NOTES OF INTEREST

Shannon News, 3 August 1928, Page 4

NOTES OF INTEREST

Regularity in feeding '7iiust; be the watchword of'the successful calf rearer. It makes all the difference in the world to the calves' health, condition, and gain in weight if fed at regular hours and if given warm milk at n:glit, cold milk in the morning, or sour milk 'Line day and sweet, milk the next. - In oiu' of the- windows of the High' Commissioner's office are at present Ilisplaycd three large silver cups, comprising the trophies offered by the British Emp'.re Marketing Board for the window display competition during Empire week in London. These cups tango in value from 100 gns. down--1 wards. They are offered as,the first ori/es in three different classes or' the competition, the., classes wing determined, by-the number of employees engaged in the shops, thus giving, small an equal chance with larger ones. ft is a primary condition in the eomictiiion that all foodstuffs-or pro-due..* displayed must be of British Empire >rigin". Nntur.vlly all grocers, buteh<'is and provision dealers ..in Greater London are interested in this clever publicity on the part of the High Commissioner s office in securing the showing of these cups in one of the 5 windows of the- New Zealand offices.

An American, Hamilton Rowe claims to have invented a plough that not only turns the soil, but destroys weeds and insect pests and also automatically fertilises the land. . The implement has two blades that arc charged with electricity, and which as , they pass through the soil create an intense electric field. - A fa-ot ploughing is sufficient to kill off insects and a second is necessary to get rid of weeds ami put. nitrogen into the land. The electric charge is generated by the tractor that pulls the plough. Gnernsev herds of the island now number about 0,000 head of all ages •rod of these about 3,000 are cows in eilk. Allowing for a certain number ,o replenish stocks, there is an exportable surplus of about 700 to 800 ■ mmallv. About one-half of these go re England, where.-the demand is rap-. ally increasing, and the remainder go nainlv to the. United States, although there'is a call for a few to all parts if the world. The United States is now xporting many Guernseys to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the West indies and the islands of the Pacific.