Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4484, 4 November 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

Frobably the majority of horse wnera in this country are not aware lat stallions cannot be awarded a rize at an agricultural show in Victoria uuless they have the Governlent certificate of soundness. In bis connection, Mr Gilruth, chief eterinarian, recently referred to the elebrated case of Timekeeper, the ligh-priced stallion imported from Sngland to Victoria, and which was tirown out by the Government eterinary officers in the Melbourne how ring. It was subsequently sported, said Mr Gilruth, that the iorse has been rejected for unsoundess at the Shire Horse Show in

jondon. This horse, a magnificent nimal, had probably been sold at a educed figure, on account of its ereditary weakness, and but for ie stallion law of Victoria would ave been passing on his defect to a ood proportion of the best draught orse _ studs of Victoria. Mr lilruth explained hereditary unsoundess as a tendency transmitted to ffspring to develop certain weak--688. There was of course, in the ise of an unsound stallion a junteraoting influence on the mare’s de, but the mare could only reprouce her species once in a season, hereas the stallion could reproduce is species 40, 60, or even a

undred times. Assuming that irmeirs in England were going out f horse-breeding, there was all the lore reason for the farmers of New iealand, to only breed the best, very breeder knew it well enough lat it only paid to breed the best, nd now was the time to weed out, hen the value of horse flesh was imperatively low to what it would e in the future.

Every market now in the central jrtion of Sussex, England, is workig under insurance schemes against iberculosis in fat stock sold at the mpective markets, and the arrange;ent appears to give every satisfaction buyers and sellers.

Cows’ udders should be brushed ean and rubbed with a damp, •arse towel before milking. Be as articular with your hands, your othing, and the udders of the cows . milking as you would have your ife be in making bread. A perfectly satisfied dairy farmer is ie man who owns an “ Alfa-Laval ” parator, because he has found by :perience that “Alfa-Laval ” qualify eans all that it ought to mean, that is better in the dairy than in the tow-room, and that it is the enduring nd of quality that insists upon >ing remembered long after the ice has been forgotten. “ Alfaival ” separators enjoy the dislction of twenty-nine years’ leaderlip, because they have been built e best, and because one million irymen all round the world have und them best by every test. The me improvements, including a self•lancing bowl, excelleuce of material, id scientific construction, are emidied in the “ Alfa-Laval ” hand ichines as in the power. Des-* iptive catalogue “ F ” post free for e asking. Sole N.Z. agents—ason Struthers, and Co., Ltd., Fort ■eet, Auckland, Main street, Palmerm North, and Christchurch.