AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 589, 30 July 1913, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

The first month of u pig's Hie determines largely the profit in him. There is -omething wrong in the make-up of a farm without at least a ; few pigs, Jf they have been properly fed, pigs should be good market stuff at under twelve months. Breeders and stockmen own their farmsjand take pride in their constant improvement. Harsh treatment of the cow will operate to the lessening of the fat values oft he milk. The manner in which calves are reared has a great effect on the milkprcduci"g qualities. When fed and fairly treated there is no animal on the farm gives a better return than the cow. English Live Stock Journal says he demand for dairy cattle is growing faster than the supply. A wet, soggy soil is no good for potatoes; they do best on light, deep soil which has been well drained. A horse should not be subject to violent exercise immediately after a full meal or a large draught of water. Do not, under any circumstances, breed from a poor milker. She cannot give her calf what she hag not. Stock farms, with their varied interests, afford the broadest opportunity for the growth of brain and heart. When a mare comes near her time for foaling, keep her rather Bhort of food than over-fed. She will do better so.

Cut down the supply of milk, and substitute one of the meal foods when the calves show a tendency to scour.

Alleged that cattle tick cannot live on goats, and if goats are run on an infested area for a time it will be cleaned up.

It is 33iimated that there are 430,000,000 cattle in the world, but the proportion of beefs, workers, and milkers has not been arrived at.

The man who gets the best out of his live stock on the farm is he who regards each animal as an individual to be specially considered.

It cannot be too strongly emphasised that the use of an inferior bull in the dairy herd is a death-blow to the success of the next generation of the herd.

Do not leave any of the farm tackle out of doors, exposed to all the changes and chances of the weather; exposure means shorter life for even the ironware.

White clover is one of the legumes which follow man all over the cultivable world; when he has depleted the fields and left them worked out the clover rebuilds the soil.

The condition of the mother determines the condition of the lamb when dropped, whether it is vigorous and ready to stop rightly and make a rapid growth, or otherwise. Once on a time it was predicted the railway would ruin the farmer; now the man who is far from a railwaydeclares he is being ruined because he cannot get his produce to market.

Owing to the discovery of a means of making values of ;i!! the former waste of flax. Canadian farmers are cultivating the crop, which, it is said, will replace wheat in some section.

One of the entries at the horse how to be held at Olympia, London, is "Tiny," said to be the smallest horse in the world. Tiny is a Shetland pony, and stands 2'iin high at the wither. There are few dairymen who have not observed the immediate reduction in the amount of milk drawn daily After the cows have been exposed to a cutting wind or a drenching storm.

Valuable time is being wasted and money lost on every dairy farm where the owner neglects to make use of that most economical and sure aid towards increasing his profits—the pure dairy bred bull.

New Mexico and Texas are the principal goat-breeding grounds of the United States. Kansas city is the world's greatest goat market, killing over 100,000 annually. About 50,000 reach Chicago.

Irrigation has done much for the producer in the arid regions, but he is now faced with a seepage which is killing the growth in some parts; +he time for draining the irrigated areas is at hand.

Where clover will grow it is one of the good crops; it can be drilled in; cut for, its hay it gives a good cron the first year, and then can be turned down for its green manuring- value, which is very high.

UPut the sick horse out of the te;im; yon know how it is to feel a little off colour. A spell for a day would set you up, while to be asked to go on working might mean a call for the doctor—or the undertaker.

Stated that amongst the poor of England margarine is considered better than butter, the reason being that while they can get good margarine cheaply, good butter comes high, and is out of their reach.

Canada has framed a new regulation, which calls for the possession of £5 in cash by every immigrant not engaged to go to work on arrival or without friends to guarantee he will not become a charge on the State.

Wonder if what agriculture owes co the crank is ever pondered upon. The man who iirat tried spraying waß considered as much off his centre as would be the man who to-day tried to run an orchard without spraying.

It is being urged in England that tuberculosis is not hereditary in cattle, and that by isolaltion of the calves a farmed can build up a perfectly healthy herd. The object of isolation is to enable ailing calves to