RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1820, 6 March 1884, Page 4

RURAL NOTES.

Lord Jeksey ox Lvxd Nationals vtion.—The Earl of Jersey, speaking at a dinner at Middleton, near Biccstcr, on Thursday, said the idea of the nationalisation of the land seemed at first sight to be very taking, but upon closer examination it proved a far less athaethe subject. The State would be found an unfeeling landlord, a haul anti-fast mle would be established, and holdings would be put up to competition, with the results that rents would use very much and hardships would be cieatcd. If they did not have competition they must have favouritism ; the latter would mean jobbery and the former high tents. The adoption of this sjstcin -would pio\c a great disadvantage to people dwelling in the country, and therefore he should be opposed to its introduction, lie thought it would be a good thing foi the coi'ntiv if those who tilled the land could feel, when they had a few spare hours, that they could supplement their wages by cultivating some land lor themselves. It might be possible for people in a paiish to have a sort of council, and take a field ami bo responsible to the landlord, and then let it out to persons themselves. He did not believe in a man having more than half an acre to an acie to cultivate, because his idea was that this land should be looked upon as supplementary to a labourer's wages, and not the wages as being supplemental y to the land. Two Famous Siiohthohns. —Mr Thornton, in his newly issued number of the Shorthorn Oirculai, gives the following particulars regarding two celcbiated shorthorns: — J. Outhwaite's well-known bull • Royal W indsor ' (29590), was sold to the butcher this spung. ' Royal "Windsor ' was one of the handsomest white bulls ot his day. He was bied by Mr Willis at Caperby on the 6th January 1869, by ' Windsor Fitz-Windsor,' fiom ' Royal Lily,' a very grand cow, by Mi Booth's ' Fitz-Clarencc,' ftoin 'Water Lily,' by Mr Bruere's ' Silkie Laddie ' Purchased when a yearling by Mr Outhwaite, he was tiained for exhibition, and won upwards of €700 in pii/es, including first at the Royal, the Highland Society, and Yorkshire in 1872. The excellence of this bull, both as an animal of substance and quality and as a good siie, was such that it was a serious loss to the country tht he was not more used. In Mr Outhwaite's small heid at Haincssee most of his eahes weie- pii/e winneis Among them may be mentioned ' Rosebud, 1 'Miss Fo\\' 'Duchess of C'hatnbuigh,' 'Lady Dauby," and tho bulls 1 Lord Godolpinn ' and ' Duke of ( hamburgh.' Fiom the heid at Aske Hall a few cows \\ ere scuttohim, and the pioduee ofoneoftliem, 'Flou'lla, 1 was the celebrated bull ' Loicl Zetland,' h"i*t at the Tto\al at Derby in 18S1, at Reading in ISS2, and at York at York in ISS3 At the Bainesse sale in 1870 Mr Otithwaite placed the prohibited lesei \c of 7)000 gs. on him, and put his fee at .10 gs., which doubtless lcstiicted the gi eat service he might have rendoicd the countiy. In February last, just aftei completing hi-> fourteenth ycai, he looked aged, but bad been seiviccahlu the pievious season His great length and le\el lines and wondeiful coveiing of flesh wcie btill ap j)arent, and he will lank a-> one of the finest animals and be-^t --iies of the pies n nt generation. — ' Duuhe»s> 1 1-ith.' — Tin-, fine cow having ceased to bleed was sent to the butcher Match '2o, ISSo. bhewas hied by the Eail of Dunmoie, by ' Sixth Duke of Gene\a,' hoin that celel.iatud cow 'Duchess 97th which was bought bv the Hjn. M. H. Cochrane pivatdy m ISGB for 1000 gs. fiom Colonel Gunter, and was the first ln-ifci sold for that sum. ' Duchc-s 97th ' liad &e\ eialtah cs in Canada, and was bi outfit back to this countiy by Loul Dunmoie, and pioduced 'Duchess 114th 'in 1573, which was bought by Sn 11. AlKopp at the Dunmoie sale, 1879, for 2700gs ; she produced ' Duehc-s 117th 1 (also bought by Sir H. AlKopp for 3200gs ), ' Slumul Duke of Cornwall ' (bought by Su Cuitis Lampson lor ]"2~)ogh ), ' Duchess l'2ot)i,' at Hindlip, and a ml and white