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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 307, 15 September 1875, Page 2

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(VBOM OUB, OWN. COBBE? PONDENT.) .J. 1,/.,,.',.-; ■ ... , Jnlyl 2. PflOFESsdß^Sanson of the Agricultural College of Grignon. is the well-known advocate fattmiftig stock, to product thegrearert qtiantity Vif meat j»ssiJ;l^,Tzby; shortest time, His writings tend to show that there is a staged® the fattening of animals,-; when the prolongation of thb processes of•; fattening; ceases to be remunerative, degpite the animal’s avidity for food.’ The latest experiment; Ml Sanson records, was that conducted on a Durh’anq buR, tjed/up thq £4th Deceyiber last",'in an ordinary shed’ with cows. The animal was not eut, weighed 15 cwt., and valued • ijf 358 ifrancs: ’TBeTftiod consisted of beet, dried v^tches,-jwheatqp chaff, and bran. The same ration of th® first three was-: continued throughout the 64 days the fattening was pursued, but after 21 ‘dfiyS, Iffiitf original feed of bran, l llbs, was increased,by onehalf, and doubled during the. last three weeks. After the second stage bf fattening, the animal increased in weight At the rate of SJ-lbs daily; during the,last stage, and with an increase of farinaceous,dift, the flesh‘ put 1 was about 4jlbs, gtsauattyAnrtnistrtngtg 3ibg;'~lt:wBB-itt this point thei apimal WFSiSold to the butcher, producing 51| per cwt., of meat as compared with itsTive" weight, realizing sBl'francs, befng’223 ’fronds dvffierehie As compared ■‘•with valua whOni ' pat tipi The food is valued at 140 francs,-fco iliat the net benefit was 83 frang^, 7 in addition to the piapure,. j ? One of the most interesting agricultural regions in France is that of which Amiens is the centre, bqggusJe; only exhibits great variety of spilt fet Also methods of cultivation. °f Arthur Young, , th at ■ traveller could, find no agricultural rterit in thb district. As Picardy was the seat of so many wars, its backwardness is- thtts’ eaSiiy l explained A,t.pre^ptii.(iA ) a.:tihjiYii}a sppfrftf tural and manufacturing industry. To. the ■ iiatifb' metlibds-.'bf I tibtt, l '“afd i joii»ed tirnso, of, Flanders, end/Rcgland, ® i large sea, <j,r estuary, board, and ; cauau and river accommbuafiofi, contrlbtite" much -to- theapitopriety to,the rival populda tjon: ?pflt t Qf .tfcq.Wdjsdeyoted to the growth .flf . wheat,and industrial 1 ' MtM bSgtafid'iS tilted Steortfing to a -system; kitchen s^. n w soil, it is divided into parallelogram beds, Iridri'ia fdeDwMep riich separated by l ® 1 di?; aßd cons, meeting With the river. Tips canal serves tb rirltAk 'ths 1 iihia“%>oWceife6'Afl> 0 Wceife 6 'Afl vegetable/.refnseyter-.tho jlattaivis mtveb ■*?.-instated, allowed to’ rot to form liquid I ibaiidrwi Ai’thrte course rotationis 'pursued, : wbere,pa.ted§, radishes, carrpts, onions and, leeks, are alternated with potatoes, peas,, cabbages mnd, turnips.: some cabbages weigh ffbin'bO to Solbs ; beet from 20 to 30; ( 4iW«ips*:42itffil8; and the Tournory radish, from 12 to 141bs. A visit to the market will confirm these weights. The ■ breeds- of cattle-are naturally adapted tp’ [this, almost (ropical production, of greejb crojiplng; and'were deep eult’ire andnigh m;uiuriftg/go hand itihand. The Flemish [breed of caltteTsiil grpAt, ta’teri although [tlife- ’lbltch to ’ be- in' filvor. [Professor Sanson asserts thieve two belong [to one irnd.the samp race, and where color [seems to. play an exaggerated part. The Du-tch cbw'is'aif immense feeder, but then 4Q;qHartsjofmelik [a day, and from 20 tb 30 is quite the [ordinary yield. The* Flemish *cow*has~a [greater dispbsitioi do ifatfefl. than the [Dutch. The Durham breed is, however, [preferred for fattening ; when three years [old, such an animal will' be’ 3s ripe for the (butcher, and twice fatter, than a Flemish jox, aged five yeavs-: 9 [,Tq ure thjs, 'quality of precocity, crossings are in favor, land aro-feuhd to distribute better that’ fat between’:’ the anuscies; which , in . the’ Durham, toftmfteß forms whr-m:dayew between the flesh and the hide,. Shpep, are not much reared” ill ' Picardy,“ but' ’when, so,-the.Southdown is preferred fpr,- ; its riieaf. ‘ At thejAmiens