FARMING ITEMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1092, 7 April 1883, Page 1

FARMING ITEMS.

The Lake County Press says that one of the farms on the Crown terrace, Otago, has yielded 140 bushels of oats to the acre. In cutting this crop the machine could not be used in tlio- ordinary way. It had to cut along the side and return idle, then go into the crop again. This was not the only difficulty, for there was nut actually room to stook the sheaves. The straw was about sft 6in and the ears a foot long.

Bloating is caused by indigestion and the formation of gas in the intestines from the undigested food. The remedy is feed very lightly for a few days ; to give an ounce of linseed-oil (for a calf), and afterwards daily in the milk a tablespoontul of carbonate of magnesia (calcined) with half a teaspnonful of ground ginger. A few days ot this with light feeding will restore the stomach. Cow-pox is the same disease as smallpox, but not so virulent. It appears on the udder and teats in young cows, and p stable in which it has been onco introduced will always have it. 'lt requires no treatment, although halt ounce doses of hyposulphite of soda will ease its course. It passes off in three or four weeks ; it makes the teats sore sometimes, and a milking tube is required. The harvest .n Victoria has concluded in all hut the very latest districts, »nd the steam tlne.-ln rs are now iu the midst of their busiest time. The results show splendid oat and barley yields in. all the coast districts, but the outcome of the wheat crop in the north i« not expected to mure than barely reach even the lowest estimate made at the beginning of the year. The hop crop is promising lor a good yield at Bairnsdale, the Ovens, anti Aealsville, and the good prices ruling will infuse considerable spirit into thus important industry during the comiug season. The Venerable Archdeacon Stock writes;—‘•Tire following may be ot interest to many. Last year I received, at Mr Meek’s mill, a sample of best wheat in (Jure. From this I choose cut the best grains and sowed them in the garden. The spot chosen Was a corner close to a large tree, and not therefore an especially good place. Twenty-two grains were sown. The result is 2u3 ears, all of a large size, some very large, but all these were nearly of the same size. I divided them into bundles of tens, and carefully counted the grains in one bundle. The number was 508, giving an average of, say, 50 for all the 203 cars ; and as result, 10,150 grains, Besides these there were 89 ears of smaller size, for which I take a lower average of 20. Tims, from the 22 original grains, I have gathered at leasT" 11,930, or over 50(>0 per cent,”