NEWS AND NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 231, 9 March 1915, Page 3

NEWS AND NOTES.

U'iicat Las "ft been tried to any O roat e.uciit in lll jlanav.atu district, .n;L U:o jiiiiy'ii.iieciit crop uliich the manuger oi tlie Wereroa Experimental Farm •tas grown this year has 'proved plainly that tlif district is a wheat-grow iug 011 c. in view of this, Mr W. aas suggested to llus .Minister of 'Agriculture that a further trial with wheat might he made oil iand recently acquired by the Crown, namly, IUO acres on the lieacli Road, Wereroa, immediately op. positc tlie Experimental Farm. Mr Meld jwinted out to the Minister that it would at least be~an interesting and instructive experiment to try wheat on this property, for there is a very considerable extent of land of this class along the Maisuwatu line.

Contrary" to the expressed opinion of many professed judges, no dilliculty is being experienced liv Colonel Keakes and his eifiicors in procuring suitable horses for every succeeding draft of reinforcements Tor tlie, front, and. there are still many more remote districts which have yet to be visited by remount buyers. Two roles are being observed by the buyers with the greatest strictness—they will not send away from New Zealand good mares of whatever age, and they are buying 110 animals less than five years old. Their experience to date had been such that it does not seem at all probable that either of these rules may have to be broken. The supply of suit able horses is not by any means exhausted yet.

Once more! Dairy farmers have a danger to guard against which has probably not entered into their calculations. Ueccntlv two cows belonging to Mr Earl, of Belvedere, died from tome mysterious cause, and .Mr Hubbard, stock inspector, was asked to make an investigation. The symptoms pointed to poisoning, and after looking for any identi. fixation of how and where the cows could get the poison, the inspector concluded that they had got it by Ticking the paint off a now-painted wheel-bar-row. The sidnuteihs of the animals have been sent to Wellington for analysis, •'"let the result will be interesting.' Tt seems that in other cases paint has provcel fatal to stoclc, in one instance, a farmer losing five, that had licked the paint off a fonco. It wou-lil evidently be a wise precaution to keep cow-; away from any place wheio painting improve, nu'nts are going on.

Farmer (to physician): "If you get out my way, doctor, any time, I wish youy stop and sen my wife. She says she ain't foelin' well."Physician: "What are some of her symptoms?" Farmer: "I dunno; this roornln' after she had milked the cows, an' fed the stock, anrt got breakfast for the hands, an' washed the dishes, an' built a fire under the soft-soap kettle tn the Jane, an' done a few jobs about the 'ousc, she commenced fi'din,' kinder tired. I shouldn't be surprised if her blood was out of order, i guess she needs a dose of medicine."