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GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Ifc is stated that certain farmers hoM to the belief that to feed off wheat in its early growth is a ba,d thing for the crop subsequently. An Ashburton "Guardian,", reporter, was told recently that two - farmers in tho Ashburton .County, working together, arranged to teed pit a part of a crop of solid straw .Tuscan .wheat, '\Yhen it caiqe to threshing, ifc was found that the,•part of the crop that Lad been eaten off when young yielded 10 bushels per aero moro than the part that had not been eaten otf. There was, moreover, not so much straw, and tho grain was better and Diggor.

Many people think they know a potato when they sec it, but they would be wise, not to be too certain. Among the 150 sorts—illustrating the potato from the earliest times —shown at the Horticultural Hall aro blue-purple potatoes with red. centres, scarlet potatoes, yellow potatoes, branched like a spruce tree, alld fluted like a. shell, and little potatoes not much larger than marbles (stated "Tho Daily jlail" of January 28). These purple and branched potatoes,- shown by Messrs. Sutton, who wore accorded a large gold medal, are much more than a curiosity. They are a real addition to tho vegetables useful for salads, which they adorn both in colour and flavour.

During tho month of February the Eltiiam Co-operativo Dairy Company received 179,3701b. of butter-fat,, manufacturing 56G3 cwt. cheese. Tho arerngo tost was 3.82. Tho company pays out, at the rate of Is. per lb. of butter-fat, tho sum of £3963. This is an increase of £233 compared with tho corresponding period of last year, when tho company paid out, at the same rate, viz., Is., tho sum of £3715.

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 8

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290

GENERAL FARMING NEWS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2011, 19 March 1914, Page 8

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