FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 118, 9 May 1908, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY.

When iiiiu> is applied u> strong soils 10r the purpose nf making theiii more easily tilled, ami more perviou- to water and air, fairly heavy dressings ate ivcessary. A reliaolc hoi>eiijan say> hoi>e-' >hoe-. should be at least iu three month*. Shoes loft too lolig on the hoises : t<vt may contract them and ■•aiu-u Double. Nheller, supplier „f feed, an-i the >e|eeiion of ihe best milkers will rtveive nioie attention when it beeoine-nee!'s.-ar> lo reuu;-e the eo*l of buUer produiiion. . The preparation for the >eed bed is a matter that Micce-fhi! farmers m«ver neglect. 'The practical farmer know.that lime is well sjient iu pulverising the .soil. The leetl and <are necessary to rai-" a pool' hor.so costs jiis|. as much as il dor- inr tin- very lincst, ones. <mly diliereiice in their cost is iu the blood ol their sire and dam. \\ hen the formation of dew is ?o gi'eat as to be everywhere, that upon tin- loose ~oil is absorbed, and carried lo (he mot, oi the plauis. w-liilc lliai upon the hard soil i> quic!;|y evaporated and lost.

'I Ji' daii'\ bull is a big la lor in (he heid. Init he is not the whole thing. The liiie-l daii'v l.uil bred in common

cow's will lilts,, [he quality of the cl'lvc.-. but |i'.'<aniio( make them Ihoroughhivd lhe fuM time, a- t-ome farmers seem lo believe.

i'Vw fanners allow for the depreciation of the v>il. The accumulating overdraft owing to l-he M>il will ftOoncr biter have to no repaid. Mutton only 7 per cent, of the meat- ration of the American people, i'.eef ami veal constitute 47 P <>r rent., and pork 40 per cent.

'The C'neensland Government has decided to make cream grading at butter factories compulsory, anil that only eel'tilicnted testers can be employed. The raising of good cows is coming each day to lie more of a consideration for the' dairvinan. The demand for really good dairy cows lias grown tremendously. 'There i- 110 doubt that the low average production of our dairies will continue as long as dairymen depend for their supply of cows upon purchase from the droves of dealers. The deci-iou of the Federal llovernii'iont 1101 to permit a trial of the Dany/. virus 011 the mainland has caused disappointment in Australian pa-toral circles. The total butter export of the Com-, monwealth, from July 1, 1007, to the lil'sl. week of April, IiHIS, showed a decrease of 110 less than 21'.l,:l111 c.wt oil tiie export of the corresponding period of the previous season. Several experienced farmers at tiie Tinwald >ale (say,, the Lyttellon Tiuicsl were heard to remark that, the class of sheep that was Ix'ing introduced into Ihe country from outside sources was most inferior anil ill-bred, ehietly as a result of in-breeding.

The poor man who must depend his dairy for hi- living and pi'olit too olieii keeps poor cows, because the bet-

When dung has been stored for scmn* time it should be kept in a pit with a watertight bottom In prevent loss by drainage of 111,. valuable licjuiil. Tiie Isrit isji farmer Ims been Miceoured by Stall' aid in no direction more llum in that of preventing the acet'r<s and -pread in' contagious disease*. Heaping began oil a field of wheal at. Merck lev. in Worcestershire, at nine oVioi k in the morning, and wa> served i\r> bread jn-d fsixly minutes later. A milking machine was roeonth* exhibited at a .\iis-ouri State Fair ihat milked six cows at one time. A held of .seventy-live cows wa* milked in lhr. inin.. two bov> .iporating it. The vi -it ul an agent of a Queensland land and e>lato linn to .Maslerton has induced a number of farmer- to make up a parly to visit the Northern Australian Slate iu .June for the purpose of itii-potliiig lands available for pureha.se. As a result of extensive ploughing in North Olago at the present lime, there i> a greater demand for horses than -has been the ea-e for two year* past. A company has been formed in Adelaide to work the vant deposits of guano <>n Ashumre Islands, situated in latitude IJ degree* south and and longilud(, '!■> degree-; e;i.st. about 100 miles fintn tin- Au-iralian The are a Ihilirdi possession. Tin- <i»i\♦-rtini»»iit Statist report- that fh ■ yield of oat> in Vii-t'-ria for MM>7-S ni'!;. ami'Uiited lo ri,'Jl(.l,4oH lm-di<ds a-;

pared wiili S.si;..ii.it bud" 1 !- for the |ip-yii,u- w-ar. 'l'll*- average yield \vai:;.n| bii-hel- per acre, against'for liie year. Argentina's export, of frozen ami chilled meat lo Ureal Uril.iin is now valued al 2tin.0011.001l dollar, annually. The busine~H of shipping meats from Thienos Aires was established on a very small ..'Tile in IK.S-.