FACTS AND FIGURES FOR FARMERS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 412, 8 November 1911, Page 6

FACTS AND FIGURES FOR FARMERS.

One of the most profitable adjuncts to the business of farming is a flock of sheep. Prevailing prices for mutton, stock, and wool should make those who are sceptical ont his subject sit up and think. In running pigs on pasture it is best to have all the pigs in one lot. By being together they become acquainted, but if separated by a fence they will fight through it, become restless, stop eating, and fret. Do not commence too early to figure the cost of the calf's daily feed of milk. You many get cheaper gains on cheaper feed, but you will have a cheap, runty calf on which subsequent feeding will not tell as it should. Milk out the last drop. The least "stoppings" (milk left in the udder) are a sure indication o£ the skill in the work, and these contain the greatest amount of butter-fat—hence the strippings are the richest milk of all. A father gave his three sons each a farm. One ran himself to death, using his up; the second died in the poor-house after trading his away, and the third killed himself by overwork, trying to get all three. Moral: Give a boy the powder-can and matches, but not sudden wealth. The census shows that the total number of emigrants who have gone into America during the past ten years has been 9 7715,12. The Italians stand first in number with 1,9000,00, and the Jews next. The average amount of money brought with each emigrant was £4 10s. Suitable attire for milking would be apron 3 or overalls of some washable materia! for either sex---hessian or dark drill or cotton material.

In consequence of drainage from the manure heap, there is an enormous waste all over the country of the liquid portion the most valuable —of the heap.

The dairy cow should be bred for generating in milking lines; she should have a typical dairy type, and a strong, vigorous constitution and dairy capacity, Unless the ability to do is acquired by individuals before the age of adolescense is entirely past, the world will never, except in rare cases, secure marked service from them.

The cow is a creature of habit, and if you have formed the habit of having her eat a dainty while being milked there will be trouble if you fail to bring the tribute. She may kick more really than literally. Our customs and haibits are like the ruts in roads The wheels of life settle into them, and we jog along through the mire, becauie it is too much trouble to get out of them. If shod, the shoes should be removed at frequent intervals, because the hoof of the horse keeps continually growing. If the horse goes unshod, trim the feet occasionally.

By gaining knowledge of agriculture and experience related to this great art of food production, the pupil gradually acquire a sympathetic attitude to it and to those eneaged in its pursuit.

Do not forget to put a few oats in the calf's feed-box. Calves will eat whole oats about as soon as anything, and perhaps nothing is better for them, especially when the milk supply is short.