FARM AND GARDEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4533, 26 September 1893, Page 2

FARM AND GARDEN.

Feeding horses on wheaten bread would have been scouted at one time as a wicked extravagance; but now-a-days (according to a London contemporary) there is no food for live stock as cheap «s wheat, and none as dear as hay. A.Sheffield correspondent or the Field states that-a cab owner in that town some time ago tried the Hxperiment of keeping his horses on bread,and was woll satisfied with the results, with one exception, which was the stealing of so many ol his loaves, that he had to give up the system of feeding. Plenty of wheat may bu bought at .18 a ton, and, in proportion to nutritiye constituents, no food is cheaper. The only question is as to whether horses would do well, if fed liberally on rough made bread,

%/fe»% Cattle mdtiorses,

The housing or stabling of stock in the colonies has been wondrously neglected by the dairyman, teamster, farmer and worker of horses. It is right and proper to give cows n good paddock in warm weather, but the cold nights of winter, when frost settles upon hill and plain ;animalssufler much in health and strength. Their sound constitution goes down, and in cows the milk is not bo good, The Talue of the animal depends upon its mode of treatment, and the milking power of cows and the beef-produoing power of bullocks are also regulated by housing and stall feeding. It d«« gusts the eye to see a cow, bullock, or horso in low condition and individual* ity. All young cattle for commercial purposes should be carefully reared. The squatter does not like bis stock to be startled, starved, or over-travelled. Stock want air, but farmers should house their stock at night, if tbey can, and leave tbeircbildren to sing "When thekyecam'bame•" It means a lot. Bliclter sheds from the piercing cold winds ore better thau no byres or stables. The Germans in Queensland were the first to "'house" their cows and plough horses in winter. The Anglo«Queenslanderß soon followed thorn in erecting slab or bark buildings. By letting them roam over the paddocks and bask in the noonday sun it hardened them against the change of climate. Cattle will naturally try to get the warmest place upon a ran in winter, just as they seek a_ cool 'shade under the trees in the' summer time. Farmers should shelter thoir stock from cold winds and frosty nights if tbey can. '' '' '•'" '•■ v

TfieMirnP^, Selection of breed aqd careful treatment of tbo pig by farmers has wontlerfully improved his pork majesty from raw bones, thick skins, rakishDoss, long legs/light .ham's,' : long narrow backs, long snouts, long eats, and an ugly head to that of fine, plump and symmetiical proportions. The .modem pig is a picture of. splendid ham andl bacon psr m, with fine.bones, short leg, a broad baok, : thick;heavy sides, good Head'aridushiouldeta^la eye and short wout, : and liotthe ia-and«in.bs|i^