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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 178, 1 September 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY. that the outlook is very promising, particularly for dairying. So long as agricultural affairs are in their growing stage, just so long will each fanner have an opportunity to do more. Feel that you are a faraer ■with the he is a doctor, a lawyer, or a rnhneter. There is a diffnitv about the toil of the pri: work above "that of i of industry. Many farmers are in the habit of selling their best animals as they will bring the highest price. A greater mistake cannot be made. i Help to develop schools. The rural school is the place where 95 per cent, of' ou r farmers are made. It is, therefore, the farmers' school. I

A naturalist carried a specimen of a motli to Amenta and its progeny now I do damage to crops estimated at about ! a milliom pounds sterling a year. "God may have made a better and more valuable plant, but I dont know where to find it, or by what name to call it," says an expert of Indian corn. A «f.rnnrr affnr.f. Ie fcnimn" m aA~ ;« 4-h A United States, in connection with ths revision oi the tariff, to obtain a substantial reduction im tie high duty on wool. A pig equals a man in his greed for good tilings to eat, and when he finds them will eat more than he can digest and assimilate that he may rol hia neighbor pig. Pay your boy a wage for his services. Better yet, make him your partner in « small way, telling him that if he makes it worth your while you will increase his interest. The age at which the boar should be used depends somewhat on the breed, on its tendency to mature early, and the influence of feeding. From eight to ten months is the usual age. The mongoose was inported into Jamaica and other West Indian isles to kill the sugar-canes rat. The wily rat now breeds in the cocoa-nut trees and the mongoose has become a terror to all owners of fowls.

'As the hoof is constantly growing it is constantly changing its form, and the duty of a farrier, therefore, is not mert l,v to fix a shoe upon the hoof, but to reduce the horn to the proper propor tion before doing so. Mules have advantages' over horses, which have come to be recognised by men who work them side by side. In the first place, the mule is healthier than the horse. He is subject to comparatively few of the horse diseases, and is not likely to have troubles like ring-bone, Bpavi'n, or curb, which destroys the market value of so many horses. Besides, a minor blemish does not affect the selling price oi a mule to the game extent. A llasterton land agent states chat there is a fairly strong demand for small sheep and dairy farms. "The trouble is,"_ he added, "that, there are so many big holdings about' here and people won't sell. I could dispose of forty small farms- straight off if I could only get them. I have got customers waiting" to buy them." Farm work is so well forward in the South that the check of last week will cause little or no inconvenience, whilst the soaking which the soil has received is likely to benefit it ia tie near future. Lambs are making their appearance in almost every district of Otago and Southland, and, naturally, farmers and graziers are hoping for a spell of fine weather for the new arrivals, and to bring on the grass, The Cromwell Argus says there is a much larger area of wheat in throughout the Upper Clutha Valley this season than in any previous year, and the crops am looking exceptionally well. Aboat 18,000 bags of wheat were grown last season, and this will be largely exceeded this year. At the present time there is a great difficulty m securing teams to cart the surplus to the railway at Clyde for transport to Dunedin, and if it could be landed in Dunedin for anything approaching Od a bushel from Hawea there would be 60,000 bags given. The cost now to sell in Dunedin with the freight runs into Is 3d a bushel.

£X UP-TO PATE CONCERN. Writes J. Ure Murray in the Hawera Star:It is claimed for the new Eltham butter factory that it is the most up-to-date concern in New Zealand, or, to boast a little, in the whole world. When the cream is received at the ianding stage it gravitates to the cream vats, and when ripe from tho cream vats to the churn, and thence to the cold store and refrigerator as a finished product ready to drop into tho waggon. Handling and labor are reduced to a minimum, about three men's work being saved as compared with the old system in tho old factory. Hot and cold water are laid on to all the floors. The walls are of concrete, finely palstered inside. Depreciation as far as the building is concerned is about reduced to nil, an- ■ other considerable yearly saving. The wate r power Is excellent. First of all a 6itc of 30 acres was bought for about £I3OO, and was supposed to include water rights foj dam and race, all self-contained. But when it came to tho practical carrying out of tho scheme it was decided to buy 10 acres more land extending a long way up the stream. This gave enhanced water power, and did away with the necessity for a dam. The water race, necessary tunnfllling, and penstock shaift coat £I4OO. The total cost of the Iwtory and equipment will, t)P over- £OOOO, anl the 40 Acres, pi land about £2OOO more. The steam engine and boiler from the old factory is installed as a duplicate power. Two large combined churns and butter-workers' of the latest and most Improved pattern cost £l4O each; the factory building cost over £3SQQ, It is fitted up to easily handle. 10, tons of butterppr day, but the water power is sufficient for 20 tons of butter per day. It is anticipated by the directors that home separation is sure to co|ie before long. There is Id per lb more for butter-fat to the suppliers in home separation, and the North Wand seems to be lagging behind the rest of the world in delaying its advance along this line. It is reckoned that if the nine 6'kimmmg stations of this company -were closed it would be a saving of £2OOO a year. XE this system came into vogue, then the way might he paved for amalgamation with neighboring companies. A first-class water-power factory, thoroughly sanitary, having an ample supply of excellent water for huttcr-waih-ing, and eventually a siding on to tht railway, would naturally be at a premium under the homo separation system. Further, the company's creamery buildings could at little expense be converted into cheese factories should the present movement for duplicate plants continue. At any rate, judging by the past, the future should s«e large developments in dairying. Seventeen years ago, when this company started operations, times wore hard. To give one's name to the bank" for an individual p.n. for £45 seemed a terrible risk to run. Obstaoles appealed to multiply, but the original directors were inon of grit. "We are going to see this thing through," was the quiet determination again and again uttered at their meetings. Eventually a ehe?se factory was erected at a co.st of £IOOO. The iirst year 147,000 gallons of milk won' received, and just over C 2120 was paid out for the year's milk, being at Ihe rate of aiknost -M per gallon per lOl'lw, against the l'/;d per gallon r?teived the year before at the Chinaman's factory.

attire became a great ..;» prosperity all over )\v, in the height of the j_ ts' milk amounts indftil of settlers When "The Kash" is on the • job there's no mistaking it. They don't give you a meagre penny or so on a few nrtic!-*, but e'ive a good soiid reduction all round. It's quite a treat to thrifty j people to ste some of their low priees. Their hoys' knickers at Is lid, their heavy wool ribbed sox at M, their ribbed underpants at 3s Sri, their liovs' oilskins at 7s lid, ami their men's oilskins at. Ds lid are splendid examples of wlvat *bey do in men's wear.—Advt. lie Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, la fid and 2>