FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 216, 18 October 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

Mr. G. Coatcs, I'ohokura, Stratford, writes: "You asi;cd for points in tlic art of milking'; j supply v,ie following: (1J Bathe teats (if newly-calved cows with spirits of wine, to harden them and prevent ,sores. {2) lur chappd teats anoint freely with v.iselme, or let a calf suck them, the saliva is more 'healing than anything, being autismtie. (3) Before milking always wash the .udder and dry it. 'ihis is not 1i.i.1-wasted, wasted, for the reaction after the sold water brings the milk down and iins

the teats. N) -ililk eiLiier with dry lingers, or with lingers dipped in water. -Uilky fingers cause sore teats. When stripping you may use the creamy strippings to lubricate the finger action. This will keep the teats supple," from a liock of 249 half-bred ewes Mr. W. Anderson, of Hiversidc, in the Ashburton County, has secured a return of 302 lambs, representing over 140 per. cent. Tile grain crops of North Canter- 1 bury still present a promising appearance, and last week made good growth, so that they now nearly cover the ground.

| When a horse is being shod the feet should be given plenty of room. The wall of the hoof should not be filed away, and the frog should not be pared with the knife.

As a large proportion of food, especially the fatty part is used up in the body to produce animal heat, an important matter regarding feeding in winter question of warmth. , The cart saddle should always be placed well up towards the withers, and the trappings used in conjunction should fit well the hind-quarters of the animal upon which they may be used.

A cart-horse of the accepted stamp, is never speedy and should never be driven beyond its natural gait. Should this be done it means a shortening <>i tlie natural term of usefulness.

Co-operative ownership of breeding stock has not made much progress; in this country. It usually takes two forms, either th e purchase and maintenance of a stallion or the acquisition of a bull.

An advantage in feeding pure-bred pigs is that they are ready for the mar kct at any age. A pure-bred of from iUUIb to 2501b will often sell for more pur pound than a heavier and oldei

i3y converting milk into a hard, bony material, a new industry lias been created in Hamburg. The substance i.< called "galalith" and is odourless, not inllammable, and will take any colour and a high polish. Although the water may be tippe.i out, and fresh water supplied every few days, the troughs will be found slimy if they are not thoroughly scrubbed out with a hard brush 1 once a week. It js necessary that plainshaped troughs should be used, so there will be no difficulty in scrubbing them out.

Xet the least of the drawbacks' to the poultry-farmer's life is the fact that the work, especially the chickraising time, consists of an infinitenumber of small jobs, which all hare to be done with care, although actually only (taking up a. few minutes eacfe. Often these jobs want doing in widelyseparated parts of the farm. During the last week of incubation the flame of the lamp should not b--high with a wideropen damper, for although the thermometer may .show normal temperature in one part of th ■ egg-chamber, other thermometers In various places/ may show several degree. l above the safety temperature. It is. therefore, best to run the machine wit'i as low a flame as will keep the temperature normal and to provide amp!.ventilation during this period. In view of the general scarcity of farm-laborers (writes the Canadian correspondent of the Pastoralists' Re view), ]HK)bably the most interesting and novel exhibit of any of this year ? fairs was the agricultural motor tes: at the industrial exhibition at Winnipeg. Il attracted widespread attention, experts .coming from as far away as Australia and the Argentine to studv the machines in operation. The United States Government was also represented by an official (of the Agricultural Department. English manufacturers, wlr are really the pioneers of this industry, wen; not successful in the competition, as they were not aware of the condi tions of the soil and climate. Then agents have gone back prepared to pioiit by their experience. Some of the machines entered did excellent work. "In connection with butter, it seems to me that on one ipoint our exporteis might take a lesson from Denmark att.i the Netherlands." says the Minister for Industries and Commerce' in hits annusJ report. "These countries export all, or practically all, their first-grade butter under a national brand, a brand which is a guarantee of u standard quality. Once a purchaser obtains an article which meets his favor, it is the brand he huys. Thw, of course, is a general trade practice. Kvcry factory in New Zealand at present exports* under a separate hrand, and, as our butter is widely distributed, a buyer has little opportunity of getting 'butter from the same fmctory several years in succession. Therefore our branding system has not th< v value It should 'have from the most desirable point of view—that of forni.ng an index to the purchaser. A national brand can, of course, only be of real I value when there is uniformity of quality in the article exported bearing | the brand."

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