Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4424, 15 June 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

OVERFEEDING PIGB. tY neop’e s«em to tbink that a rig »ot he overfed, and that it makes ifference if they do leave a lot of at one meal, they will come back eat it up when they are hungry, here ia nothing wasted after all. it easily possible to go to the r eitreme —to feed too little so aR to secure a steady gain, or to feed much and so increase the coat as materially lessen the profits. Feedtoo little is a loss, while feeding

much is a waste > good, as well as an econom ; cal i is to feed regularly at stated is, and feed such sufficient that all be eaten up clean, They will ) healthier; and thrive better than ossible by keeping feed before \ a all the time It is what the aals cigest, not what they eat, ; determines the gain in proportion tie amount of food supplied. 'eed left over, is, to say the least, asteful to a pig, while if slop is ked before feeding it will ferment get sour to a more or less pxtent. i pig, whether growing or fatten- , should relish its food to derive moat benefit from it. And they l hardly do this if they eat what y want, go away and leave it, and n are obliged to come back and sh it up. This is not economical fling, and when the margin of the fit is small, as it is this year, the ste in feeding will greatly, if not irely, cut off the possible profit. > ’t is an important item at all times feed stock well, and fattening stock mid have all they would eat clean, 1 ,bj supplied a good varioty, in ler to secure as good a growth as isible, but beyond this it is unpro* ible to go. Provide good, tight ughs for feeding slops and soft d of any kind, and generally it 1 pay to provide a tight floor for ding grain, so that it can be kept an an 1 free from waste.

feed can be made that may by y means be considered applicable der all conditions. Generally the d must be determined with each of pigs on every farm, and the eful breeder should know the ount that should be given with re certainty than anyone else. But ether pigs are fed in a close pen or a pasture, they should be fed libery, but without waste. —Australian rm and Home,

Pigs that are fit should be sent to irket as soon as possible. It does t pay to feed too long. Io the breeding of swine, as much in any other live-stock, it is import to pay great attention, not only to > breed, but also to the choice of livid uals.

Keep the pig’s feeding trough clean.

Rotorua school teacher recently eived the following note from a mother o evidently did not helieva in physical ture for her child: 'dear miss >aß6 don’t let lizzy ave anny more fiskul ture. i wants her to learn readin >llin rithmatick. If i wants her to op i kin mako her jump. Yrs trooly

Stated by an Auckland resident who i just returned from England, that the w Zealand mine managers and miners jagcd on the Gold Coast and British st Africa are looked upon as the most iable men on the field. Several, inding some from the Thames, have idually improved their positions until now they are dropping into the ‘plum’ ution and reaping the reward of steady i valuable service.

V Masterton merchant informe 1 * Vairarapa Daily Times” reporter o f interesting experiment in potato swing st an Australian experimental in recently. The principal adopted ,s to plough and harrow the ground, >n to place the seed potatoes on the soil rssing them slightly into the earth. A •er pf straw, about oue foot thick, was iced over the tubers, and nothing ther done to them. There was no tber cultivation, no weeding and ling. The yield this season was 1-1 tons cWt. per acre, and from an analysis de, it was found that potatoes grown der these conditions did not deterit rate any way, but that the earing qualities re a little better than any of those >wn in the ordinary way.

[n the current Gazette are public reguions governing the staffing and organtion of District High Schools. They wide that the regulations relating to endance at an ordinary public school ill in all respects apply to the primary rartnrent of a District High School. :ertificat3 of proficiency will be the ilifleation for the admission to the ondary department of a District High 1001, but if the number of pupils in ! secondary department falls below 20 ]Board may admit holders of certificate competency in Standard VI. On the January each year the school is to be ffed on the basis of the average atidance of the previous year, subject certain increases and reductions as y become necessary.