FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 61, 2 March 1908, Page 4

FARM AND DAIRY.

lu send u aw producing a low percentage of fat on to the market as a milker i, simply to transfer a standing 'danger fnim one herd to another. Willi IS.SXS bags of wheat under her lutein's, the lianpie Obotrita has left Sydney willi the first cargo of wheat this season. The vessel i, hound for l,hleenstown. and the Sydney Commercial -News -latex that in all probability t'enbotrita's shipment will be the" only cargo of wheat loaded llii, season. ' .Nothing can be more detrimental to a litter of growing pigs than a damp nest. Having access to salt, charcoal, ami ashes uill aid materially in rireventinpigs from rooting. ' " 'the high prices ruling f or poultry in Auckland have given a marked impetus to the industry, and the (lovernnient depot is Mug kept exceedingly busy preparing liirds fur the market. A large number of ducks are now coming for export, though the egg season is i.ivttv well over. Do not waste the potato peelingthcyjrc the best part of the potato inid make good poultry feed. Newly-shorn sheep should he turned into a liehl where they can have shade, or the hoi -nn may blister their backs without some protection from its ravs. Ihe average farm mare can be \v'orl« "I, if in the hands of a careful and intelligent man. right up to the foaling time without fear of injury to her other prospective oll'spring. On the Continent great progress has liwn made during recent years in ar-

raiigemcnts for drying fruit and oilier crops, such as potatoes. , 0 that they can be kept for months' in good condition. The man who sells milk wants a cow that will yield the largest quantity of good milk on the smallest quantity r,f feed, and tile buttermakcr desires the largest quantity of butter at the least COS*.

\ery good pi-ogres- is being made in Xew Zealand with the cultivation of trait, and the area devoted to its culture is steadily increasing. Lust year there was an increase of over 750 acres, as compared with an average increase of about Sioliurcs for several years previously, whilst tlie area devoted to vineyards showed an increase of 100 acres, "lat being principally in the Xorih Island.

A nop of oat- on Mr. (!. Ij. Stead's larm at t ooringa. (aiitcrlran. threshed 102% bushel* to the acre. "

At ; eting the other dav of miv l'lier> t„ the Ballancc Dairy Factory, a resolution "That the directors be asked t„ call a meeting (o discuss the question "I into the cheese business" was negatived.

Careful ami systematic breediit" is undoubtedly earning a name for Wairaiapa >heep in oilier parts „f the ,],',. '""''""• The fact that at the VV .„iui rani fair Mr D. McCivgor received "C\->1 bn- tin Uin-ohi ram- i< s,,llirient indication of the popularity „r locally bred 'l'"'P- ami br lers like Meals'; IVin. Perry, li. Pmyiier. ami others. whose 1111. "•eiiiitting care in the selection of ilicmsheep always insures f„ r tli«-iti a mi.lv sale it the various lairs. . m , the class of fanner the di-trict has everv reason to be proud of. At every ram'fair one or other of the leading Wnirarapa breedel's is to be found mi the list of tonprice scorers.—.Age, On some farms In the Ilea district ol Xew South Wale- it has been found necessary to .-ink casks in Mvainp beds to get water for the stock, a method which it had not been necessary to adopt for 40 years. At a meeling of dairvmen of the wesleru suburbs of Sydney, the eliairniHn I.Mr. .1. \V. Pynsent) said that if milkmen were compelled to sell ~111-0 milkit would do away will, all underselling