AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1682, 17 April 1883, Page 4

AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The rcWlfa^of ' nborlfon ' in 1 ' cow's Kre various, deognding considerably, upon the cause c^Wi^'trbhbie. -WlienVtln^iiS "Sue tothvinimy °f tH f> "terns oreonstittitioinMVi/uses, one of tlhe'iesiilts often ob- 1 , serVttiMs'fiibure sterility. jJ it in simple ca.'fes'it^qi'ii'to'fic.iul.'nlthiLb a-oow will nofc'aW/mY become pregnant until a whole' >ci^ s «Hij>scs. although the rei(»lar> ! interval dfostrunr occur as is iisual ? v and icgular sciwee- may be given. In olliei cases there may bo an almost constant condition of excitement, whiU/gn'o use to the disorder known as iiyi|>phomania, aiirtVliich'is accompanied by complete btorihty. , . A goat daiiy farm is conducted on the Surrey .lulls in England. ,Uuata' milk and"butcorand cheese made fioin it, with goivfj and kid skins as mninr products we supplied, by the faiiu. .On tins Linn is i\ JiiutLjtjf, 3^o milch goats, .Hid 'tuo.linl.<, which' is piu'seiibed by 'physicians, .being compiruUvely dillieult ib obtain, is, bold in LWto'n'.'it from .17 to JiO cents pui quart.' English and Welsh 'c^fctaijeis JnV(i tlie keeping of goats a profitable business. The yield ut milk, of coinso, is small, but a goat picks its owii living and ib ot less expense to itb owner than any other aiiimal. In choosing wheat for 'seed, we should have fust sound w heat thai; has not been cracked by the beateis of the stiippcr. A veiy laige portion of such whea,t is often cracked, and will not germinate Then we must have full plump giain— for the iule' holds good with wheat as with every other seed, that a weak halfde\ eloped or degenerated parent cannot beget lobust pel feet ollHuring. ( iardeners alwa\s pick out the line^t plants for bccd-be.ueis ; hoi.se->, cattle, bheop, pig and poultiy bieedeis always select theii best representativcK to In ted fioin ; the f.irineis must select good pel feet &ccd v heat if they w ibh to obtain good pericefc samples. If the farm machinery be left out in the open air it will not last, lulf it-, natiu.il tune. Woodwoik will ciack and .split w lth tho lu-at and not with the wet ; ii-ouwoik will mst, and thin bioak w'len it again comes into use. The hoi.sei und cattle will be liable to injuiy horn mbbmg .'igainst the tools, &c. All wood aiid nonwoik ought to be cleaned and put away under .shelter, and e\eathcte the fowls .should not be allowed to coyer woodwoik with then dioppings. vliicli will take oil paint, and make the -wood lofcten. Keioseneor iiaiailin js a good ,in«l cheap preservative ot either wood or iion, and it paint is too dear the same cannot be said of the other. Time we .sc\eial iu.i&ons why butter won't always come when churned. _ The most fiequent one j& the cieam is too Bour. Tins may happen fiom too long keeping the cieam, oi too waim a place, or from the food. When the fall season changes the pasture it may have tho effect of producing .acidity in the milk instead of its usual alkalinity. ' It will very probably ifitiove the tiouble to #i\ y e the cow 2ozs of opsoin salts m a pail of bran slop twice a week for two days tunning, putting a little molasses or a teaspoonful of ginger in to disguise the taste. Tliib will lemovc any acidity of the stomach, and change the tone of the system. The next time the cicam foams up, pom in two (juarts of cold water in which a teabpoonful of saltpetie and one of salt ha\ c been dissolved. Long olnu ning oxidizes the butter and makes it rancid. The following q notation fiom a little pamphlet, "Advice to Sheep and Cattle Jkecders," issued by Mcsis Wells and Co., Burton-on-Humber, shows the quantities in which vegetable chat coal can be given to sheep as a pieventive to disease : ■ — "The chai coal should be given mixed with the food, except in urgent cases, ■\\ hen it may be mixed in water or thin gruel, and given as a dicncli. The dose ih one pint to e\ery twenty-five head of sheep or lambb. One quaiterpint pel head ior full grown cattle, hoises, or pigs; half