RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1851, 17 May 1884, Page 4

RURAL NOTES.

It is stated by men well voiscrl in matters pertaining to pasloial pursuits that about, 10.000,000 slicop have been lost in Queensland ami Nc-y South Wales through the olFccts of tho drought. Sheep aie likely to be high pi iced tins w inter. Dunng the past siv monHis in the Veimin District No 12 of the JO.ist Mirny DiMsion, on the Victorian hoidei, about 00,000 s< alps ha\e been obtained, including 57,000 labbits. Aoku ni/rrnu, land in C<uma< thenshire docs not seem to sb.ne in the general depression. A faun of 228 acics Mas sold lecontls, for ~>l yeais' purchase ; anotln i lot for CIO,! per annum, was bold ior £ U5.").l ; another, containing 07 acies, let tor !)s 3d per acie, was sold for £1000, and vaiious others at fioin 30 to 43 yeats' pin chase. Ir is a good plan to plough or bpade up the poultiy yaid once a niontli tlnough the biininx r. It jjives the fowls fiesh oaith in which to dust thenibclves, to h iy nothing of tho wot nib and guivel bo neocssaiy to them. A-~> a geneial thing it i.s not a good plan to mix salt with tho food of stock, a& a i.i\enous appetite might cause them to eat moic bait than is healthy for them. Keep the salt by it&elf in a tiough or box where they can lick when they please to do so. Tin: Coach makers' Magazine says that lard should ne\ or be used on a w aggon wliecl, lor it will penetrate the hub and woik its way out aiound the tenuous of f,ho spoke-,, thus spoiling tho wheel Tallow is «aid to bo the best lubiicator foi wooden a\letiees. laV(.-\\mi> is \ciy common in many fields of gtain stubble after liaivest. It cm be set hack considerably by cutting with a mower two or thiee weeks after the wheat is got off In such eases the closer catch, if a good one, will take the lead and keep the rag-weed down so that none will appear tho following season A Xi \l l ckv paper tells the stoiy of a fariiu'i in tliat vicinity who lost his crop of wheat in a most lcmaikable mannei. The wheat had come up and w.is looking finely, w 'ion there <\iiuo >i heuy .sleet, which covcied tho held. B.foie this melted the floods lose, and the watei lifted the sleet bodily fioin the giound, pulling up the w heat with it. The List thefatnni saw of his wheat eiop it was following his fences down the Ohio on its way to tho (iulf, and the field is now as biiio as a concictc pavement, Im i,vw"\i \tio\ of the bladdei in a cow is indicated by the tiequent pissing ot the uiiiie in '-mall quantities, with somctnnes blood mtei mingled with it, or thick mucus. It is caused by aend weeds m the food ; l.v stone m the bladder ; by the use of silfpetre, oi otliei dimctic, oi by a diseased condition of the kidney s. The tieatnient is as follows . (Jneapmt of linseed oil, lepeating it e\i'iy thud day ioi three oi totu tunes; <iKo drink ■ ot Imseed L.i oi infusion of slippeiv. clmhaik". After these have Icon continued tor two weeks, i;i\o halt ounce of buchu inginel daily loi thiee or foin days A remaikablo instance of mpid giowth of joung hop-, is tuinishcd b\ the Xe\moiu lOxpto^s. Ml Joseph Nixon, Falcon \ .lie, Tai combe, Victoua, planted thici ijn.utiMS of <vi acie on well pic paied giouiid in Oetobei list, with tlie le-iiilt th it the hops climbed the poles to the height of twenty foet, and lia\c guided naif <i ton weight of hops, which, it h calculated, will co\oi all c\poiisoi of ticnching, diaming, poling, <.\,e Tliey aie the fn ])lantc(i in tho di^tnct, and it is intended to plant si\ aciea this \eai, and to (ontinne i')f leasing tlie aiea until it leaches about -">0 aues. The land eho'-en i-, a black spungy flat, and a good deal of it is available in connection with the vciy tioublcsoine disease too well known to horse hi eeilei s bv the name stiaiiL'lcs (says the Sydney Mail) it is noteworthy that Mi Fiank Ileynold-,, of Tocal. who has tor manyyiai > lued >tnek of neaily all kinds, finds mustaid the best application. Foi many yeai - he iollowcd the old plan of foi nn nting and steaming with soaked hay and hot