FENCING WIRE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 296, 3 September 1918, Page 8

FENCING WIRE

/The supply.of fencing wire to returned soldiers, promised by the Government, has been the subject of much discontent amongst soldier-settlers, , according to statements made at a meeting of-the executive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association. Although it is asserted l>y the authorities that they can secure shipping space, in preference to private Arms, nevertheless; after a period of over twelve months, the . Department has only been able to provide some 50 tons of ' wire for about 700 ysottlers. As in many cases the fencing needs of returned soldier settlers Ains into several railes, there is considerable annoyance that so little result should have followed from the efforts of the Government, more especially in view of the large importations of motor-cars and similar goods It has been decided to cable to the Prime Minister, asking that on the return of the party through Canada arrangements if possible, be made for an adequate supply of wire and; for shipping spnee. '/Ploughman," writing in the "Southland Times," says :—"Few people will think- that if Prohibition is carriod it will be necessary to make_ provision for chemists lo_ stock beer in connection with tho dairy industry, but this is so, as beer is one of. tho best tonics for a dairy cow that is known, and in cases where Red Water appears, after treatment, nothing is better as an aid to building up condition on the cow than a large bottle of beer a da.v. The beer treatment is uphold by the Department of Agriculture, ivhicli recently advised a' correspondent as follows, in a easo where a cow had lost tor cud"Drenches are often of little avail in restoring the cud in a cow.' Something more stimulating is required. You should try tho following treatmont: Get a quantity of. beer, and give the cow three large bottles per day, and more if she-will stand it. This;treatment has been found very successful." Poultry farming is said to be rapidly increasing in popularity in Southland.' One man engaged in the'industry is reported to have spent over £400 in feed for his laying flock last year. In the Jordan Valley (Palestine), a semi-tropical region, lucerne, undor irrigation, produces ten crops a year. This district possesses a rich alluvial soif:dmlimestone (foundation.