MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, 4 October 1922, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

I It, is reckoned that a COW "giving I three gallons of milk daily yields about . 261 b of dry matter every week, whereas a fattening ox with an avoirdupois I increase of about 21b daily makes about 10.61 b dry matter. It is thus evident"that a dairy cow returns more organic material in her milk than a fat- . teuing animal puts on its back. j Both in Waikato and Taranaki, facI tory managers condemn turnip feeding. ' ln x reply to a .supplier at Maugatainoka -the chairman said that if the cows were fed right there would he no taint in the milk. The manager, asked his opinion, said that while not objecting so much to luriiips lie barred rape feeding, the effect of which was very dif- ■ fieult to get out of the pasteuriser. At a meeting of the Duncdin Chamber of Commerce it was pointed out I that a great deal of Xow Zealand money must have gone into German pockets as the result of speculation in marks, and ; • this at a time when all- money availa- i ble should be kept in the country. There whs no promise on the face of the mark that it would be redeemed, Th<= meeting resolved to seek tlio Government ' to prohibit investments in German money.

To circumnavigate the world without, having to worry about catching steamers and trains, or finding hotels, is now open to I lie tourist with about £4OO to spare. The new Cunarder, Laconio, is to commence the cruise next winter, taking 130 leisurely days to get round, and so contrived that they shall be nearly all summer days. The U.S. Shipping Hoard is also making a bid Cor this kind of traffic, and is sending two of its finest vessels on the world cruise next January. Something has to !.,■ done with these costly ships when the Atlantic passenger traffic falls off. and the Maurctania is taking a holiday in the Mediterranean, lasting ~>i days. from February onwards. A country correspondent of the Christc.hurch 'Press' says.—" One of .my lims recently hatched a freak White Leghorn chick. The chick was thu hist one to hatch, and. as it seemed | weak, I. look the shell off it. the latter being chipped all round. I tlid not notice anything wrong with it but later on, when il dried. I found that its bill was crossed, one mandible at right angles will, rhc other. It had a very prorninetil eye in front of its head, and at the back of its head was a piece of bare skin and the rudiments of a second eye. The chick was quite healthy, but 1 killed it. as it would not have been able to feed." showing ;, deficit of £290 15s sd, and with assets totalling only £32 15s, two young farmers filed their estate at Hamilton the oilier day (states the "Waipa Post"). They started in business as fanners, they said. 18 months ago, with £IOO each on an area of 301 acres at Te Rote. The pureha.se price as a. going concern was £OOOO. They subsequently got an advance of £SOO from i tic Commissioner of Lands, They

milked -" cows the first season, and the animals did well up to November, - ''in l-J ol them got a severe chill and j they had to dispose of them. They alI so lost six cows and three heifers in the stream on their property. Last , seasou they took about £2OO from the j cows. They had no complaint against ! Ibe Govornmi-iit, \vho had treated them j very generously. They had simply J been unable to make a "do" of things. iSnys the "'Daily STews"; Reference was recently made to the splendid results freing obtained by Mr H. Purdio from his farm of 01 acres on the Wai- , tara Road. It was stated that he was ! running 71 head upon the place. BeJ sides that number we find that "he has l young stock and horses equivalent to [a further nine, or SO head on 01 acres. «Mr Purdic states that each of his cows "(purebred Jerseys) have averaged 350 '• lb of butter-fat over the past ten years, which is a great record consider- . ing that the average production per ■ cow in Taranaki is ISSIb and that for New Zealand 1601 b. It also goes to j show what can l>e done by systematic | testing, breeding the right kind of ani- ! mal. and provision of shelter and ade- [ quatc feed.

A dairy farmer with a grievance j wrote to the Southern Hawke's Bay Farmers' Union executive in reference to the manner in whictr he had been treated by a bacon company in the Wellington district. He explained i that he had a pig cured, the dead weight vi which was 2171b5. When he received the pig back as bacon it onjy weighed 170'lbs.. and he considered he had been overcharged as the company had charged him for the 2171b5. Could the Union do anything in the matter' He had written to the company, who said the weight of the bacon was simply shrinkage between the dead weight of the pig and the weight of the actual bacon. Members considered it was a matter of shrinkage and not one which they could deal with. The secretary ! said he had replied that the Union' would look into the complaint if possi-

Mcssr.s Win. Riddell and Sons, of Monmouth. Oregon. U.S.A.. who hare imported a number of high-class stud sheep from New Zealand, have been conducting experiment; with a view ■to developing a lamb with the valuable curled wool, so desired by furriers. A cross of a Karakul ram imported from A.-ia Minor with a Cotswold ewe already proved partially successful. The lamb produced was entirely black, with the exception of two small .-pots, and the wool had the required curl. The value of a pelt from such, a lamb was recently estimated at from 50s to t>2s 6d, and it is believed that further crosses with the Karakul ram would do away entirely with white spots on the iambs, and possibly add a gloss to the wool. The desired curl in the pJt; obtained was; retained for the fir.;.*, eight <l;iy:< niter birth, but after that it disappeared.