FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 264, 14 December 1909, Page 1

FARM AND DAIRY.

Tile Prinu: .Minister bus consented to be patron of the South Taranaki Winter Show, and lias intimated tliat lie will endeavor to lie present at tin- opening show in June next. ill'. I. 0. liidwill, «( I'ihautca, lias had a record wool clip this season. He liaiV shorn 7000 liomney sheep, which have produced an average, yield of lllli ooz of wool. At current rates this is equal to about thirteen shillings' worth of wool per head. The 205 bales he nas for the market ought to bring in considerably more than £4OOO in revenue.

It is now mentioned u> probable cnut three New Zealand breeders of sheep will take stock to the international show in Argentina, opening on 3rd .June next. They are .\lr. Ernest Snort (Romneys), Mr. E. Perry (Lincoln*), and Mr. W. 11. Wybourne (Lincolns). An overland trip across America is also contemplated.

_ A Taranaki farmer suggests as a solution of the pig-price trouble that buyers of baconers be asked to classify the pigs and pay 4d per pound for top-fed, 3d for medium, and 2d for bad. He thinks this would improve tlie class of animals* produced.

The majority of the dairy factory milk cheques for the November supplies show an increase over the amounts paid out for the corresponding month of 1908. Hawera suppliers will be paid at the rate of 10y 2 d per lb. The amount of butter-fat received was 151,1531b and the amouut to be paid out is £6OIB 7s 4d. For November, 1908, '£osll 10s 2d was disbursed, at the rate of Is per lb, and 130,2411b of butter-fat was 1 received. Mells received 37,7371b of butter-fat, and will pay out £1572 Cs 6d, at lOd. The Mells figures for the corresponding month last year were: Quantity of -milk received 35,8251b, amount paid out £1492 12s lOd, being at th e rate of lOd. Normanby for November, 1909, will distribute among its suppliers £2133 12s 7d, the butter-fat being paid for at the rate of lOd per lb. r lin» amount of bnttjer-fat received totalled 51,2081b, In November, 1908, the mi'rt cheque was £2158 8s 4d, and 51,8031b of butter-fat was received. The fact ot the Ararata suppliers having seceded from Normanby factory is the cause of the slight decrease in the figures for the past month.—Star. \

It is easier to conserve ensilage than to make first-quality hay. Remember that milk is an ideal seedbed for almost all forms of germ life. A herd of high-grade cows, well fed and well cared for, is the starting-point in making high-grade butter. As a fertiliser nitrate of lime has been used with great success in experiment;)! trials' in England and Scotland.

Good butter can be made in the kitchen, but a separator and special dairy room is almost essential in modern butter-making. ] ; t is not worth while to get nice calves siarted and then neglect them so tiiat tliev get stunted or set buck in sotac oilier wav.

it is generally admitted that a fallow h a necessary process in the cultivation <>f some s'oils in order to improve then' physical condition. If your cow has the heifer calf that you desire, the proper thing to do is to Leach it to drink milk out of a pail just as soon as possible. Few horses are deaf, and the quiet loamster is' where you will find the •rfeek, fat horsey and they will accomplish just as much work. Almost any green crop may be con-vi-rted into good milk-producing tood as ensilage. The methods of cutting the v-rops ninl filling the silo are simple. Cattle must be fed, and, if possible, with food that will favor milk production. Such a ration is costly when H has to be purchased, and difficult to procure.

T« a considerable extent i'.t least the total amount of butter may be largely increased by liberal feeding, owing itn the fact that the quantity of milk will be increased.

hi tlic reign of James J. a Hill was passed to punish butchers "for sellinge meate openlye on Sunday morninge" and M for putting to sale olde mutton for lambe," The cart saddle should always be placed well up towards.the withers, and the trappings Med in conjunction should fit well the hindquarters of Pie animal upon which they may be used. A carthorse of the accepted stain)) is never speedy, and should ne\|r be driven beyond its natural gait. Should this be done it means u shortening of the natural tcnu of usefulness.

An advantage in feeding purebred pigs is that they are ready for the market at any age, A purebred of from 2001 b to 2501b will otten sell for more per pound than a heavier and older pig, Lucerne hay, cut at the right, stage and properly cured, is worth almost as much pound for pound as wheat bran, but if it is allowed to get woody the stems not only lose their feeding value, but a large proportion of the leaves drop oft' and the value of tho hay is very muck less, For many reasons foals need room, if they arc crowded there is feke danger of one or more being Kicked, and the certainty that there will be some nervous and perhaps rather weakly foal who will look pathetically on whilst his stronger mates are consuming his portion of the food which he so muck needs.