FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 132, 22 October 1912, Page 2

FARM AND DAIRY.

. Jersey breeders will be interested to. know that Lady Disdain has dropped a fine heifer calf by the noted bull,! "K.C.8." Lady Disdain's progeny have ') been mostly males hitherto. I

Sheep are commanding a high price in the Dannevirke district, a fact which does not defer dealers in their dealings. A farmer recently sold' a big line of sheep for 22s each and reckoned he had done well out of them. The dealer who j purchased them did better, as he sold) them a few days later at an advance of. 4s per head. A Woodville resident struck a bit of) luck a few days ago (says the Exam-1 iner). He purchased a farm of 700 acres { in the Hawke's Bay district, and paid a deposit of £SO. Before he paid any more money down, or took possession, lie ■was offered £3 per acre on his bargain. He is at present inspecting thfi property with a friend, with the object of making up his mind whether he will work the ( farm himself or accept the £2OOO profit. J Cattle breeders will be interested to ■ hear that the Government is strengthening the Weraroa herd by the addition of I five more pedigree Holsteins, to be imported from San Francisco next week. ; [They were selected by Mr. H. Singleton, j Assistant Dairy Commisisoner, during ' his recent visit to America, and the additions are said to be likely to make their mark in New Zealand. The five Holsteins comprise a bull and four -heifers, and if breeding and performance J i count for anything, they should be most ! satisfactory purchases. The milking re:cords of the ancestors of the stock in question are of all-round excellence. ) "Thousands of pounds are annually lost in the Dominion," said Mr. Young, supervisor of the Government Veterinary Department, in a lecture to Carterton farmers, while referring to the treatment calves receive after" the rearing stages. "In most instances," he said, "they are turned into a bare grassless paddock, and > left there to 'eat their heads off until I they attain the age of one year or «igh- J teen months. Later on the farmer wonders why the animal possesses a weak j constitution 1 and a big head." Mr.. Young explained that constitution was lacking through neglectfulness, and the J big head was developed through the animal's mind being continuously concentrated on the subject of "how to live." (Loud laughter). , , .