Agricultural Show*, sheep“shearing contosts, with the (exhibited sheaf®;. jilace; forty minutes is the Averager time for clipping ®n animal; pstaaHire.mlseAwarded for [wool exhibited in the fleece; qgjers also pre also enteredifdb competition ; by the jntermitted drainage of marsh lands, the green osier can realize 500 francs per acret. Pean and apple puip, or pftte, is jT new agricultural product; it is highly prized, and if stored in a dry place will conserve tho flavor of the green fruit for years! uEiv® parts of (water, added to one pf the paste, for .30 minutes, forpis an excellent; healthy, and cheap ptesdririh " ' ' ' \ . ' M. Paynel of Caen; is one of the brjgffjpal,- manufacturers the famous Camembert cheese, of which he sends 100,000 every year to Paris, where thgy are sold for 8 fraiics the d6ziA, e 'dFl3 sous a piece.; now it takes two quarts of .the best milk to make a Camembert, which Represents over six sous thp quart for the mHkl M. Mahetti'the'direßtdr ‘ bf' the cheese ietaiihnp&f l experimental farm, at Lodi in Lombardi, holds, tha|t the preparation of good cheese depends more on the farmer, ¥han the Dairy maid; it is by attending well to the meadows, the forage in a word, that the excoHenee of cheese is determined. He shows that ip. case of two fields, side by side, of the same geological character, the soil of one was

fiorous and friable, and produced excellent icrbage, the other was undrained and stiff, and tho forage indifferent; when the animals were fed on the latter, the caseine was deficient and the milk turned rapidly; ip the former, the contrary effects were produced. On analysis, the fodder was found to be deficient in mineral matters, alkaline phosphates above all. M. Mhaetti concludes, that to obtain good milk for cheesomaking, every effort,should,-th!, made, to.pcoduce a forage rich in quality, rather than in (juautity— [ , nn Fodder will be again scarce this year, so that farmers are feeling themselves driven to sow maize, sorgho, Hungarian -Mpha,..&c„ alLof which, possess the property of resisting drought, and can be preserved-in Covered trenches;-when wellpacked, in a green state—air and rain excluded—(for riSnter and sjjriig feeding. The culture of green maize has revolutionized. ; Belgium: farming ;: it' succeeds inall wheat soils, and ought to be i^.app I re,d, pc. succeed. ® mapurecl crop; many sow some breadths every fortnight, from April to July,“ to have, successive green' cutting 3 ;■ teliite' mUstard [is- a favorite autUten plan't-for milch cows with French farmers, and is familiarly called, the “ butter plant." After, securing a supply’bf-food, the (text Steip is to ensure its economical comsumption, that ik, to prevent'the ’ailments to'tee digestive forces of tba aiprual, /Unden such a form as to re-acf without fatiguing, and to extract the largest number of assimilable elements. “ -For. example, in tlie.|Case of grains,” these do not nourish dr fatten according tft tho.quantity consumed, but to the proportion digestefi, or in other words, assimilated; and >to promote the latter, the food -ought to arrive in the sfomwchlweU miktiektedand impregnated with the secreted fluids. To develop® fleah l . , hloodj:niiUrt:be'fitet made, for'this is the source of. organic growth ;, and fat blood caif'ofEly’bfe b&rt obtained ftem rich foqd, administered w 9f. moist [forin-.Z.' in a dry state, alimentation demands too much effort from thA drgfesfite organs, and this is. great eve® wlmre the food is chopped or L chrfflshedJ Tod mute time mastication, is so npich taken from nutritibh; if-is' l ntft when 'iii (Wei dcr of eating that the Ahi‘ffial''-puts up fat, but when.it,digests,.,,, Food for cattfijought to be then steeped in boiling water, and alidwed-to feririeirt and cool-foi 1 24 hbtirs'; the mixture becomes slightly acid, a taste the animals do not dislike ; a little salt added, will mrt only pxeite ajwtite, but promote dsSilmlatidn. ’ All'cattle diet can be,thus .£W^rjsd,, : qhppW | ptoaw, ept foots, '&'c., mixed. In the case where twigs have beep cut. with teeir leaves, and stacked purposes, when hay, &c.,3s sparge, to sprinkle p little salt or water on them when put in the rack, will increase their pahrtableness. -/(Flantg.