THE MAN ON THE LAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 21, 23 January 1913, Page 6

THE MAN ON THE LAND.

HIGH PRICES FOR LINCOLNS. A consignment of high-class Lincoln sheep from England sold recently in the Argentine at high figures. Eighteen yearling rams realised the exceptional average of £lO2 15s, amongst the leading prices being £437 10s, £350, and £2BO. Seventeen yearling ewes in the same consignment ranged to £26 15s, averaging £2l 3s. It is evident that the Lincoln is in great favour with Argentine breeders.

FEWER HORSES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

There has been a reduction in the total number of_ horses upon farms in the United Kingdom during the last three years of oyer 100,000, and during the same period a steady increase in the number of horses exported, which amounted last year to 05,700, valued at £1,580,000. As regards the horses exported, however, fully 50 per cent represents horses sent to the Continent of Europe for slaughter. BODY FAT AND MILK FAT. • A bulletin issued by the Missouri Experiment Station contains records of the station herd, which go to show that on a restricted ration the percentage of milk fat may be abnormally increased for some time after calving if the cow is in a fat condition, and that the percentage of milk fat gradually increases with the advance in lactation of cows moderate to thin in flesh. Data is also taken from the advanced register of the Holstein-Frie-sian Cattle Association, and submitted as further proof that the percentage of fat may be abnormally high when the cow is in a fat condition at calving. One cow was entered in the advanced register with an official test at 4.08 per cent fat, although her average for the year was 2./0] per cent. Similar results are record-j ed for Ayrshire® and Jerseys. Thej following conclusions are drawn ; “The percentage of fat in milk can be influenced to a marked extent for the first 20 or 30 days by the fatness of the animal at parturition. This influence appears to extend in some cases in a less degree for at least three months. Underfeeding of the animal after parturition seems to he a necessary condition to bring about this abnormal perecentage of fat in the milk.”