bull calf in ISS2. She was a \uy stnkiug cow ; a daikiedin colour, witli a little moie white than the usual maiUiiigs ot this tube, and though 'i little plain in her hind quatuis, she liada giand batk and loin, and stood out a handsome, decpnbbed cow c\cn in thcsiilenbid heid .it Hindlip Hall. It was for this cow that Lord Dun more was ofleied in IS7/, pioviding she pioduced a htifcrcalf, the sum of 10,000gs. AURIUULTURU, NIOIIT Ul-\SMS. —'A County Rcctoi,' wilting to the Morning Post, says :— ' The Science and Ait De partment now oflev \eiy consideiable help towards the establishment of night classes for simple elemental y instiuction in the scientific puuciplcs ot agiicultuie My palish is puiel\ nmicultuial, with a population between 800 and 900. About two yeais ago I applied to the Science and Art Depai tment for the set \ ices of Mr Buckmaster, who gas e us a \aluaMe lectiue which cicated .i yood deal of rl's cussion. The inteiest would piobably have passed away, but oui <-ehooln.astei was encouiaged by the friendly ad\ ice of myself and other* to <ro foiwaid foi an examination in the piinciples of agiicultuie. He obtained his ecitifiuite, and last autumn fifteen lads weie induced to form a closs ; twelve went foiwaid last May for examination, ten passed, and the teacher received €13 beside a shaie of the fees. This year lads fiom the adjoining villages came m, and we hope next May for more encouraging results. What has been done in my paiish could quite well be done m many other parishes, if there wiis only the detcimination to do it. The way a number of lads waste the leisure of the winter is often sad giief to me. For this, besides other reasons, I think the proposals of the Science an* 1 Ait Department are woithy the consideiation and help of thecleigy, "While wiiting this a young man has called to say that, chiefly on the strength of a certificate in agriculture, he has obtained a situation as under bailiff to a landowner iv the neighbourhood.' RhkuiMATism. — Rheumatism is very common in horses, and it arises from exposure to cold and rain, especially aftei being heated with exercise, or from washing with cold water w bile the animal is heated or peispinn?, and, in geneinl, from most of the onuses which induce cattarrh and influenza It often attacks young horses whoaic seveiely woiked,and old ones who have lived a life of coai.se treatment and of hard labour. It is sometimes indicated bj swelling and perceptible tenderness, but in general it shows itself by mcie lameness, accompanied always with exptession of acute pain, and sometimes with a considerable degree of feverishness. Whenever lameness, after a careful examination, cannot be accounted for, or is found to go ofT after exercise and to return again, it may pretty certainty be pionounced lheumatism. It is in all cases distressing, in many obstinate, in some a kind of torturing palsy, and, in most, capable of great alleviation, and even of a real and permanent cure. The remedies for it are change of diet, diuretic medicines, stimulating applications, and somewhat warm and uniform temperature. Rheumatism iv cattle is much more frequent than in horse«, and arises fiom the samecausesas in man, or from thc&amc which produce common colds, and it is parti u'atly prevalent incold, damp, b!ea\ situations, and during great and sudden changes in the weather during spring and autumn. In some instances it is acute, and in others chronic ; in some continuous and accompanied with fever, and in others occasional or fitful, and indicated chiifly ly stiflness, lameness, and expression of pain. The remedies for it are good weather, warmth, laxative treatment, and stimulating application. Rheumatism in sheep is similar in causes, symptoms and character to rheumatism in cattle. Any sheep affected with it should be removed to a comfortable shed or house, and receive a warm laxative ; stimulating application, such as hartshorn liniment, should rubbed pvov the. affected pavb, and if the dujicaso

becomes chronic, a seton should be nisei ted under the skin near the affected part.