mashes ; but as he found that tl.e hoi-»es so tieated \eiy otten caught bad colds lie sought some othei icmccly. E\ entually ho tucd mustaid. Of this he made a plaster, which he rubbed into the tin oat, jaw, and chest. One application sce.ned to have a good efFoct, and the second bi ought about a cine. The allectcd pails bmst, and subsequent experiments pi oved that m nine cases out often the use of the lancet was unneceesaiy. The statistics of the agiiciilbuial rctinns of \'ictona for last season, ISS3-4, show that the wheat pioducc gieatly exceeded the estimate, the yield being 1.") I'l'J, H.i bushels, oi an iiieiense ot (i,7t7, (iS ( ) bushels o\oi the pu'vious yeai. The \ leld of oats was 4,73,"), '2 ( )S bushels, as against i, 1-40,027 biixhols, bailey 1,01)0, 1 l)(j bushels, as against 7-">8, it? bualiels ; hay, 434, 102 tons, oi an ineieasc ot 10b, 807 tons. The aveiago yield of wheat was 110!) bushels pei acie as a»ain-.t 903 last year. Potatoes yielded Id 1,224 tons last season as against 129,00.") tons the picvious jcar. The aveiagefor the lust named penod was 4 01 tons as against 3'7S tons the picvious yeai. New Zealand biccdeis (says the Sydney Mail) may < ongiatulato thetnsc hcs upon the laet that then linpoi tition of highelas-, stock tiom England is now excicis ing a t;ood ellect upon theii c\]>oit tiade. It is no mean honour when Mr Fiank .Reynolds of Toeal, the ow ner of what has more than once been doseiilied as tho best J lei efoid hrrd in Austialasia, deems it judicious to purchase a bull in iMiioiiLind. It is, howo\ci, with Ayi^lmc cattle and cuaught hoisos that tho best trade has been done. L.isfcyeir we impoiUd fioin Now ZcvLmd 700 diauijlit hoisos. Tho cause of the huge impositions is not dilhcult to find. It is simply due to the fact that the dem mtl for he.ix y hoi ses was so slack between the yeais 1800 and 1880 that tho biecdeib of this Colony tound it unpiofitable to keep their mares. The Lugo studs weie yioatly reduced, and faimois. leliiKjUished bi ceding. Then came railway extension, and a sudden impio\emcntin tiade. Theic weic many buyeis for all classes of horses, and prices mci eased. A horse of the class winch in lS79wasnot woith £20 would in ISS2 ha\e biought double that sum. Tne bieedcia of this Colony hastened to foi m studs. Theic woic stallions in plenty, but few good males. New Zealand was di awn up extensively ; hence the tiade. It is piobable that the home supply of hoi ses will soon again meet the demand, and New South Wales will again be m a position to expoit horses oi the heavy drauaht bleed. The carcases of animals dying on the faun, and as many moie as can be seemed fiom other souices, should be utilised for inanuie, not buried or drawn away to the words, but kept wheic they can at once be used as available manure. Nothing more is needed for this than to covei them "with sulphuiic acid — oil of vifcrol. This will convert the caicase into a thick syiupy substance, with little offensive odour, and which may be advantageously thiow non any compost heap. The oil of viti oil alone is excellent for the compost heap, as it has a strong affinity for ammonia.

Rats and Mich.— lf youMish to do stroj them tfct i p icket ol Hit l 's M \drc Wrmin )Cn 1 1 uin packets, (id, ( )d, and Is, to be obtained ot .ill stoiekeepeis, ot from 1. B. Hill by encloiintr «in ckLijl it. mi]). Lilk ix the Bum r— Tin-.x and Now.— It is Rcncrcillv supposed tliat in the bush we have to put up uith m.my discomforts and privations in the shape of food Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. R. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food docs consist chiefly of tinned meats his Coionial fjAuru gives to them a most delectable flavour, makinp them as well of the pl-iinest food most enjoyable, and instead as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Improvi d Coloniai Raking Powdi'r makes the very best bread, scones, cakes, and pastry far superior and more wholesome than yeast or leaven. Sold by all storekeepers who. can obam it from any merchant in Auckland;