FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 85, 18 June 1880, Page 3

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The difficulty in obtaining a profit on poultry kept in large numbers has been often noted. An experimenter staittd with 400, and received a very small margin ahove expenses ; the second year, with 200, ho did better; this encouraged him to try 100, then 50, finally getting a satisfactory return. "Pfofesspr? J|'sJ SljelnN^n, in phttyj Farinttg,] fkya*J^ r "fA|l j things l ccfi-/ sidered, good milk is the cheapest kind of food we have ; for three . pints of it, weighing 3 Jibs, and costing 4 Jd, contain as much nutriment as lib of beef, which costs 6d. There is no J^bs-jsi^oofciag^b*; jmilk as there is in cooking beef, and there is no bone in it that cannot be eaten ; it is simple, palatable, nutritious, healthful, cheap, and always ready for use with or without .prepanatio»£' -p V/ /f> -^ A .iafelKoj^ bf^itiu'g ja kicking horse, or of training a colt to withstand any unusual pressure or contact of the harness behind, is described as follows; — The animal is harnessed, as usual, to the shafts of a buggy or waggon ; the shafts are then separated from the vehicle, being kept from training on the ground by straps or cords from the crupper. The hor3e or colt is then driven in the usual manner, the driver -walking ; behind; and oecai+f sionally. pushing the shafts to Cause the breeching to prets on the hind quarter^, or ; pulling?., them 6idewise to interfere with the crupper, or in any way that may be possible, endeavouring .to disturb jhei ;animal and train him to remain quiet under the disturbance. The horse may kick as he pleases, the shafts-, cannot be hurt, as they are raised at every attempt. In time the horse wi11.. -understand the- matter, and refraiu from kicking.