Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4437, 17 July 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

; horse dentistry: Ak instructive instance of the importance of horse dentistry was recorded a few years ago. An aged thoroughbred mare was observed to he losing condition, and her owner treated her with tonics and artificial food, without do ng any good. Then she 'was turned out into a good pasture and left, until it was clear that she was growing worse, when she was once more stabled and “ fed up ” under veterinary carr. Still there was no improvement. Then it occurred to the owner that the mare’s teeth might be at fault, and he called in a horse dentist: The dentist quickly diecovered, that the mare’s front teeth, instead of growing outwards with age in the usual way, were growing upright, and were so long that the mare’s grinders did not meet to do their work. The incisor teeth were shortened, and the mare, once more able to masticate, soon recovered condition.

A pure Devon was sold to a Taranaki fancier for £6 6s last week.

' A recent arrival from Scotland is making a speciality At the Hook, Waimate, of pig-rearing on modern lines. He has a herd of 100 pigs, and expects to be able to show farmers that rim pig is not only one of "the most profit ible animals, but one of the cleanest.

. The special purpose cow does not necssarily mean a purebred cow, but she must be a descendant of a pure* bred sire of the special-purpose type. Dairymen can hope for just as good sueoess with highly-graded cows that are descendants. from sires whose-’ dams : |rere special-purpose cows.- No up-to-date dairyman will be found guilty of maintaining a graded sire in his herd. If the small dairyman cannot afford to own a pnre-bred Bire, by all means let him co-operate with his neighbours and secure the very best animal possible—-not necessarily a shew animal, or one that may possess fashionable colouring, but an aaimal that claims lor a dam a heavy-produc-ing cow, and this character trace through the ancestral line as far back M possible.

Among those who suffer by retrench - mentis Mr E. Seddcn, brother of the former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr Seddon entered the service as a noxious weeds inspector, and subsequently was promoted to be an inspector under the Dairy Industry Act.

A Japanese comments thus on our European children:—The most striking f *ct about European children is that they are endowed with great will power, and, to us Japanese, startling independence of character. They know exactly what they W -nfc, and are not to be won by mere promises. This applies chiefly to boys, for their little sisters are more sensitive and impressionable than our Japanese girls.

The police are a very intelligent body of men, as a rule, but they’re not ail musical students. Cross-examined by an offending street musician iu the Brentford Police Court, the policeman giving evidence was asked, “ Should you recognse •II Trovatore ’ ?” “ No,” promptly answered Truthful James; “I don’t know him 1”

Her Majesty the Queen has decided to bestow a thousand pounds .from the proceeds of her “ Christmas Gift Book.” to be spent in furniture, clothing, etc., tor the military hospitals. Each article bears on a small ivory tablet or linen badge the inscription, “ The gift of Q«een Alexandra, 1909.”

A Wellington man (says tfle New Zealand Times; wanted four labourers to clear away a slip. He was prepared to Sty eight shilliugs per day. TheJLabour apartment sent him four men. They wmted thirteen pence an hour—would not work for less than thirteen pence an hour ! So he turned them dew n. Others cune along. They would accept one shilling an hour; but there was a condition. i“ I shall want you to work on Saturday afternoon,” he said. “We shall want time and a half for Saturday afternoon was the reply.

Mrs J. Morwick, Grey-st., Shortland, Thames, N.Z., says : “ Some lime ago when i»y little boy had his hands severely burnt, Hhanson and Co. recommended me to try Chamberlain’s Fain Balm. I applied the liniment as soon as possible and after a few applications the pain disappeared and his hands healed without scars. Since then I have used Chamberlain’s Pain Bairn for headache, toothache and rheumatism and I find that it always gives relief. I can recommend it to anyone wanting a good family liniment.” For sale by J. B. ‘ Johnson, Agent.—Advt.

Five handkerchiefs used to-day! and still require more ! Cold in the head—did you say? Why do you not try “Nazol?” It will surprise you how quickly you will get relief. Two drops on loaf sugar, and two of tiree drops rubbed iuto the palm or the hand and inhaled through the nostrils for a few minutes will give immediate relief. “Nazol’ 1 is.sold by chemists and stores at Is 6d per bottle containing 60 doses.