MASTERTON'S NEW SHOW GROUND.
AN INCREASING"F.UND | . Tho fund !which"'is s bßing. raiscd-.-m'. the Mas- j terton and Wai rarapa d 1 stnets, m order to j make the Sol way show grounds a,free-gift to' tho Mastorton 'A.- aiid -P. Association,'' now stands: at' £800 (writes our Wairarapa corro/■spoiidont). •>The latest, donations- inoludo, £50 from Mr. D. M'Kenzio, of Woodlands, Masterton; ,£25 ;from Mr: J. James, of Wangaehu; and £10 /each from Messrs. G.i R. arid .1. Sykes, A. G. Pilmer, W. H. . Buick, W. Cooper, :J. and D. M'Giegor, A. D. and J., M'Master, J. M'Kcn!:ie, r A. Stonowigg, A.' H. .Wrightson,: and Major Bolton.
OATS FOR YOUNG SHEEP. Half to three-quarters of a pound: of oats per day for two months is a very good food tor young .lambs. Tlie animals may, not feed at- first,,'but they, s will 'do so after a little time. Mortality among, sheep has -been frequently stopped by feeding tho animals on oats. In feedins -them,' said . Mr. Gilruth to our Wairarapa correspondent, care should be taken to. separate the weak from..'the strong. If. they were all; placed together,, tho strongest animals would-eat-the :greater portion of the food. Y-shaped tr'oughsj madeout of four-inch' boards, and' nailed -at the: ends, were oxcellont recoptacles. The "food must bo dry.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 3
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213MASTERTON'S NEW SHOW GROUND. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 205, 23 May 1908, Page 3
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