AN ANTI-COW-KICKER. THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1389, 15 March 1912, Page 8

AN ANTI-COW-KICKER.

THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

EXPERIENCE OP A FARMER. This is the story of a cow and a device "guaranteed to be an absolutely perfect anti-kicker," and is told by a Canadian farmer in the following breezy style:— "J. fell for that kicker, and then another.man fell much harder. With the aid of this guaranteed anti-cow-kicker a cow at tho morning milking landed with, both hind feet in a manner to make a 1 mulo die with envy. Tho contraption consists of two metal clasps connected by an 'adjustable chain. One of the clasps was clipped over the cow's right gambrel, the chain passed in front of the left leg, and pulled taut to the clasp over tho other gambrel. "Then kicking with the leg next the milker was physically impossible, and the operator standing to one side behind the other cow viewed the situation before beginning to milk. He never.began to milk. That cow's hind legs shot out with tho force and accuracy of a catapult, catching him in the side under the heart with both feet. He was down and out, helpless and apparently striken most, dangerously. A chill followed the shoqk, despite a rousing tiro, with robes ami furs under and over him. Hours afterward, pulling out his watch, he found the case smashed in and the watch ruined beyond renair. "Allow me to ndvise readers after buying a guaranteed anti-cow-kicker and ailjusting it unon the cow to keen at least 10 feet away from her. The advertisement of this -deadly contraption says that it does not excite the cow. This is doubtless correct, for 'Jack' Johnson, the imperturbable, could not have landed with more cool precision or accuracy. "It is said that 'there is no fool like an old fool,' and T. am wondering what glittering man-killintr device I shall invest in noxt. as senility advances upon me. 'After reliuiously restraining from hobbles, gaiting poles, and jaw-breaking bits with borse*. all my life, to get a man nearly kick-d to death by a cow certainly grieves me." Unless you aro content with the same profits year after year yon had better instal labour-saving, money-making improvements in your Factory. The "Victor" Cheese Vat helps to increase profits. It has a patent sloping bottom which permits of tho whey runnin? off quickly. Frame and rasing are of the best-work-manship. Full particulars from A. J. Parton, Carterton—Advt. There aro 717(5 taxi-enhs and 8105 licensed drivers in London. The grain tillage of Canada last year ojHounted to 13,000,000 acres,

'SOMETHING ABOUT GREYTOWN, Between Carterton and Greytown just tho other sido of the bridge which spans tho Waiohiue River, writes our travelling correspondent, there is some of the finest land in the Wairarapa. Such crops 6f mangels nre there as I have seen in no other locality—some long red, some yellow globe, both being all that is desirable. Considering the season they are remarkable. The growth of cowgrass hay is phenomenal on these rich lands. In one paddock I saw the crop being harvested. Instead of it being carted to tho stack it was being dragged in. Tho implement was like a gate on edge, with a loose hinged wing at each end nnd drawn by two horses. As tho team came up a wind row, the machine was drawn across at right-angles, then tho horses were started; the tightening of the traces caused the wings to move inwards, and a very considerable quantity of the hay was enclosed. The horses were then headed off for tho stack with prottv nearly as much as a fair cart load. The great point was that it meant such a saving of time, as against loading up a cart. It appenled to me at once ns being a great advanco in rapid saving of the hay crop. There is also a considerable area in this locality planted in fruit trees—apple, pear, and peach—which have mado a great growth this season. Greytown is becoming a great fruit-growing district and there must be not far short of three hundred acres already planted. Apples and pears seem to do admirably, but peaches are not much in evidence yet. Somo folk say they do not succeed well at Greytown. They make wonderful growth, but the fruiting is not in keeping with it. Mr. Tate has a considerable area in cherry trees, which nre now coming into profit. Tho same grower has a fiuo pear orchard, and a largo area in apples which ho now produces by the ton ninny times over. Another grower, Mr. Kidd, has had considerable success with small fruits—black and red currants, gooseberries, and strawberries. Ho has a large area in the latter for next year (Royal Sovereign and Mirgronite). At tho present time they aro looking wonderfully well. Mr. Kidd has in addition a big plantation of raspberries (Northumberland fillbasket). I have seen some good crops in my time, but never anything to equal these, either in size of the fruit or quantity. As many as three hundred pounds a day have been picked. Mr. Kidd pays his pickers a penny per pound, and some of tneni havo picked a hundred-weight a day. Then there is the Greytown FruitGrowers' Association on tho Maroa Plains. I saw tho trees—all apples—planted somo four years ago, in what appeared a river bed. It looked all shingle and big stones. To-day the trees have made a big growth and are looking well. Over 100 ncres are now; in, and next year the trees should begin to show returns—a ■more unpromising looking site for an orchard would be hard to find, but the opinions expressed by the Government exparts and others, seem to b© in a fair way of being gratified. The large area now boing planted all over the Dominion makes it absolutely necessary that an export trade should be built up. The day of happy-go-lucky, as in ordinary farming is over, and fruitgrowers now are themselves experts, as indeed they must be to make a success.