Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43320, 2 May 1908, Page 1

Farm Notes

Th* . highest priced farm 9 product, pound for pound, that the average farmer sells hia /butter. . When it takes the least J fertility fromthe / fatm. Tba question is, how to, make it of toe beet quality and at the least '. expense of feedand labour: J f V of jtho, Canterbury Automobile Association states that the ■-t Waipafa is one o| the few rivers on a main rdad in Nbw'Zeaiand that is not budged. Sometimes sheep have to wait three weeks before they can be . taken oyer, and on one occasion 2000 ; sheep were 'driven oyer by instalments in a trap. Enough sheep has been drowned in ’ the river tc pay for. a decent bridge dye times over. ■./ ' /What mny .be done in Taranaki in the pig?fattehihg line : wa $ exemplified the other day ; when ..fttr ,S. Morgan, on b'ehalf of MessrsiW. Dimock and Co., received at *Te Roti two .< pigs whose combing freight was. 12351b5. : One was . a Tam wor th, and the other a half-bred Tamworth, and there were only . five pounds between the ' aows» .whi«h could, hardly be . ac-' • obhtmodated :• on -, the weighing machines. . The pigs were reared by L Mr Brisco, Hunterßpad. h •/ Though lucerne- appreciates (good soil, it is a fallacy to regard it 1 as a fadlure : pn /poor . land/-,: / Mr/ Potts, , superintendent of. E the / Hawkesbury 1 jAgriqqltural College, N. B.W*> which in very poor, country, is lonfi in his praises of lucerne as a • i ,ds6jght^resister. : !On poor land,’*' • Potts; “ no- grass or fodder * pl/mt* responded .more vigorously to the repent falls of rain. Dnring the ; hummer a 1 small; picking of this P m c hly*®Pimshing plant was always available, from a;, grazing point of view, /despite the absence of moisture. The-more we saw of this plant under too-adverse conditions recently experienced the more satisfied we were of. its great capacity for providing an V Ideal food for. stock*

A * Superphosphate—Farmers desiring Ammonia in this super, will please 50 when Ordering and 1 per cent, will be added at an extra .cost of 10s per ton. Imported Bone Dost —We also carry full stocks of Imported Bone Dust (first-class quality), and shall be pleased to give finecut quotations for same. Discount—All lines in this Price List übiect to a Discount of 2£ per cent for ash, excepting those marked Nett. , Guaranteed Analysis of, any Manures required promptly sent on application. Westfield Bone Substitute —As the name implies,, this Manure iB designed to take the place. of, Bone Dust, It, contains no bone whatever, but will be found an excellent substitute.. Previous 5 Lists now cancelled. Special quotations promptly made for large lots. ~ . All Prices subject to alteration without notice. * ■ ’\ ; V '■'’■A'-i •

Always Landing—Guanos, Cheap Bone Dust, Kainit, high grade Potash Salts, Thomas* Phosphate, etc. . Low quotations from the. ship’s side on application. We solicit the favour of your order, which shall have our best care and prompt attention. / ■