FARMING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, 1 April 1920, Page 7

FARMING NOTES

Breeding ewes are in fairly strong request in the Wairarapa at the present time. Mr Robinson sold his farm on Pinfold road, Woodville, recently at £lO2 10s per acre. A week later the property changed hands at £lll 9s, a record for the district. Mr J. W. Lord has sold his property, known as "Glencrieff," situated at Bideford, and comprising 2760 acres, to Mr Allan Cameron, of Castlepoint. Messrs C. C. Ross and Co. were the agents. The demand for lambs is very keen throughout the North Island just now. This is particularly so on the West Coast, and in the Waikato district, where there are root crops in abundance. Dairymen in the Wairarapa are very optimistic as to the prospects of next season, the general impression being that futter-fat will reach 3s per lb or over. Decent dairy herds offered during the close season are expected to realise an average of anything from £25 to £3O. The pedigree Friesian bull "Cluny Piotje Prince," and . the pedigree heifer, "Cluny Jauline Pietje," have been shipped to Nelson to the order of Mr J. Lyons, of Takaka. The grandsire of both animals is the imported bull, "Woodcrest Hengwoeld Mechthilda," whose dam has a record of 8091b butter-fat.

The Waikato Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., in their report this week, say: 1 -There has been a marked decline in the value of beef at the yards, although freezing values for stock on hooks have advanced. Space is, however, very limited, and the prospect of improvement in this direction is far from bright.

Mesars Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, advertise particulars of an important sale of high class dairy herd on account of Mrs C. M. and Messrs VV. T. and J. N. Strand, Riverside Dairy, White's Line East, Lower Hutt. The list includes 100 choice dairy cows and heifers, winter and spring calvers, of exceptional quality. Catlogues will be sent on application.

S A pedigree Jersey cow, owned by t .Mrs A. Banks and Son, of Kiwiteo, | returned 20421bs of milk for the 1 month of December last, under GovJernment tost. This works out at the 2 very substantial average return of f 651bs of milk per day. The test for I the month was 4.0, making 81.681bs jof butter-fat. She is the only Jersey I cow in New Zealand that has been I awarded four buttor-fat certificates, i and is now making her fifth record in j nor ninth year.

Mange in pigs is a very troublosome disease to get rid of, and it is very infectious. It is easily discovered by the blotches and small pustules which appear on various parts of the body. Tho remedy is first to thoroughly wash tho pig with soap and tepid water, then put it in an airy place, with a good bed of clean, dry wheat straw. Give it 2oz of Epsom salts in gome slops. Feed sparingly on roots and fine bran, giving at each meal for three or four day soz of sulphur and 1-8 oz of nitre. Apply externally each day, until you see that the pusutles are dead, a mixture of oil and sulphur. An important finding to all those in occupation of leasehold lands was uttered recently by Mr Justice Edwards during his judgment on a re* cent action in which the plaintiff claimed damages for injury done to land and buildings by his tenant. His Honour, after quoting well-known English cases, remarked: "It seema now to be established law that, however ruinous a building may be, if it is demised as a building, the tenant must from timo to time replace all such parts as fail to serve their purpose, or make the structure dangerous, so that if the term granted is foi a long period a tenant may during its course be compelled to reconstruct the entire building." Tho annual meetings of the Farmers' Union at Greytown and Featherston were held this week, and .in both instances were very laregly attended. Mr F. E. Ward, of the Agricultural Department, was present at both meetings, and addressed the farmers on the best methods of pasture improvements. Mr D. Heoenton, the Wairarapa secretary, was present, and Mr A. T. Blake, the Wairarapa district veterinary surgeon, was present at the Greytown meeting and gave an interesting demonstration on a cow suffering from "hard jaw." He killed the animal and then opened the afflicted part, describing the various stages of the disease. His lecture proved oi the greatest interest to those present. In his annual address to shareholders of the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company at Hamilton, the Chairman attempted to enumerate tho causes that controbuto to the present high cost of living. He considered they were as follow:—(1) Tho war, its cost and consequences, including the enormous withdrawal of men from fields of production; (2) speculation; (3) profiteering; (4) labour unions' campaigns, strikes, etc; (5) go-slow policy; (6) high price of land; (7) the decreased efficiency of labour; (8) increased wages. "To my mind," saidi Mr Barugh, "there is no doubt that these causes have in no small degree i influenced the rising cost of living.! It, therefore, behoves us all to do our utmost to remedy the position, which can only be effected by greater duction (in quantity, not merely value) in every field and branch of manufacture, etc., and to strive to bring all kinds of labour to a higher plane of efficiency. Farmers will, I ; trust, heed the Prime Minister's ad--1 vice in thiß respeot, namely, "Production and Economy."

The highest test at the Dalefield cheese factory this week ig 5.2 and the lowest 3.8.

Messrs Levin and Co., Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., and Murray, Roberts ana Co., Ltd., announce that they will hold an important sale of Mr Ernest Short's famous Parorangi herd of high class stud Herefords at the Feilding sale yards on April 13th and 14th. Particulars advertised.