FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81837, 1 September 1906, Page 2

FARM AND DAIRY.

From all over the province the perceu'ago of Jambs this spring U re', porfcel _as go.it!, Tho mortality amongst the ewes, i u some localities is rery heavy, especially among fie pure flocks. One large breeder in bantu Taranaki his already lost about £ot) worth of ewes and only about one half have limbed. He 11s3ril.es this loss to the dryness of the weather Usually at this season of the year th« pastures are moist. The mmstness in the grass keeps (he ewes in a fresh healthy state, the organs being lax ami in a lit, natural condition. Willi dry weather, however, fho organs of the ewe are not in the most natural eon'i twn for lambing. The internal organs are natirally mere, or less inll.wied as the tuna for lambing approaches The grass being dry irritates the inflamationaiditipliico of the organs'being lax and pliable thev are dry and 1,. 1r ,l The refreshing rain lately will posstMy be of great benefit lo sheep farmers, who, on the whole, a-e havi ti-a fairly anxious lime with 'their l|ock : Ait jough the weather during fho lasl moil a or so has been mild and dry gras: ts still backward, and the little gro nh thai has come forward has been graa'd oIT by the stock. A couple ol day; good, solid warm rain would do muc 1 for the farmer:;. Those whose her's are early calves find lhal the co.vs are not milking Tcrv i,l unl i[ u l',. as yel. Khccp that have wintered 111 the Waangainox.ona district „ ro reported to he in I airly good condiiinn. The lot of (he auctioneer is' tioUnlc va"ied. but one that entails a deal oi hml work. Mr F. W. Webster, head auctioneer for Mr Newton .Kin"'. Sir it ford business, has just finished" ; rim of eight weeks, during which he had a sale cvory dav, except on Sim. days