Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4459, 7 September 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

1 Northern §ays the lybfthe HWI Wu»f IsgArd to the future conduct of the ■icnlttiral Department should cornel itself to the favour of farmers of Dominion. The future motto of important branch of J the State’s irtOing is to" inspecaml more instruction’.” - k good many times farmers are ed upon to judge the weight of Ist: Usually it is more of a guess 1 anything else. Here is a simple ,that will help: If the animal rotes five feet in girth it will rH'somewhere from 700 to 8001bs. iy inch added in girth adds 251 b you get up to six feet, and then 501bs to the inch. jy a better understanding of, soils, ility, rotation of crops, and farm nagement, the average dairy farn«in produce crops for one*third money, than he now does. ?he great secret in the career of it poultry keepers, successful or uccessful, generally turns out to »end very much upon the amount uare bestowed on the minor details nanagement. , s Jakd should always be rinsed in 2 water to get the milk j off, before ng washed in hot water, and a iah should always be used in preence to a cloth to clean them, n’t attempt to wash too many cans one lot of water.

An orchardist in the Lans Cove trict to restore the tndsor pear, so prolific around Bydy thirty years ago. Some years ago lisease attacked this variety, and it mot now be raised profitably. The periments in hand go back fifteen its, and the plan adopted was to ise seedlings, to graft on resistant icks, cat away all suckers, and each ar to paint the bark with lime and phur. The disease causes an exution from the bark like gum, and a was carried about •by birds and ee.—-Farmer and Settler. Good farm work or road exercise is important for the stallion as for the ire, to get success in breeding. It the good farm work that makes the aught mares good breeders. Don’t iorget your yearly purchase of i&rland’s Moa Brand Egg Preservative, {gs ate now at a price which pays to eserve them. At all stores. See that b full name is on the label. Every animal should have a dean ace in which to eat, drink and eathe. Since it eats and ly part of the time, but breathes ntinubusly, it is important that it is pure air at all times. A wire fence that has not strength, Iffness and rigidness enough to pront sagging with its own weight is itle use in keeping stock within