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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 37, 27 February 1937, Page 19

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* News of Interest to H.B./Farmers CbW-PEAS FOR ST0GK Like airiegumes^the cowpeu is rich." in prbtein and provides valuable fodder at all stag-ea of its growtb, also when cured ay hay. DIf3.'culty is sometimes experienced "at first* ih getting dairy stock accustomcd to* green ^ow-pea, but once they acqiiire a ' taste it is relished, and its value as a milk producer quickly* demon'strated. To get stack accustomed to cow-pea include a ight sowing of maize with the peas; tne trailing stems of the peas will twine round the maize stalks and provide exeellent fodder combination. Pea straw of any kind is not generally recognised at its true value; either grqeu or cut in its green' stagea, and catefylly cured as hay, it is ah exeellent feed for all animals. As a green crop for ploughiug in, it cannOt 'be ^ beaten. Live Stock Carriage. ' ' ' . Although. breede'rs of like stock in. this country are makihg more and more use of motor tr aniport for the delivqry of stock to cattle yards, markets; etc., the valume, is ohly a very Small percentage of what ' it "will yet grow to. An idea of the extent to whieh motor trucking is usld for hauling live stock to markbts in U.S.A.' is conveyed by recent figures of bne day's delivery by motors ' at the Chicago sale yards. All told 1173 motor trucks delivered 5000 tons of live weight,* or an average ^ of over " f our tons each. A conservative estimate of the distance travell^d bv these trucks was an: average of, 125 miles. The day's deliveries by automobilCs embraced 6278 cattle, 5015 sheep, 786 calves and 18,260 pics-r^-the total saies" value ;of the stock so .delivered, being £183,000. . The Amepc.an stock raiser, says the Dunlop, Perariau Bulletin, has fouxid that the flexibility of motor transport provides him- with a; quick means. of Teaching the markets to .take advantage 'of price advances, a factor that" is* being appreciated .by more and' more Australian producers.

High-priced Friesians. • The best Briti'sh Friesian average for •several years was recorded at the sile conducted by Messrs John Thornton Hobson and ; Co. recehtly at Thorntbn Earm, Ettington, near Stratford-Qii- . Avon, on behalf of Mr A. J. Creed, Mrs EeeS-Mogg and 'Messrs PuTser^.Bros. Between 40 and 50 lots were cataloguefi, and the average price returned was oyer £56. Goldicote (lmp. 1936), Hiitadsteen, a ten-month-old bull, bred. in Holland and imported from that country early in the year, was sold first, and xealised the exeellent figure of 270 guineas. "This is an outstandmg youngster. Offered by Mt Creed, he now becomes the property of Mrs J. Eckford. Worms in Sows. To worm sows before, they are due to farrow, -mix 1 oz. of oil of chenopodium i with a pint of eastor oil. It is advisable to dose at night after fasting, and to follow up with a dose of salts in the morning. Eor sows give 2 to 4 tablespoons of the mixture, according to the size of the animal. Sows should be dosed for worms about a fortnight before they are due . to farrow, and then, when the medicine has acted; they should be washecL all over with warm water and soap (special care beiug given to the udder and hind quarters) before they are put into the far- ■ rowing stifes. The sties must be thoroughly cleansed out with boiling water and soda, and if possible a blow lamp should be run over the floors and walls. The thoropgh cleansing of the udder and sty is most important, since the piglets contract worms through _ sucking at an udder which is contaminated with infective larvae. A Bull Story. As- some hikers watched a gmi milking a cow, a bull rushed bellowing toward them from the far end of the field. The hikdrs xan for the pearest gate, bu,t the gixl calmly went on with ner work. Five yards away from tbe girl the bull came to a sudden bait, turned round, and raced away ©ven faster. When the astonished hikers re-assembled, the girl explained, "I knew the bull wouldn't come any nearer. The cow I'm milking is his mother-in-law

Smaller and Better Herds, Here and tbere we have comparatively small berds of good producing cows from which the owners are ohtaining maximum production and yield- > ing higher profits than large berds of low-average production. What the industry — the country — needs at the preJ sent time is a saniller national herd of high yielding cows producing the same quantity of milk as the present low- , average national herd, The result would, 9 give the farmer more money than he would gain by any system of raising; prices. It is the comparatively small herd o£ good cojvs, well fed and managed, that should be aimed at. And this naturally means subdividing very many farms which are too big for econoinic production. The highest^ re- , turns froip cows will never be obtained under a range systqm of dairy- farming. Shows and Labour. With every man it is possible to ohtain concentrated on maintaining the routine of farms, pedigree stock breeders in Auckland province are, in many instances, finding -jt impossible to devote time to preparing stock for show , exhdbitkm. According to- several _ anthorities this interest is practically denied smaller farmers because of the shortage of labour, and in some of the cattle sections of the Auckland Metropolitan Agficultural and Pastoral Association's Show, which is to be held at Epsom on February 26 and. 27, short entries have been received.