FARM AND DAIRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 168, 3 December 1912, Page 6

FARM AND DAIRY.

HOME IMPRESSIONS. .Mr. T. 11. Brown, of Vinton, who has ju-t returned from a trip round the world, says that in the North of Scotland the farming was wonderfully well, done. The laborers lived in cottar houses, and received from I,os to 12s a week, being also allowed milk and oatmeal. The cows were milked, three times ,i day, and work commenced at fi a.m. and concluded at 6 p.m., after which, however, the animals had to be attended to. Some farmers had sheds in which they dried sheaves, for feed foi: the animals, which were all stall fed in the winter months. The usual rent of the land was 12s to 15s per acre, and the tenure ten years. At the shows lie visited the draught horses were first-class, but the light animals eould not compare with those to be seen in New Zealand. The cattle were well bred, and farmers were care fill not to mix the breeds, the resuli being that the strains were very distinct. A bull must have a pedigreo otherwise it could not be sold.

In Ireland farming was on a small scale, and a lot of scythe, work*was done. The areas ranged from seven to twenty acres. The rents had been reduced;'by. the new land legislation, eonling down from 40s to 14s j)er acre. The land was very productive, and the profits of farming were larger than those obtainable in New Zealand. A fat bull would realise from £lB to £2O, according. to weight; a milk cow, £l2 to £10; and a weaned ealf, £4, to £5. The Govern-, ment had built numerous four-roomed cottages for workers and loom rooms for weavers, who could make 20s to 2f>s per week. The rent was 2s (id to 3s per week, Oenerally the conditions of the workers were bright. NEWS AND NOTES.

The farmer must give personal attention to his !ivc' stock if he is breeding for profit, but the owney of good.stock will not see it depreciate. If the farm is not doing as much for you as it should, sit down and examine into your methods; make certain there is not bad fanning on a good farm.

As a rule, the man who wants to get rich quick spends a lot of his life hunting the scheme j: there are better iiliartces on the land than anywhere, else.

Tillage is manure, quoth Jethro Tull, but it must be remembered 'that this, is' only so where it is intelligently and persistently practiced. It is a bad thing to put' the My rack so high that the horses have to reach up to it; they: are a pf, to .get'the' dirt and rubbish in their eyes, with serious results.

British farmers are cutting, away/their hedges, and making one of paddocks; the reason .given is that ; there ,ar& : too many corners to work when cutting with the machine. " ' " .

In thirteen years the championship at': the Scottish National Fat -Stock Show has gone five : times to an Aberdeen Angus, once to a Shorthorn, and seven, times to a cross between the two brebilW The contest for the best steer has resulted in. four wins to a Shorthorn;'"one-, to a Highlander, two to an Aberdeen Angus' and six: to an ' Abenlcen Ahgiis. and Shorthorn cross. In heifers the results'have been six wins t%an Aberdeen Angus, one to a Shorthorn, and' s'iic to 'an Aberdeen Angus ■ and' Shorth'orn cross, or a cross of the reverse oi'der. •

A''serious cause of lo'ss' oil ■the fatari'iiS •in the inattention to 1 tools' ; and implements •in the times and-''seasons--when they are not in use. Look up;tlie"btacksraith'S account for last, year and see lioNv-' much of it might liav'c Tjec'n" aj'oMl'ed fry housing all tlie tackle' ill the heat as well as the wet.

An industry which might 'be"le veloped •to-advantage is : that of rope, horseshoes. These are largejy usedi iiV Gerhri]\j/.aiicl some other foreign countries. The rope portion Js inserted in a metallic- body;or frame), and in most instances, provision is niad.e for withdrawing" ,i' woi-h ; roj)e section, and replacing it with a-new one. In some instances'tlie rbjie; which is sometimes tarred, has wire! or , other reinforcing material' interw'overi .with it Majjiphuria anfl Eastern. Mongolia are ,?nly producing i a small' r-propoftioAn of wheat compared with,-what t'tiey.' coiiW producp were aljl of the available wheat lands, developed and' wheat: ; grown 'by modern inethods. The pr'eseit: product tion amounts tfc> only :itbotit*il2,{)oo;ooo bushels, but there is enough available land ,to grow at,least 300,000>000.UusMa So Manchuria may be lookjed to, before long to plqv part, in si|p; plying the *d6tm(mt of - the World for'foodstuffs. _ The ( various Ways in which "elecTricniy caii be. utilised profitably, pi> ji ;fayßr,-.was recently demonstrated' 'by an"American' 'firm, of' electrical manuffip.Hiyenji ~ They fitted' up a general water jjupply by iiieahS 'of : 'an automatic;! elcrtrit piiiiip;' a watei; supply for irtigatioii 1 with a centrifugal ptiilip,' a ■ machine, a creaiyi separatd!', ail qlec'tric, truck, a;lai'g;e 'tlirfts'hiiig 'fMelpilfj corn shellcrs, and, cVff-ciiffte^s,'' , iiiWd'j'y appliances, millcing' apfiarfi'tiis)' a SHbV'a sheep-shearer,| yentilating fans, cpoking devices, and electric .lighting!." 'The 1 jjjeAcratiiig plant Consisted! 'of .'.a| 'dyiliiiiVo drivefn by an oil| ehgim}." I ','' ' '.'/• '•"«}" ' The world cotitainsYnotlijn I #, ajiyw'liero else than can compare'\vitli, flic spletyclii} stock and agricultural .'rahHi ;: o'f, foil Luis Terrabas, pn the S'tate {jf'tlnliiuaKiift, Mexico. - -This fortunate magnate 'owns 1 the greatest arable fafi'rt'"'lTi"' : tlW •world. It incjudcs 8,000,000 acres of fertile soil, and extends.,l®/aw)?s and west and 200 miles north and south .'On it;s- mountain ranges and-thcougksits valleys roam more than 1,000,000 cattle .IOfIyQOO sheep, and l()Ci,o>(RlUior<Sds, /tliefci! being looked after -by an army of--200( horsemen, hei'dspiriri;'shophkd.s>aficlrhunA ers. Each yejir over 13(1,0,90 r.Jie.ad;- ol cattle and 10,000 steep ed and packed, jthis farm 'being the pijlj one in the worI(l tha-t.maintains: slaughtering aild--.pucfcingi p?£Uit« this gigantic esthtc are five niamui,ath, vSi -servo,irs that ?qst: .£}Q9iQ{&) •w.ells; the espikiise of "which u;aft; jpto £12,000. Don [faiis is a seientifici farijjfti' an,d raises every kifidi of.-grains >P1; mense fields. • His ed to bo the fiiiest in existcu,c:c-J.u.jWij: country, and the farmhouse "is"capable of accommodating 500 gups.ts.at,,a,,type. It was erected at, the cost 'of £4o'6,'ooi). and is. comparable to a palace only.-On the homstead alone are employed nif>i|e than 100 "peons," or worker,?*,' , r;