STOCK AND FARM ITEMS.

Patea Mail, 14 May 1881, Page 3

STOCK AND FARM ITEMS.

The steamer Catania is being fitted up to convey 250 tons of meat from Sydney to London.

The Orange Meat Company, New South Wales, have been advised by wire of two steamers being fitted up to their order in England for the conveyance of meat from Sydney to London. An improvement in elevators has been made, consisting in raising the troughs bodily, so that they may extend over and on to a rick for the purpose of topping up, in order to dispense with what is known as theppitch-holte t In regard to English experiments the claim is, that by the constant grazing with cattle and the accumulation of nitrogen and potash in the soil through the medium of cotton cake, a pasture containing all the best species of grasses and an abundant growth of white clover has been produced. Young animals that are kept on dry food frequently suffer from irritation of the skin. This may be remedied by giving some laxative food and the use of a card or a stiff brush occasionally. It is a mistake to suppose that only full-grown animals need their skin cleansed by brushing and carding. Young animals need it as much as old ones, and it is a much more useful sanitary-regulation than is generally supposed.