-ot' tta noomciform order, is mustard. Ac,i impart® flavortomilk what it is not yet established, that there is a connection betwßdttthe food Arid’ te’e cold?' imparted, t0..-thebmilk; madder if -mixed with fodder, will impart I® red-tingJf carrots, ■ a, yellow,)/backiibeat ..and > shave grass, a blue'; 1> te ese .. l < ’oi ors .I®f[e,n!>t, 1 ®f[ e , n !> t , developed until' th® milk has had some, time'tb settle, henpe,,why many believe, the oxygen of 'thb alr brings about the chhnge,and to: i present < wliitei som| daisies add a‘ little, “’butter-milk” to me frosh milk,. . .ywq are coloring. 3 top. i®, the milk, that the nature of the food, camnqt atjaH fpr.y. (j 11 111 ' With the view of combating the drougSt in spring to tfift.-casc. of naeadows, it is i recommended to irrigate them as much as | possible during'teie winter, wlibn vege- : tatiqn is Suspended, save when, ,tfie water [ re the jjrcraucl of melted Snow, as in : tain districts. The constant trickling x>f ; watef ailottsthe Acciinitilatibn of elrtiients ! of fertility, Which rapidly- benefit the grass at .tbe arrivialfof spring, izlbis well ■ known that the grass along ths border of a streamlet is of a dark green, a'pncnsfiof the efficacy of to running- watering. It ftP an error to depend on spring irrigations aljjns, y fqi; ;qt jhe mopjen); when flpsifftosf i commences to vegetate little water Lil i reqifipe<l, T it demands only moisture, japL I w’rtnfisf: ‘ Tne J riirracefor4? m’e'Adow ougnu I to be so levelled,.test witeiu an hour after , the water has been turned off, one can walk/on:,the; grass ia. a pair, of pumps -without wetting,the Stockings.: If fho-i water accumulates instead of flowing, the good plants •wjllpei’ish,,- and and. [sedges succeed, indigajting; rtrtfie sanur [ time the levelling to be incomplete. When [the waler-is tort of fifst qiality sbhie 1 fertilisers: can: be dissolved in it, or liquid jmanureaddedi , In Hanover,,meadows ini [spring and aftpr the first cut(jpg, receive [dressings of cqjnm.ercial manners, a short itimebefofctlieSvatefis'tiimieflon. ' 1 [ Two methods are,employed in .the cqn, timmt’to grow l rye’ grate teed,-either te [devote the second years’ crop to that e'nd' [on to plough down after ’the first yea-r, .and sowing rye, sufficient of (the. Timothy iwill sprout between the furrows, can be allowed to, rippu .along .with .th* rye, ■separating Aftetwijrds' with,’ a' sfeve. [Sowing Tnnothy in ahtumn alon’e’for seed, iis not a favourite practice’. I Is it advantageous* that heifers ought [to pfoduce the ’first calf when two-yeafs (ojd-t 1 small farmers adopt, this practice, [large holders defer that event until th* - H 9? sel >- [tial for the development of the animal [and important when the intention is to [employ the VOW far./.breeding purposes 'only, when the period of two years is adopted, the heifer canpnt bp top .well fed. •'. . f ? , :l O„ [ . I regret fp have .topptroduce «ii. agri-; cultural fact with something like an ■apology. A German agriteltiirist, ‘Mi 1 X Suartz, of -Hofgaarden, has 200 finite’ Cows, and 40 horses.. Some years ago, in face of a penury of fodder, and aware thiWhAcdws (had no repulsion for it, he ■ fed them on the fresh excrements of the horse- and has since.continued the usage. The practice is very common in Sweeden. A edw receives at first, eight' quarts of this local matter daily, a horse yielding fiveßmes that quantity in the same period? M. Spartz,hffirms, that his • Durhams cannot bp surpassed in health, nor does the jnilk [butter, aod' cheese possesses ,tfie> sliglite'st bid ’taste.' ’MlEeffleil’df Steif-' Josa employs the same substance, mixed with fleet pulp and chopped straw to fatten, his stock, adding a little" crushed grain Atfirst' to deceive the animals. He sees" ho more objections in converting the organic matter of fresh horse diing, into beef, butter and chpese, than into succulent mushrooms; so gentle reader you may indulge ift a smile or a shock as the fact strikes you. The agriculturists of Toulouse, suffer

by the inundation of the Garonne, a loss estimated at 200 millions of francs. The crops on 130,000 acres have been destroyed, and the surface soil washed away or covered with gravel. The valley was one of.the gardens of Erance.