GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 906, 27 August 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

It .is stated.that a'number of Wairarapa breeders of stud sheep , intend exhibiting their stock at the. Poverty Bay A. and P. , Show this year. There is said to, be a good, demand for Romney.Marsh sheep in that district.-- ' ; . The question of establishing thesugar beet industry is being, ■ discussed in Masterton, ; as well.as Waiigan'ui. It is thought that• a .considerable area in the .Wairarapa. is-adapted to i tho -evil-" tivat-ion of 'sugar -beet. ~-j; ,- ■; Pield-Supervisor Deem,,', of tho. Agricultural Department, is at present; in Mastertpn.. He will, in all probability, 'interview various ;'settlers , ', concerning the .of agricnltural experiments inj.coreal-grbwing jiiduring l . the coming season. . -. ;: ; It is expected (says our Masterton correspondent)' that. a 'larger . number of farmers will : this. year enter for the 'field competitions .in connection with -the .Ma'stefton.'A.-and P. As'socia-. tion than was the case last year 'An active committee of the- association is working- up these competitions: ; Mr, G. E. Allen, the' well-known Roniney Marsh breeder, of the .Wairarapay. recently disposed of fifty flock rams to a breeder in Hawke's Bay. Ho has also disposed of-two stud rams to Mr.'-A.'.'.H.' Russell, of.Hastings. :. ;.'. A Mast-oi-ton'labour agp'nt reports that there is a keen demand for ploughmen and bushfellers in that district at the present -time. '■', ' >, : .

Salt is* held to bo a healthful food. vNot only will it aid in the various digestive processes, but it acts' as a kind of 'health preservative. Tho blood is kept more: pure and-active, and other bodily functions will be made stronger. In this respect (remarks "Tho Australian Farm and Home") salt has been found to. be of great advantago to the swine breeder. As a general rule, the farmer, never ; thinks of feeding his pigs 'with, salt, and ho 'does not know' that thatanimal, although 1 it will not demand it in tho same way as will, the cow and sheep, is better off'with <a'n occasional feed of the chlorine compound. Many .of the worm disoases that so often at-, tack tho internal anatomy of pigs may be prevented and destroyed by. tho lreo use of salt. An occasional doso.of good, strong brine taken into the stomach and intestines of a pig will not let such pai asites thrive therein, and when thus freed . from ■• these vigour-destroying agencies.the .animal will bo,more immune from sickness and disease.