FARM AND DAIRY NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81916, 14 January 1907, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY NOTES.

The United States and Russia arc I Hie world's largest producers of oaK Russia is the largest exporter, as (he Americans consume their oat crop at home. These two are climated to have about IOUIOU.MK) bull el, o; oaK more than la-t year. are very tempting to a sick animal, cut into small pieces, care beiii;4 taken to wash the:,, b'fcr,, u-iu.!r. T'hev are a vcrv nulri'.ious and excellent' vegetable, iuid will oft-n b,' eaten when oth-r kinds of food would be in jurions or rejected. Threshiiu; machines .;,, back to 17W. A Cerniau artis.in. llohlicld. desijiucl one in that year. In ITSii An.liew Meik'e. a Sia.teh nicehanie. produced oiv so perfect thai de-pi;,' nearly a eeulury of improvement, il is to-.lay in all essentials the same a; the oriej mil. Re easy with the nr»win;,' ''" H and the ;:row'iii« lißv. 'lhev can b" made •to do a fill'day's hard, woi'K for a while but it does mil pay. Ovcl'-st railed boy> make slunte,!. i'oun.l should, re.l, list'e-s. stupid men. Do not do il, even if the work does crowd a little in the l.iisv sea-on. Il is said thai in t!i-< Vnil-1 stales army hor-es are fe.l 11 li. of oals and l.»!bs of hay for each liKlnibs of live weight. For the same weight ol mules yllis of oats are fed. That is about what mule lire, ders e'aim in saying that their animals are more economical feeders.

The cow is a piece of machinery for products and reducing freight charges. She must not be battered all over the lie'd by .!o«s: and cold m-hls and frost on the mornini's eras* curtail her poiv.-rs (f prodneUon. If the milk Ilow is to be kept up during the autiimn weather the cow mud ha\e shelter and a little extra care. UFMAIIKAIiLK UN.KIM! IiKCOKDS V. hat may be done to jrrad,. up milking herds, when there is «<mii| judgment, backed by plenty of capi til. is shown bv the milkim; rec.,r,hof the three herds of Shorthorns. Redpolled, and Jerseys kept, i, v | /m | Rothschi:.! at Trinp: I'ark, Hertfordshire, for the year ended on September 2d. The :,7 Short horns that had been in the herd ell the year round gave an average of (ITIKi 2-.'ilhs a head. The ifi-eatest yield from one cow was lO.Wdibs. followed bv vi'dds of 044Sibs. !i:S23lhs, 0171 lbs, and' flb-Kill's. while ten other cows gave b'tween 8)00 lis and (llHlOibs. The average for the :j(! rows of the Red polled breed tint hid been in the herd all the year was (1713 lbs. The extraordinary yie'd ol 12lifilibs was given by one of (hem, a cow 11 vear old at'the end of the year. This cow had l.eeji in tie herd niii-' years, and her average for th- 1 period is SOilT'/Illis per annum. Ai other 'cow of "the same breed j.ave ll.HSibs. and two others over !i:i!l!l \-.\ Twentv-one Jer-evs that had been a'l the vear in the herd averaged llOltH/.'Jbs. bm> gave lO.Tllllbs. a second cow 100441b-. and a third 0(107 lbs.