MR, S. R. LANCASTER'S SALE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1805, 18 July 1913, Page 10

MR, S. R. LANCASTER'S SALE.

Special attention is drawn to tho annual salo of dairy stock to bo held by tho Xsew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., and Dalgety and Co., Ltd., m conjunction, on account of Mr. & R. Lancaster. The salo will be held at the farm, Fitzherbert, PalmiCTston North, on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 23 and , 30. Mr. Lancaster is well known throughout the Dominion as a judge of dairy stock, and this year he is said to have secured a particularly fine line of cows, being the pick of some of tho best herds in the district. Tho cows to be offered are mostly Jersey and Jersey cross, with a fair percentage of Holsteiiis, and they are all young and in splendid condition, calving early, and every cow is guaranteed sound in all quarters and to calve to date. In addition, abouit 200 particularly choice Jersey and'. Holstein two and three-year springing heifers will bo offered, and on the first day a limited number of registered Jersey cows and about 30 purebred Jersey bulls, mostly two-year-olds. The stock will bs sold entirely without reserve. A coach will meiet prospective buyers on all trains on the day of the sale. Catalogues and further information may be obtained upon application from-the auctioneers.

"The farmers are tied to their cows all the summer," said Mr. A. A. Ross, at tho Farmers' Union- Conference yesterday, "and when they turn them out in the winter they should be given an opportunity to visit other parts, and see how things a»e going." To allow fanmers also to benefit by railway excursions he moved: "That the Railway Department bo approached with a view to getting excursion rates from any station to any station during a period in the -winter for the benefit of farmers, who, as a rule, cannot avail themselves of the cheap fares in the summer months." Mr. J. Bell (Westland) seconded the proposal. It was only right, ho thought, that the farmers should be given this benefit. In his district it was all milking. One farmer in the district had been farming there for twenty-two years. "Recently," said Mr. Bell, "I bought a chaff-cutter. That farmer came and saw it working. After walking round it twice, he said: 'Well, Mr. Bell,' in all iny twenty-two years here, this is the first time I have seen a reaper and binder.'" (Laughter.) "That is a fact," concluded Mr. Bell, and the remit was unanimously carried. Change is the order of the day! Therefore wo change an old adage. "Where there's a Vat there is Whey." But where there's a "Victor" Vat thero are better results in the Cheese-making industry. The "Victor" Vat—the sloping bottom and centro drainage ensure a free flow of whey. The "Victor" will help you to success.. Albert J. Parton, Carterton.—Advt. Develop the milking propensity and high butter-fat test by using tho "Gilrutli" Calf Food. Tho constitutionbuilder. It is not only the best, but also tho cheapest.—Advt.