Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4386, 16 March 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

tb' v & reqSnt jh report, Manty *6f the horses ai'e xcliikivcfy Von 'sheep’s milk, of a they receive as much as six to i,staHunßs day per horse. •The •it in which, f his is ; rnentlQD,ed as >y l)r L: Grandeau, the wellm chemist, in which the feeding thoroughbreds “ with powdered milk is rectWWeuddd, . ah& ati 1 nee is given in which a t!w'6*yearlid remarkably well on I6lb cf dried milk daily. | wa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, r American States have recently ed hew breeding laws; requiring; tallions to be licensed that stand; xiblic service. The most reoentj tion to Government supervision; oifse breeding l is the 1 -State of NeW, ,ey. ,vhose agricultural : com-, tinners ark' authorised to: purchase blood draught, i, coach, lions, and offer'their. ’ services free ireeders whoVlbwn ’good mares, r stallion whtifso'siriaior dam js not igistered animal will‘be prohibited er heavy p'etialty frbtii Wing used a breeder. MThfe State ’ hu peron is destined to eliminate from, T horse-breeding ( industry all lgrel stallions, add .to encourage use of full-mood hires. !he French peasant' values hi* their work—not only for ir milk, meat, and manure—and cappot.jflfford two sets, of animals, B©B<for the plough and chttle fop butcher. He uses his cattle efully for five or six years, and in sends them to the grazier before they are too exhausted to be . fattened |i ; -—not us formerly, when they were aged and worked to skin and bone. 'The diminution in the number of . sheep is the result of several causey. The peasant proprietor has not room fora flock ok "his -small holding. Wool no fetches its price, the peasant will not eat mutton. • Sihcethef days of TEnglish sheep had been bred for meat. French sheep from the tinie 6f Louis XYI. have been valued for their wool. It ‘is hard at times to ; find where a horse is really injuted after he has had a fpll. If he is sote under the skin, without the latter being broken, the spot should be fomented frequently for a day or two until the tenderness disappears. A good liniment may also be applied, but not too often. The Horse’s foot Bhould , be lessened a little, so that his blocd will keep as cool ds possible. Be careful in putting the ring in a pig’s nose. < I)o r no£ insert it too far back in the fleshy part, as a bad ' wound may be the result. You should have an assistant to J catch the pig, take it by the ears, and lean back against the wall, holding the pig’s body between his knees, his left hand grasping the pig’s left ear, his right holding its mouth , Of course, if the animal is’ a very heavy one, it should be roped’in the'same way as is done by a butcher. Always perf >rm the operation before feeding time, as the animal is then bettef fit to stand the shock than he would otherwise he. Early hatched pullets for winter layers can be so cared for as to develop the egg producing organs, or they can be fed so as to cause them to ley on fat and be only fit for the butcher. The purpose of the care should bp kept in mind from weaning time to maturity. The birds should have green-cut bone and green feed -each day, have the best' coop and , never been crowded. The heavier breeds should have ’'but little corn. Wheat, good heavy oats, and table scraps are excellent. Turkeys should get five meals per day until they are five or six weeks old'. Then it maV be dropped to four. Wheu about ten weeks old, the red heads begin to appear, and from this time forward there is very ■ little trouble with the poults. While vkry young they ’ require considerable oare, so that they miy not get any severe wettings or get bkdly chilled, hut from the time when they have got the red heads the only care they want is regular freeding three times a dny, and shelter at night.