Farm Notes

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43322, 7 May 1908, Page 1

Farm Notes

";|f| FOR FOWLS * ; seem to cam for WSP&i‘jpk- them, just Iffer tKiem a little grit. >When hens 4»9tihoßlowlyit is usiJiJily i? due to impaired - digestion, which means they need a. lijttle grit. ijfyou wish to w; full Tf" 8or ’ j '-1‘ ? nt v if you wish to’ denve every particle of lime from Iher food given yobr; poultry - ; just see Pfonty of grit. If you wssh to starve J your hens to death, give them plenty of good wholesome fo#/ t ’Withßpld , ltHe"grit and they will /&arye“in J the midst of plenty. The best general purpose medicine is goodffStwi'p, grit with in the

THE I COW A .profitable; ccrw’is one that can in : ;a yekr, ! or still better, a cs M a Spod maximum Biattey >at a cost that will y eld a good profit to her owner, and one that -eatr-hi “addition produce a year. This ought to be ene-oflfte requisites in securing ■ the sire for the head of the hefdiv tOr.see that he is fromaprostraimand also from a family pf fpgnlar tbreedersj because he not [only reproduces>Ms good qualities, pnt pftcn intensifies his weak points as wells'- \

\ jamong pjgs - may often be avoided; by keeping: the trough and swill barrel clean. The production of hone in young hprsessis mainly influenced by the nature of the feeding grounds and the amount and character of the added foods.

Thin stocking of pasture helps to Bulargecbcwfe, and if the easy grazing be helped by the introduction of gtrong<fboned sires" the underpinning Will be strengthened.