FARM NOTES.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 645, 28 June 1921, Page 9

FARM NOTES.

JOTTINGS There is no question that animals of all kinds should bp allowed water whenever they have a mind to drink. To avoid breaking the plaster of your wall when you drive in nails, first dip the nails into very hot water until they are thoroughly heated.

The use of good sires is one of the ways by which the intelligent dairy farmer makes his farm yield returns above the average.

fGcod management means keeping the conditions and feed right all the time, so there will be no drop in the milk at any-time from lack of feed.

Exports of wool from Canada during 3920" are given as 6,289,1011b5, compared with 1919, when 11,000,438 lbs were sent out of the countyr.

A 'combination of feed is necessary to secure the best results in feeding stock of any’kind, and this combination must be arranged with some care

It is useless to spend large sums pn costly artificials, if the most important,* almost the controlling, fac-, tor in the fertility of the soil—lime -—is absent i

The value of wgol for all textile purposes depends upon the length of. staple and the strength of fibre, and sometimes, of course, upon the lustre and degree of fineness

Pigs running out at grass can do wi£k rather more proteid matter in theii food than when they are confined in sties, particularly in the latter part of the summer

1 A, knowledge of book-keeping is absolutely essential, to the satisfactoty conduct of any business, however small, but especially is it necessary in the dairy business

The experienced dairyman knows that it is easy to let cows drop' down in milk from poor feed, but very hart 1 to bring them back to the high lever again later, even if good feed le given

By providing a succession of forage crops for feeding, mot only can s larger number of cows be kept and the milk yield increased, hut a marked saving in the feeding stuffs bill tan he effected. 4

No doubt small farms and small holdings are desirable if the right kind of man occupies tfem.

A rotation of crops should be established which would bring in legumes as fast as possible, for soils which have been cropped for many years are invariably low in nitrogen and organic matter.

There has always been ! a gulf fixed between the scientific man concerned with agriculture and the practical farmer. As time goes on this will tend to disappear; it is a pity that it should ever have originated.

Where, animals have been stunted theii digestive organs are usually impaired, with the result that their food is not assimilated with advantage. and the nutriment contained therein is voided in the .dung.

In general, a long-bodied cow has greater capacity than a short-bodied cow; because of this she is able to handle larger amounts of feed, and. other things being equal, will likely pr educe more heavily.

However good a- bull may be, if his dam had any particular defect it is almost certain to be reproduced in his progeny. When buying a bull of any breed it is necessary to be particularly careful as to its ancestors^

A Winconsin (U.S.A.) farmer sold his registered dairy bull to th'e local butcher, before the production records of any of his daughters were known. During the following year 11 of the daughters averaged 15,074 lb of milk and 5711 b of butter-fat.

The export of Canadian maple sugar increased from 1,462,415ibs in 1914-15, to 4,005,1241bs in 1919-20. Those figures represent only the surplus. The total output in Quebec last year was 30,000,0001 b, in Ontario 7,000,0001 b, and in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 500,0001 b.

The man who has a keen desire to make every farm operation pay, to do constructive work by building up his land, by improving his live stock, and by beautifying his home, has a job that compares favourably with that of the Governor-General of the Dominion in all respects excepting salary.

THE STRIKE EVIL ON THE LAND.

A good suggestion is put forward by a correspondent in “The Pastoral Review” with a view of getting at the root of labour unrest and other

1 i social evils on the land. He main t tains that the principal factor oper j ating against a better state of affairs in rural life •generally is tht ignorance of the average city 'dweller regarding economics, and his un- , founded and unreasoning prejudice. ‘ r against and envy of the man who ( carries the country’s burden, and from whom he has his being. As it is obviously no use attempting to ■educate this section of the comrnun--1 ity through the columns of the press, or rather that portion of it which would allow its pages to be used for such a purpose—owing to the fact that such educative articles would never be looked at by those for whom they would be principally intended —our correspondent suggests the adoption in this country of a plan on similar lines to one being carried out in the United States. The picture theatres, of which we have many thousands, should be made the principal propaganda agents, the idea being that primary producers should have moving pictures taken of every j phase of farm and station life, showing the difficulties they are continually fighting against in the shape of blowflies, rabbits, wild dogs, drought, etc. the labour involved in preparing the ground and sowing a crop, followed by the too often resultant failure due to a variety of causes, such as rust, heavy rilin' and wind on the ripening crop, dry seasons, and so on. Also statistics could be presented accompanying the pictures of different stages of production, showing what each section of the community gets out of the value of the product in the course of its marketing in Australia and in London. Competent and prac- j tical lecturers could give brief ex- I planatory discourses and invite ouestions on the pictures The producers’ associations might arrange for the taking of the pictures which, we believe would be welcomed by both the theatre proprieteors and the public. Most theatres have on their programes at least one or two items of an educational or instructive nature, and these, together with pictures of current events, especially if of local interest, are always very favourably received. . v

i % FORWARD, OF COURSE. “ Where do we go from hjere?” is the question farmers everywhere are asking. Some folks are looking backward, as if they thought that was the only way to go under present conditions.

The great body of fanner folks, however, are not looking that way. ‘"Where do we go from here?” Why,

forward, of course! That is the way we always have been going. We will not begin now to take the backward trail.” And that is right. Forward to a year of greater endeavour than any we have ever faced before. Forward to (finer stock. Forward to more intensive cultivation of our lands. Forward in new and improved. methods of marketing and distributing farm produce. Forward in farm and home improvement. Above all, forward in everything that relates to thrift, enterprise and good citizenship. Ic is the time for courage for great planning and stout hearted counsel one with’ another. It takes storms to make rainbows. Meadow and field look greener after they have been swept by the tempest. From here we go to the best there is. The signal is set for us in the tower. We have the right of way. Now let’s be off

There are many things to be borne in mind when selecting a ram. Quality of breed, constitution, trueness of type, the fleece, the purpose the ram is required for (whether begetting of fat lambs or for stock purposes), and the class of ewes he is to be mated with all demand attention. As the bull is “half the herd,” so is the

ram “half the flock,” for he will imprint his characteristics on many lambs during his seasons of service, and it is as well to remember that the ewe lambs of to-day are the future mothers of the flock.