Oxk of the most distinguished doctors in China is a Miss Howard, an Amciican. Aonvi* negotiations have been opened by .Spain with the United States Govei ument for lccipiocal concessions benelieial to tradi 1 between Cuba and the United States. Ami, icait free tiade journal have coinmentod on Lhe fact that 70 woikinen, dischaigod from tlie I'atcrson (New Jersey) loeomotn c works, sailed on Dec. 11 for Li\ oi pool, England, to fill engage inents to woi k on iion shipbuilding on the Clyde. Rich man paid his own p.issige. This fact they consideicd a poweiful argument against the piesent system of American piotcction. fNcoMiu mmih,k pa pel and incombustible ink have l)ocn made in Germany, if we in ty believe the Ulicmikcr Zeitcng. The constituents of the paper aic asbestos and uoodnuip treated w itli [iciinaiitranate of potaili and .sulphuiio acid, borax and glue. India itil<, pirn, oil of laveudei and chloride of platinum, go to make up the ink which will not burn. The color, piesumably is black. AcconniNU to some authorities in physiology the weight of Gambetfca's biain, 371 ounces, is less than the average weight of the adult human biain among civilised races. This fact furnishes another aignment, if one were needed, to show how \ery far we aie from yet undei standing the relations between the size and con formation of the biain on the one haml, and the de\ elopment of the intellectual faculties on the other. Mit I'ei k has withdiawn his handsome nnnuil gift to piovide boots for poor clnldi en m London, because the patents so ofcen take the boots to the pawnshop. The Echo siys: " Would it not be possible to stamp the boots, and not give them, but lend tliem? Pawnbroker would haully cue to take such boots in pledge, and the pnents Mould, in most cases, take eaie to avoid helling loaned boots if the lesult was a police couit prosecution." I'oou l'iof''ssor Clienery did notieign lo.iif at The TiniCb Olhce, and his poat imi-t La\o been vciy tiying. It was a biitliciently didicult task to succeed Mr Delano, who is universally allowed to have been the pi nice of editois, but in addition to this The Times has suiFeied severely ot lite yeais fioin the lmpiovenient in the p.-nny dailies. Of ill Uhcnci^'s "-nccL-ss os editor opinions v.uy, but the public impicssion faeems to lia\e been tint the paper fell oil under his management—w bcthei justly oi not we do not pietend to say. As an Aiabic scholar he had no nval except the late Piot'essnv L Jj.lmci, who was a,Uo distin guished as a journalist. Font lads (who, being all 14 yeais of age, might ha\c b^en expected lo be wi&ci), after a fajveie coiu&e of " Tlie lioy Voy.igeuis," " iiobin^on Cm^oe,'" .iiid othei adventurous literature, started horn Blackhiais Bndize, on Boxing Djy, in an open l>ont, intending to pioceed to Austialia The\ hail \ictnalled tlien little ciaft with a quantity ot biscuits, and can led, besides, a cumpiis, ■' teapot and kettle, some candles <md matches, i bo\ of btationeiy, a ballet-mould, a ie\ohei, and some powder. After pioccediny rifely as fat i\i (-Jieenwich tliey lan upon a mudbiuk dunng a fog, and 1m nice compelled to appeal for assistance, weie lescued by the police galley and lgnomimously locked up until their patents turned up to claim them. The niagistiate before whom they weie brought warned the boys to be less foolish, and they weicsent home. A Hvndsomi; Clock —The clock recent !y made for the new Royal Couits of Justice was Malted on December 10th la-^t, and i j fjcneially pionoiuiLcd to be an adiniiable piece of mechanism. The following, taken fiom a Home paper, is a deiciiption of it- —lt chimes the lour tju.iitii „ and the notes of the live bells aio icm.uk,ibly puie and sweet. Tlie i^ical lioui-lioll (C in note) weights .'3 tons Sew t. .The clock is eompaiati\ ely small in dimension,. The fiaine of the clock woik-> is of solid cast iion, Sft long I>\ I} l,ft wide. All the wheels aic of .solid gun metal, no biass being used. The hands aie 2ft in diameter, and the weights me held by steel une lopes, sustaining, though small