FARM AND GARDEN.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 594, 16 August 1913, Page 7

FARM AND GARDEN.

Roots and veegtables or clover hay generally have a beneficial effect upon digestive organs of the hog. If we do not put our best intelligence into the farm we shall g«t .ittle satisfaction out of it,or financial returns, either. Angora goats cannot thrive if urowded into a small space, hence should not be kept in large flocks an small farms. A sow is usually at her best from the second to the fourth or fifth litter; but there are exceptions to this rule. When cows have ailing teeth they will sometimes drop out the food they have raised into the mouth for remastication. The increase in the world's wheat acreage has not been accompanied by any diminution in the areas under other cereals. The ton of mixed hay contains about 9601b of digestible dry matter, while eight i:on3 of silage contain 25603b of dry matter. Keep the dairy sweet and clean. If you gain nothing else than an increased reputation as a good butter maker it will pay you. To secure the best success in farming, clean the land before ic is foul, feed it before it is hungry, and rest it before it is weary. Unless the horse is hard pressed for time, or has poor teeth, oats should be fed in the whole condiiotn. Musty oats should be avoided. The business of the plough, the mother industry of the world, is sure to stand forth in its true position more and more as time advances. If a farmer has only common stock he°should get a dairy bred sire, then save the heifer"calves, and continue development in breeding. The amount of working which butter receives is almost entirely under the control of the buttermaker, and overworking should be avoided. How many dairymen, when comparing cost of 4;'eed and the price of milk, forget to estimate the actual cash value of the nwure obtained. It is noticeable, in looking over the successful lucerne fields, that a great majority of them are so heated as to secure good natural drainage. In many pursuits men may muddle along and make a livelihood, but to make a real success on the farm must have head, andjise it. New milk very quickly absorbs any taints, and when any foodstuffs are put ne&t it the fat takes up the flavour and taints—both cream and butter.