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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 14 August 1914, Page 7

Black lambs, says Profeasor Wrightson, appear in the best bred flocks as surely as black sheep arc known to occur in jthe best-regulated lamilies. Whether these lambs are to be considered as cases of atavism, or of. pushing forward to new developments, it is impossible to say; but there are other forms which are apt to break the monotony of the lamhing-pen. There are, for example, what are in Wiltshire called "pussy-lambs," or furry creatures which carry coarse woolly hair, of dark brown or black colour. They are often brindled in colour, but alter as they grow, and finally develop into grey-woolled sheep, often of large size. They are. undoubtedly "sports," and no length of pure linea.ue or of careful breeding ca.n prevent thoir occasional appearance. Whether they are reversions to an old type or prophetic of a new race it is exceedingly difficult to say.

Ploughing" is at best Hie hardest w. rk the farm horses have to perform. Few teams but are doinsj 10 to DO per cent, of unnecessary work. We are tola 1 that about ~>Q per cent, of the draught of the plough is due to the culling of tho furrow slice. Tin?, condition of the cutting edge must then bo of first importance. Expert ploughmen recognise this, sad in competitions file their shares to knife edges. One authority claims that an old share reshnrpened has shown M(> per cent, heavier draught than a new share. The .set and adjustmsut of a plough has almost as much to do with the draught ay V-.q condition of the share. About .">0 per cent, of the draught of a v.-> Iking plough is due to the fricHc« »( '<->•* Plough on the bottom and siii'J o.s" the" furrow.