and light in appealance, over a ton in weight, and having a breaking strain of moi c than double All the pinions aie of steel, and the pendulum is compensated against expansion by temperature by being censtiucted of /me and iion in such a manner that the dilation of the one met il countci acts that of the other. Its length is 15 feet, and its ''bob,'' or i*ia\ itating weight, is a cylinder of 3cwt. The »as an augment foi lighting the dials h automatic, and will Le woiked dm nit; the whole ye.ii by the clock itself. By the most ingenious combination of two quadiants and of moving parts designed towoik thiough e\eiy month of the year, tlie g.us will be turned on and oft at the piopei season, and with tlie like aeeniacy tor tlie lont» nights of winter as foi the short ones oi summer. Yemci: and ii \<m (Il\s-, Be yd I\m*vi iiv. —TUads aic l.ugily made in Venice, \\heie glass makiny has alwajs been a piinopal indiistiy. It ib said that the invention or beads dates fiom the tliiiteentli anlury, and is due to two Venetians —Miotti and Imbiiaui —who weieuiffcd to make ex'peiiments by the cekhiated Venetian tiavcller , Maico Polo. Under the Venetian Republic, and for some after its fall, says otu consul at Venice, the exportation of heeds had not icduced the importance it has now attained. This was, peihaps, owing to the smallncss of the furnaces and to the difficulty and length of the teclinic.il process required for the composition of the paste. The Morelli, however, who in 1670 weie the piiucipal bead manufactmers, had four ships at sea cairying beads to the East on the.r own account, and they became so rich that in 18G0 they enteied the rank of the Venetian nobility on payment of a sum of 100,000 ducats to the Republic. Since 1815 this industry has become so important as to give at the present time employment to about 15,000 persons. The traffic is cai i ied on with all the world, but the pnnc pal e\portation of beads is to the ports of Asia and Africa. An exfciaoidinary stimulus was given to this industry a few ycais ago by the prevailing taste for beads for trimming ladies dresses. A great extension of tlie manufactuie took place, and the labour was paid so high that all who could do j sj gave up their usual trades for bead making. But when the demand for beads declined, most of the workmen who had been allured by fancy wages to the bead manufacture were thrown out of work, and compelled to return to their former occupants. Whatever be the cause, bead making has always been the special privilege of Venice, in spite of all foreign attempts to manufacture this aiticle clswhere. The wages in the glass woiks are for a first master about Bf. a day, for a second master <Uf., and for the ordinary workmen from~2f. to sf. a day. During the last five years the average annual expoi tation of leids has been 25,000 quintals, of the approximate value of 5,500,000f. One Shilling.—Francis J. Shortts Popular Art Union.—Ten first-class Oil Paintings by celebrated artists. 5000 tickets at Is. Ihe prizes are magnificent and costly. Country '.übs.cnbcrs sending- st.imps or otherwise will ha\e tickets by return post. Enclose stamped envelope for reply.—Francis J. Shoktt, 140, Queen-'.trcpt, Auckland. —FADvr.] Rats and Mick.— If j'ou Misli to de sti oy them tfrt a. packet of Hili 's Magfc Vkrmin Xii i I r in packets, (jd, 9d, and Is, to be obtained of all storekeepers, or from T. B. Hiil by enclosing an extia stamp. Lifk in the Brjsn—Then and Now.— It is generally supposed that in the bush we have to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape of food. Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. R. Hiix, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food docs consist chiefly of tinned meats his Colontal Sauce gives to them a most detectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Improved Colonial' Raking Powdkb makes the. very best bread, scones, rakes, and pastry far superior and more wholesome than yeast or ejiven. Sold by all storekeepers who can pbi tun it from anymcrchlnt in. Auc^UatJ;