the quantity foi young cattle, and two teaspoonfnls to one de«w(ji tspoontul foi young calves, daily when sullciing from disease or in ill ( ondition. To keep in good health, and ioitify against disease, the dose should he gi\eri two or tlncc times jji-i wetk, accouhng to the class of food they ai c ha\in;_' and the .state of the atmosphcie. The best plan h to wet a (|iiautity of bi an, pollard, or malt combings ; mix the chaicoal amongst it, and tin n amo'igst the food you give them. Toasceitaiu whether a cow is in calf aftci ihelittli oi -.ix tli nmiith of gestation, i>l.xc \ouiielt on the ii«!it side of i he .lnim 11, with } our lnck to her licntl, find apply Ino palm of > our left hand against lli«' ibdomen. iinniediatcly below the llanlc and about eiglit oi ten niches above the stifle, perpend iculaily abo\e the uddei, picising modciately, while the other hand lests upon the cow's lin'-k. At tins pin tof the flank a hard voluminous ma s cm >ie felt in the womb, while the movements of the calf aie puccptible asitstns at h tegular iuterAals, aud causes the jelled and shocks to be lommunieited to tlie walls of the abdoii'en. These iuo\cineiit^> of the calf aie gcncially .stioiii/est in the moiinng, and aie moie distinct if the niothei is eating or di inking, especially cold ■water. Jn dnubtfiil eases tho presence of the calf may aKo lie asceitaincd by caieful examination tlnough tho leetilm, but such inampulatioiis aie connected •\\ lth more or less dangei .

A iiiionri.it of Bishop Claik was one of the wittiest men alnc. It runs in the family He once went to .sec one of his pai'Hiioni'i s, a lady with a prodigious inmily, as hicli had lcccntly been incii.afc.cd. As lie lote to leave the lady .stopped him with, "But you ha\en't been my last baby." " No," he quickly jeplicd, " and I never expect to ! ' Then he fled The Ylvui.v Incojil ok TUJ-. Lomiov Cji.uutils. — I3y ill etui n jiibt issued i\o Icaiu that tlicie aie a thousand and one ■societies upon the inctiopolitaii list, and these thousand and one London societies repent l.i->t yen 1 a total leeuipt of £4,433, 000 steihng ; which m>vor so much moio than the whole public icvenuoof Peisia.lt exceeds the income of the Metiopolitan Doaul of WoiKsby aimartoi of a million ; is- thiee times as muoh us that of the London School Bo.uid ; double the whole Budget of flicece ; neaily doul)le that of J)cmn.uk ; Jiolland only collects fiom usciy sonn'e, ca.sl and woht, twice ;ib jiujylj ; <md I'oitngal',-. tolal nnpoits are 3io inoie. S\\<'den\ annual budget is ]ow ( i tli. in that oi thtiso fcoeiutiei-, and .S'Mt/eiland only laiicb the thiid of theii j etui lib. Thcie is a gioup of minor SUtt'b which these eh.uities, could buy up with their tabt lesouiooslike " building lots :'' and the details of their rereipts aieais lemaikalde as> tlie giaud totals. "We hud foui Bible and 14 Book Societies di.iwiug €282,51!) annually; <)2 Home and Foieign !Missionsin leeeiptot £1,481, (iOO ; bix Chinch and Chapel Building junds spending C.'50,571 ', ">1 institutions for the blind, deaf, dumb, theidiotic, and the inCuiable, drawing £1G4,7'25 ; and 9S hospitals, with a .subseiiptionof i.525,277. .Besides these w» encounter the names or 112di,speusaries andnursing institutions, lecciving £102,459 dining the past year ; 162 pensions for the aged, hawng £431,' 470 -. (>si institutions, for geneial relief, aud llfov food ami monky giffcs, whitib consume moie than another half million. .Finally, 'theio are ( J4 voluntaiy homes, 01. oi plumage v M leioimatoties, ,'lOl educational cliaiitie-s, 35 social improve men homes, 1 and 20 pioteetive sbciette^, the total re\ eiiues of which may be bnelly bummed'at £1,300,000 sterling.' .Suicides ale more numerous in Saxony than in any other country in Europe, and no'pla'nsible explanation has yot'bemi offered for this mania. The i eetor of " the ' Univei-sity of Li'ipsic in' openings the' winiaeiuii wester mentioned 'that of' l2 students who had died during the last). scMion only (four puvcumbed , ,to , natural causes. „,^9 fell in a duel ami four