FARMING NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 876, 17 September 1881, Page 2

FARMING NOTES.

When a cow Ims a depraved appetite and chews coarse indigestible things, or licks the ground, it indicates indigestion, and she should Irnve some physio. Give ouo pint and a half of linseed oil, or one pound of Epsom salts, ami afterwards give, in some bran, one ounce of salt; and the same quantity of ground ginger, twice a week. ""■ ;:':'•. ; : ---—r •"/;

Meiryton Clydesdales. The annual sale of the Merry ton,, Clydesdales took plaoe lately at Mr Laurence Drew's' farm near Glasgow. Mr -Drew sold '53 horses, ; which realised £4952 One yearlihy yielded 300 guineas, jndaseyen-year-old stallion 400 guineas. Leases.—The tenant fnrmirs of Scotland, at.any rate, seem to have confidence in the permanence of British agrioulture, for they are sighing.,nineteen '.\ years' leases, but at a reduction of rent from 25 to 40 per cent, iippn previous rates. "

Mr J. D. Custance, late professor of Agriculture, in the Imperial College of Agriculture, Tokio, -Japan,- andformerly a member of the staff of the Royal Agricultural Collage, Cirencester, has' beenappointed Government Professor of AgrP culture in South Australia ;: ''■ ■'■ '■ < '■

How to destroy poultry parasites.-A couple of ounces of carbolic acid to threequarts of water, sprinkled on tbe poultryhouse through the .'fine: rose'of a small watering-pot, once in three or four weeks, will destroy lico and other parasites.

Flax cultivation.—The South Australians' are already in the field forthe cultivation of flax. A company for the erection of a mill has been formed, and the South Australian, .Company has ..promised a bonus of as" much 1 as £IOO for the -first 100 tons of flax straw bought :by.,„the Company from their tenants. The Company bas likewise obtained and distributed a large quantity of Beed, and it is estimated that as much as 300 tons of flax will be grown this year, Value of B'arm- J. J. Meohi, in a letter to the Times shortly before his. death, wrote:—"l atieuded the sale of a farm on the borders of Wiltshire, 830 seres, ueu'd house, promises, 8 cottages, freehold—auld for £O7OO. Up' to 1876 tenant paid 41550 rem, landlord paid 4J150

til he and £4O laud tux out of it. Since 1876 tenant paid 1250 rent, leaving landlord about £7O net. In 1834 the late, owner g.ive fur the above 4113,000, mid laid out i'3ooo. " .•, ' Mugwort for Epilepsy.—Six ounces of fresh roots, btal.ka,' uitd leaves uf mugwort, the routs lo be one-third, of the stalks and leaves; cut the routs suinll and bruise thbm; boil in one ijuart of beer dmvti to a pint. An imperial noggin to be taktw three timos-a day, and one when an epileptic fit conies on, Its use to be continued at Ion;; as necessary, Two ounces of dried routs, stalks and leaves will answer as well as six fresh ounces. The following is also highly recommended :—Bromide of potassium,' one:ouuce, and water one unit; half a wine-glas* twice or three times daily.. '• As ,the patient gets better, reduce ,the quantity. Afterwards continue one glass oh a fasting stomach. We have known this tulieeugceiful in ft very serious case,

Dairy Factory,—What is known as dairy farming on the factory system is about to be tried in Otajjo, and its promoters are confident of succei. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company have deciced to erect a large dairy factory on one of their properties, and to make a thorough trial of the system. Mr Brydone, the Manager of the Company, in an address to the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association, advocated the general adoption of the. system, and placed a large amount nf valuable information on the subject before the meet-