Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43388, 22 October 1908, Page 4

Farm Notes.

■ -fi, 4-- ■?:•’' :*'£■?'' ■ Hairy* farmer near Mrunt EgHecently received notice from H*ricultural Department to reH well from the vicinity of the Hard: The face of the farmer He read the command is said to ■been a study. He said he ■ not mind . shifting the pig■r the cowshed, but he did ■end to tackle the shifting of ■ll. ■ll birds are not very ■some in the larger portion county, and the ■ Council has decided not to Hr heads or eggs of birds this ■xcept those of blackbirds and Hes, which are troublesome in ■r country orchards. Hither wail from the backblocks. Htler at Kaeaea, in the King Hry, writes to us : “ The Ha. here at present are paying ■on £7 per ton for cartage from luiti, which is a heavy handicap I, especially with big families. ■ ‘ in here is 23s per 100 lbs., ■thing else in proportion. The Rnment only metalled 1£ miles of ■ road last year. We might I bit more done this year, being ion year. lam speaking of the Rino-Te Kuiti Road.” i Australian fancier, who Itly visited New Zealand, writes ilows to the Australian Hen : |w Zealand breeds a better Ition of Wyandottes and Black lorns than any Colony in ialia. We may have one or ndividual birds ahead in New l Wales and Victoria, , but tively we are outclassed.” i interesting experiment has been icted by a well-known farmer in borough, with regard to the cation cf the Californian thistle, years ago he had a paddock of re acres covered in thistles, hhe sowed down in lucerne. A lerston resident visiting the within the last few weeks, was rised to find that the lucerne had ely killed out the thistle, and not gn of it was to be seen. This Id be of interest to all endeavourto eradicate thistles from their s, more especially as the stock is ieularly fond of lucerne.