GENERAL FARM NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2458, 11 May 1915, Page 8

GENERAL FARM NEWS

■A Winton resident recently went in for a bit of farming on a small scalo (says tho "llccoid"). -lio put down M acres in outs, 'l'ho labour and socd cast him £14. He got -H tons of chaff ■as a result of the harvest, and disposed of. it at £5 per ton. Turning the crop into chaff meant an expenditure of some £8. Ho is now of opinion that .thoro is'- nothing in fanning. A supplier to the Bailanco Dairy Company gives the following information as to returns this season from his herd-of 12 cows, the returns- being to 'March 31. last only:—294olb. butter-fat at Is., £145 55.; sale of pigs, £31 18s. 2d.; sale of calves, £26; total, £203 2s. 2d. ; :: less £8 14s. for pigs 'purchased and 17s. for meal purchased, leaving a •net sum of £193 lis. 2d.; the avcrago per cow being £12 2s. for butter-fat at 'Is. per lb.; and £4 os. 7d. for tho byproduct-, which thus realised 4d. per lb. ■By the end of the season tho complete returns will show a handsome average per eow. An instance of the disadvantage of not having oven a. smattoring of scientific education in agriculture was observed by a visitor to the AVaikato the other day, says an exchange. A fanner was preparing 100 acres for potatoes—a crop he had been taking out of tho same land beforo —and was so •liberal with fertilisers that he was using Scwt. to tho acre. But he was not putting in any potash, although experts Know that one of the crops which exJiaust the potash in the soil most rapidly is the potato. Had ho used 4c\vt. of a fertiliser containing a largo proportion of potash, he would have benefited the soil and gained materially in the cost of working. A Waikaka farmer in December sent in an estimate of the probable yield of Jiis oat crop to. the Agricultural Department as 35 bushels per acre. The farmer completed his harvesting and threshing recently. The area of 70 acres yielded within a few ponnds of :70 bushels to the acre. One or two farmers at Maungawera ihave been agreeably surprised with the results of their threshing, and in rjore than, one case the yield has turned out fully a fourth more than-was estimated .(says -the Wanaka correspondent of the '"Cromwell Argus"). Iu place of having bags to spare, there was a considerable shortage all round. Mr. Hugli Douglas has been appointed tie legato from Tenui, and Mr. E. Eagle, delegate from Carterton, to the provincial conference of tho Farmers' Union,to be held in Pahiatua next week. SALE OF DAIRY STOCK. • X)n Wednesday at Linton, Messrs. Abraham a.nd Williams, Ltd., will hold a sale cf dairy stock on.account of Mr. William Craw. Tho herd is stated to bo one of tlio very best in the Jlanawatu, comprising upwards of 100 specially selected five-year Shorthorn cows. Mr. Craw spared no expense in getting together this ifoi'd, and every cow las proved her Worth at the bucket. The property has sjbeen sold by Mr. Craw, and this is the •reason the herd is being' placed under ■itho hammer. Every cow is five years old, and the dates of calving are early ,-an every case, and taken right through 'there will be- no need to feed- the cou;s ifor any time before the milk returns will start to come in. Those wanting cows of undoubted merit are recommended by ;7the auctioneers to attend the sale. Buyers from down -the Manawatu Line can get off at Linton Railway Station, and .the farm is within a' stone's throw of the station. The sale starts sharp at 12 noon ■and luncheon is provided. Tho auctioneers recommend the herd to their clients iwith every confidence, and' assure them -that they are indeed above the average. Many a small farmer, whose account Iwith us a fevr years ago was, very, small' Imdeed, has to-day-grown into an account worth handling. We can claim to have done our share to help him'along, in handling his Home-separated Cream, JButter, or Eggs, to the best advantage. .'■Let us get a. chance of- your business now we are" shortVot' all . stocks, and can 'deal with your produce to your advantage. Wanganui Fresh Food and Ice Co. !—Advt.