BY THE WAYSIDE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 26, 23 October 1937, Page 16

BY THE WAYSIDE

News of Interest To H.B. Farmers MELB0URNE SHOW SUCCESS At the Melbourne Eoyal Show this year, a- Waiterenui-bred AberCeen Angus bull has again added further honours to this well-known . herd, established by the late Mr. W. A. Macfarlane. The champion bull, Gaelic Bard of Waiterenui, was bred in New Zealand and exhibited by the Kahlua Pastoral Company, New South Wales. According to several keen judges of the breed he is the best bull of his breed in Australia to-day. In Syduey ue i eaded a strong class and 400 guineas wias refused for him there. This bull is a square, wide, low-set sire with a splendid head, nice under the hand and very full iu the twist aud thighs. He is a two-year-old, and is by Ossian of Waiterenui from Palatine of WaiterenuL Another championship at Melbourne was gained by Mr K. Sutherland, with Thologolong Leah 15, by Edric of Waiterenui from Leah 5. Red Polls for Fiji. Breeders will be iuterested to note that Mr. L. C. Andersou, Parihauhau, Makirikiri, Wanganui, has sold for export to the Fijian Goverument, through their New Zealand agents, Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., Ltd., Auckland, and the agency of Murray, Eoberts and Co., Ltd., two very even two-year bulls, showing splendid confirmation TTreBCl, type and quality. These two young bulls should prove a splendid advertisement to New Zealand Eed Polls overseas. Whey Pro-duct. Investigations are being m'ade at the Division of Dairy Eesearch Laboratory, Bureau of Dairy Industry, United States of America, to find new uses for whey products in human foods. Whey solids have been found to blend with a number of canned products such as fruits aud vegetable soups. The products are made up in the same way as ordinary commercial canned soup, with the exception that whey powder is added in addition to the other ingredients. Blow-fly Pest. Speaking generally, the blow-fly has not been a serious menace in New Zealand, states Dalgety's annual wool review. During the past season, which was very wet, some districts reported spasmodic outbreaks when the weather was conductive ,but losses from the cause have been very slight. In parts of the North Island the humid summer caused the pest to be active, particularly in regard to lambs. Christchurch reports that, owing to the wet season, the blow-fly was very troublesome in districts adjoini'ng bush country. In some cases the pest has persisted right into the cold weather and caused a god deal of distress to the flocks, but where remedies have been promptly applied, losses have been reduced to a minimum. Southdowns for Southlaaid. Two first-class Southdown shearling rams were bought for the Southland Frozen Meat Company, Makarewa, by Mr. W. Falconer (works mauiager) at a recent' Chichester (England) sale. One was bred in the King's flocks, and the other came from the estate of the Duke of Bedford. Both were highpriced. They will reach the company's farm, by- way of Australia, some time during Mareh next, and they are intended to further the interest of the Southland fat lamb trade. Novel Show Event. Something new to New Zealanders in show competitions was demoustrated on the tour of farmers to Australia in a competition drafting contest. A man and a woman worked in partnership. The referee branded certain beasts in a mob of cattle, and the man rode into the mob and cut them out, oue at a time, handing them over to the womau to hold rounded up in a separate bunch.

Close Docking of Lambs. A photograph of a Southdown champion ram, exhibited at the Paris Show, tho French "Royal," appears in a British farm journal. The photograph draws attention to the curious French ■ method of Close docking. The tail has been removed ecmpletely, and there is not an incli of stump left. This would not suit some . lamb producers who dock extra , (long, ieaving about one extra knuckle on. They declare that they gain a trifle of weight a lamb on 3001b. odd, worth, t>ay £6 a year. The French Southdown champion was a worthy representative of the breed. It had a magnificent breadth of liindquarters, well filled out and a very squarecut breech-line between his legs. Grass Sickness in Scotland. The mysterious disease of grass sickness is causing something in the uature of a paiiic amoag tlio Clydesdale breeders in Scotland who, have lost keavily by the prevalence of this dread disease, which continues to claim fresh victims despite® the vigilance of veterinary and research officers. A valuable stallion, Craigie Everlasting, for whieh the well-known breeder, Mr. David Adams, paid over 1150gns. at the recent Craigie Mains sale has just died from the disease. This is just typieal of the losses being incurred by Scottish broeders.-