey, 2nd. 31bs Powdered Butter in lib rolls. Ladies' dress, gift of A. Braudigam. Eleven entries. Mrs J. Harvey, Ist ; Mrs White, 2nd. Fancy made Butter for tea table. Eight entries. Ist, Pair Ladies' patent boots, gift of Mr A. Mason. Ist, Mrs J. Findlay ; 2nd, copy of Burns, gift of Mr A. McMillan— Miss M. Christie. lOlbs Salt Butter in crock. — Kitchen fender, gift of MrK. Oolquhoun. — Twelve entries. Mrs J. White, Ist ; Mrs J. Stewart, 2nd. Full-milk cheese, over three months old, made by exhibitor. — 1 dozen Weymouth ale, gift of Mr W. Simmonds. — Four entries Mrs A. Pott. Pair Pork Hams, unsmoked. — Ist, Eight-day lever clock, gift of Messrs R. C. Ferguson and Co. Four entries. Mrs A. Pott. Side of Bacon, unsmoked. — Sucking pig, gift of Mr J. Barron. Three entries. Messrs Bremner and Washer. Plain Oatcake. — Fat lamb, gift of Messrs J. and D. M'Duff. Five entries. Mrs James Brand. Most elegant and variegated bouquet of flowers grown in the district. — Prize, Ll Is., gift of Mr J. R. Cowan. Seven entries. Mrs W. Bowden.

In reference to the wheat crop in Canada, the Toronto Monetary Times states that this year throughout the country, although the harvest has been late, it has nevertheless been exceptionally plentiful. The journal estimates that tlie crops have yielded 30,000,000 bushels of wheat, 10,000,000 bushels of barley, and 48,000,000 bushels of various other cereals. The Geelong correspondent of the Australasian wiites that the drought of the piesent season in this part of the Western district is considered almost unprecedented. Most of the crops will give a very poor return, being short in growth in some places, and drying away in others to so great an exfent as to cause them to be cut down prematurely for hay. This is owing to the want of rain, the district being less favoured in this respect than some other portions of the colony. Gloomy forebodings respecting tbe next few months are being indulged in. We generally give horses the warmest quarters, but cows and fatting cattle are nearly as sensitive as horses ; sheep need some protection, especially against wet, and fowls are about the only domestic animals that ever freeze to death. i Swine are exceedingly sensitive to the cold, and we doubt if money is ever made on pork unless the pigsty is warm, for the very material consumed by tbe hog as fuel would make pork and lard. We see that it is a- question of economy as well as humanity. No humane man will see bis domestic animals suffer .when it is in his power to relieve them, and no economical man would, knowingly, feed hay, grain, and roots to stock to supply tbe warmth that could be as well supplied by comfortable barns and stables. Our first aim with our stock, and also with ourselves, should be to retain within the body as much of the animal heat as possible, by comfortable barns and dwellings, and warm clothing and bedding, and our next should be to furnish an abundance of good economical food to supply -fuel to the animal system. — Rural Home. Experience has convinced an American in Boston that indigestion as well as other irregularities of the horse is due to inattention to the masticatory organs. He now confines his practice entirely to the ailments of the teeth of horses, and is doing a good trade as a veterinary dentist in New York and Boston. A contributor to the Garden, an English horticultural magazine, writes as follows : — " While visiting the fine old garden at Fordell, near Inverkeithing. the other day, I was delighted to see in a clump on the terrace lawn, lying to the south of tbe old Castle, a fine speci- ! men of New Zealand flax in flower, It has produced two spikes 9ft. high, each spike is furnished with about eighteen clusters of reddish-brown flowers. The leaves, which are upright, are about 5^ ft. long. This plant has been growing in its present situation for about twentyfive years, and this is the first time it has ever shown flowers ; it is, too, the first plant of tbe kind that I ever saw bloom in the open air in Scotland." The ..question whether new hay and new oats are .injurious to horses has often been answered, and, as a rule, in the affirmative. Lately a French military commission made new experiments, which have turned out very satisfactory. 150 horses, from 4 to 13 years old, were, fed on new hay, however, with old oats and straw ; of these, 37 gained in. corpulence, 18 in strength, 79 remained unaltered, and only 18 lost in fleshy and , Bin strength. A second trial, by which I 75 horses were exclusively fed on new

hay was l^ss favourable. Illness or disease, it is true, did not appear, but weakness 'showed itself, together with frequent perspiration, loss of appetite, <fee. As a rule, the horses prefeired ihe new bay to the old. The experiments which have been mode w"th 1800 horses fed on new oats have shown throughout, favourable results, as the horses improved materially. We are enabled to present our readers with tbe nveniges ol the principal flocks of Lincolnshire long-woolled rams Cor the season of 1877. The Pointo'n flock, 50 in. number, averaged L 25 3s 6d ; tbe Biscatborpe (Mr Kirkhnm), 70 in number, L2l ; the Panton, 66, IX6 16s; FTuftoft Grange, 34, JAG 6s; Huttoft (Robinson)' 70, Ll6 ; Buckminster. 40, Ll3 1 6s 8d ; Nocton Heath, 36, LlB Ss ; ihe Branston, 80, Ll2 9s ; the Barlings Abbey, 25, LIS; tbe Laugh ton, 47, LlO 3s ; the Mere, 34, Ll4; North Owersbv, 80, Ll2 0s 6d ; the Scipwiek, 60, Ll6 10s; the Langton Grange, 30, Fl. Mackinder, LlO'lOs; Nocton Rise, 40, R.J. Howard,' LlO 15s 3d ; the Belleau, 30, LlO 13s Gd; the Worthingdale 50, Lll ; the Ulceby Grange, 72, Ll3 8s; the Wo",d Newton, 60, Lll lis; Cadebv Hall, 44, LIS 8s 4d ; the fngleby, 56, LlO 10s; the Weldon-le- Wold, 100, Ll3; the Beaumontcale, 50, Ll2 12s; the Great Charlton, 30, Lll 17s 6d. The entire average for tbe Lincolnshire flocks is Lll 10s, which, considering the season, may be looked upon as very satisfactory. Canada claims to have produced the largest cheese on record. From the Ingersor Factory has been turned out a cheese weighing 70001bs. It was 6 feet 10 inches in diameter, 3 feet in height, and 21 feet in circumference. It required one milking of 7000 cows, of 35 tons of milk, to produce it. A stable is not complete unless (1) tbe animals may be safely fastened in a way not uncomfortable to them ; (2) unless the animals can be kept dry and clean; (3) unless it is light; and (4) unless one can pass through without coming in contact, with the occupants and without soiling shoes and clothing — four important requisites, not expensive, but within the reach of everyone who builds a stable. In America a great number of new varieties of wheat has been tested of late. The Clawson wheat has become very popular on account of its hardiness. Tt is a smooth variety, with a plum]) amber grain, and yields well. The " Gold Medal " has made many friends, but. wp know it only by report. Of sdl that we have grown, the Tread well, tbe Olawson, and the Diebl have succeeded bust, on moderately light, soil, and we would choose them in the order here named. Tbe Diebl is a fine \white variety, but the white wheats need better soil arid cultivation than tbe amber, and these better than tbe red wheats. Tt is a good farmer that can raise cood crops of the white sorts. But then every farmer should try for the best. On tbe whole, however, the ambfu* wheats will probably be found j the most tucc-ssful under the ordinary • cultivation, and, as a, rule, they make J excellent flour, — American Agricul- j tnrist;