FARMING NOTES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 290, 12 November 1883, Page 2

FARMING NOTES.

A race to admit of bhe Bheap psssing at a tim , leai< from the pen. . t the end opposite to froioa which the sheep are ma m, a portion of the race is partitioned, off to, hold, two or three Bhesp aa a^ecoy .*■ Alonarsi^e this rao«», cha dip is dug to a depth of five ieet |>sl6w it? 'At thiß? centre of the ; racfi, the flow suddenly falls sideways towards the clip at a elope of gix:;iaches m twenty. Thus, as . . ther sh?ep pass through the race, being induced to go on by x the decoy,, their • feet^elipi from tinder them oa the sloping floor, and they slide- mto the dip. ■ , : The dip ;is hidden from • - their ■ view as . they, ; pass alonff the race by a EOw«fiiAcks; Bas-r pended from a wire stretched along, the line between the raca and the dip, ; and i at a height of about > -[three feet from the |ioof^ the former, As the sheep rush » long they glide unde^ these sacks into : the dip, and a.' Vire' stretched" tflon,} about 18 incb?eß-aboTe r the : floor 'of the . race, ana parallel with the l wire ifrbm : which the sacks are suspended, pre- i vents the" sheep~trom toppling ore and injuring themeelves.— J*T. Z. Country JbOTnai. ;:::i -' ( ''^ • i *.: ii .XJ. ; In animal j whicbriiaTo reachai the! a°e olthfe'e yearitj'the horn h*s aridjge, oriring,- • at the^-basei-ahd a ; 'n'e w oneMs fdrnied' erery yeair Beldw the-'old one ; but the ] nn : mb^r of these rings carinofc be relief upon ih'esttma>.ing 'the age> as it sometimes happens that m unsold animal the rings,' are so blended that they; cpnnot be coxmted. In ybung cattle the . horns are thickest at the base, ' and taper. ;o a paint; bat when the animal has reached either eight or ten years a narrowing often takes place at the base, obliterating eereral rings.— American Cultivator. A horse belonging to Mr E. A. Luck, which was. entered m thetrades-i man's class at Darlington (England) show, for the purpose' of allowing per-j sons interested with the question of the shoeing of horses, the opportunity bt inspecting thefeet'-bf a H6rse tKat as dooe hard work" on macadamifed roads <mthout shoes, : attracted considerable attention. Experienced farriers, huntsmen, farmers, tradesman, and gen le- * men were, to- be seen, m group's rdand the horse all the afbernooncriticaliy ex 4 amining its ■ hoofs. The ; curioatt^ evinced was -not surprising, nor the ec pticiam with which r the, various in-j---spections were" 1 made^i and not less noticeable was the general astonish*ment and wonder expressed at the re;mirkable results of. Mr Luck's experiment. It is so uniyer sally believed (says the "Darlington Times" )] that the shoeing of horaes is , , absolutely necessary, that it appeared almost incredible that anoanimal which j had ; been unsound i a it 3 feet could be- made sound by abandoning shoeing, and more th n us, that it could after uouriy • year's! regular work over country, ! and town roads show Buch perfect hoofs. The development of the feet was a constant'source of wonder, and Mr Lock, who courteously explained; the circunoU stances of the experiment, must ha^e btren somewhat wearied at having |o explain m detail tto often how he had •uoceeded. Itopo exaggeration to »»y,

indecd;it,wa 8 admitted by all vrfco saw thMn,ma^ that no horse on the field S%? v° m Bonnd <*or better feet, halt 18 b/ Slmply aJI ™8 »•*«• to dfficalttban to root out lang accept ideas, and we can scarcely expect that a fcitbe of those who admi.ttd die success soclearly demonstrated will forthwith abandon shoemg as an unnoceisary : P- r^. tlce ; b »t^her.eever.., K en.i n tere Btod.8 tod. indorses congregate together, the .übjeefc wu: b^a. theme ofc(i Bc'u8 c'uE S : on for the..neximne days._Nothiagjßi:>: e ßui* : pnßmg.wa3 seen at^ Bhow, aninok = that what they had. hitherto rezarwl' ; ** impossible had 'actae,liy been^hiel : veoi, ■• ••-