GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 10

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

. Says. our;.;Feilding correspondent';— Mr. Ernest Short, : who'left .for Hawera and Auckland' yesterday, has.'entexed his Clydesdale l mares; but no other,exhibits,,for the Egmont Show.: He /lias also sent .thirty Eomney sheop to the Auck- 1 'land, Show; but isdeaving "Record Breaker" at 1 'brother of "Record ■• Breaker's"; ,isi ! ihowever, being eptered at Auckland'to-com-'pete for tho V coveted' North Island' champion' Shield. ■ ; ' : ii ;.:.': ■„,;;: '~ "(;;,:. ■;;, , -/ .V ''i,' V:-Whilb;tho'display.,in horses.at'thelWaika'to; Show, has .bean, eulogised on'all. hands; Mr.'',J.' 'H.,Scott, ; an Jerstwhilo Wailoito stock raiser," ,;hplds;tho;opinion,;tliat.;.tho horses of 30 years: ago wero a better.-class.' He.;■ attributes "l-tho, decadepco in stamina partly to the increased; attention 'which:; is nowadays; paid : .to ■■. '; thebreeding, of..racers.., "When ..a '■: r'acehorss : has'broken down after'.: about-five years' on' =,thb:'cburse," : :Mr.. Scott. remarked; to a.'"Hera'ldu ; roprespntativo at; Hamilton -last. week,,; "hp.fisf, frequently 'sent'-tp the stud. - Such horstsiia're* naturally, rho'ro.. of. -. the' ! hot-house',class tKani pfc hardy ic'oustitution."- \\- Mr,%G.b : H} Perry.',-i of-; 'MasWftdifhvh'bm'nl.si)leseh ; t, ? : agreed, vrith observation, and ' expressed the.: opinion tJi'atf the'decline was; due,'to.; the • hankering after! .thg^trotting^horsa.;;;: : j-: '^, .... ; ; It -is"'said'/fnat'ifr.. Vavasour's ■:shire 1 ' r shee'p'.'atnthe ; ''GaM'erbury':Sho ported rain, was passed'over by'•tllo t ;'judgi;s T :rJe-; ! cause, being but 'recently imported, he still carried English '.wool.'. .■ The judges; it, is held, had either .to disqualify -him or -mako' him champion.':?: They chose the, safer course.' ■ Probably,- moreiiW'illvboheard.-bfi.this.sheepat .fu-;' ture- : :shows^ r ;v; '■;' ' : V''':',:' : .''i''-''^r:' >•''■;■. K- r ,

; ;. The, wisdbfn of. Mr.'. E; Shoot's decision -to breed, Clydesdales of great'size is confirmed by 'recent conip'laints iri 'the south that the. Clydesdales,, there ;nro'- becoming. too,'.small.), ; y. That 'great; size must:.be. always' a prime 'essential jn.our biggest breed.'of horse is such an ; obvious: fact' that one. cannot understand''.-judges 'so" leniently regarding'.the:.smaller,':'animal;;as;-they had' been' doing 'in former, years. 'Tho trouble probably Vis f - that When , : farmers--even .the :best nbrsp-'-breeder's'in thd ! to■ judge horses at it'sliow, they;hre very imUch in-'danger of looking at the horses throngK'a farmer's eyes. The 'farmer, for purely farmer's; work;- usually does -not-'Want"his; horse's'extra' big.' A* medium draught,'.well:'built, .is -more:-the . model"' ho prefers.'-'/Bat'it is,' very- probable', that one would .find that most of the. demand'for Clydesdale :hprsesf in;' New. Zealand' crimes, from the towTis,-and'-'it.-is;there .that-great^weight arid great strength; to''moyo-'heavy lpads,' ; and great, length.'of,.'stride; to. cover; the''.ground, rapidly are,appreciated.-'Obviously ''a farmer .should aim to produce what his best'.customer.asks for.

...The-T.''<L. Jpir.Co-operative Dairy Co..last ..montlumanufactured 252 'tons of cheese.; :V - -;-' Mr. seat, oh the.-.Taranaki Execu-. tivq ; of the Tfarmers'-Union has, autbmatically : become .vacant,-; owing to that member's absence frptii four consecutive >; meetings. .'■; The ■ ; Toko ■ branch; will;: jw, invited to ; till the ya'cnncy:;-.'..;