RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1933, 25 November 1884, Page 4

RURAL NOTES.

Death of the Richest Farmur in the World. — The death has been announced at Buenos Ay res of Senor Nicholas Anclielena, who was probably the richest fanner in the world. His property is siid to have consisted of 1710 square miles of land, 152.000 cows, and 500,000 oheop, together with a considerable amount of house ptoperfcy in the city. Jfe was worth at the time of his death £2,400,090. Tin: LoxDOtf Dairy Show.— Tho ninth annual dairy show of the British Dairy Faimeis' Association, which was opened on the 7th October, in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, is undoubtedly the most extensile that has been held since the society commenced its operations. There was a first-rato fcuin out of cattle ; goats are strong, alike hi numbers and merit ; pigs, although not numerous, are good ; butter aud cheese make a capital display ; and the collections of dairy appliances are large and varied ; while the silo is well illustrated. Then the galleries are filled with a grand muster of poultry and pigeons, the entries in these sections being more than a thousand in excess of those of last year. Theie aie, indeed, all the essential elements of a magnificent dairy show, but the arrangements leave much to be desired. It is true that the Agricultural Hall does not leadily adapt itself to an exhibition of this character, but we are of opinion that, with a little more caie, strikingly objectionable features might have been obviated, as, for example, the close pioxinrity of the cattle to the cheese. Cleanliness lies at the very root of .successful dairy practice, and it did not appear to us that so much had been done .is was. possible to enforce this idea the lamented death of Mr Morrison, the secretaiy, presented the carrying out of new plans, but we are hopeful that by another year the airangoinents will do moie justice to the splendid materials at hand for producing tho most pel feet daiiy sho»v in the woild. As we ha\e indicated, the eittlu classes were scry uieditablv filled. There weie some giand dairy cows. Mr Louis FonboiibyS lust pnze pedigiec shorthorn, \\ Inch also gamed the champion cup, is a vciy fine specimen. Got. by 'Duke of Datlington 3d,' and out of a dam by ' Duke of Geneva,' she thus possesses much Bates blood There was a laige class of unpt'cligieed slioi thoi us. and heio the Queen i occi\ ed a third pi ize. Jerseys wuie a veiy good show, as were aUo Uueinsey. The champion animal in thi'su classes was of the Jeisey breed. Ayifchncs ueie good, and the Kernes and Dexter Kernes, sent from Ireland by Mi Richard Baiter, were fair specimen**. Among the crosses wei c a number of fir^t-iate Dutch cows — Mr Walter Milbey cany ing off first and third prizes. Theie was a very stiff contest, which excited much interest, for the champion prize, open to Ayrshiic, Keny, Welsh and cioss cows or Leifeis. The stiuggle was mainly between Mr Roberts' first pi ize Ayrshire and Captain Ross' first pi ize Welsh cow. Victory went to the Wel&h cow, which is one of the best representatives of her breed we base ever seen. The bulls wcieagood lot. The shoi thorns were not numeious, but \ery satisfactory as tegards quality. Lord Warwick's first pnze winner was a giandson of ' Duke of Conn uight,' and is a straight, useful loan, with plenty of flesh and good quality. The Jerseys were both numerous and good. For bulls of any other breed, Mr Skinner was fiist with his Devon 'Lord Curtspy 2nd,' and Mr Konne second with an A yi shire The cheese and butter were of splendid quality. — N. B. Agriculturist. Agbicpltukal. Lauourkrs in Ireland. — In a Pailiameutry paper just issued appears a report on migratory agricultiual laboureis in Ireland. It appears f torn the statistics adduced that ni June ISB4 there were 14,413 persons, including one female, who had either lett or weio intending to leave their own homes in quest of agricultural employment elsewhere. This was a decrease as compared with the previous year of 3G7, or 23 per cent., the total number then being 14,780. It is further shown in the leport that 32,000 agricultural labourers tiavelled at pa&sengers by steamer and rail peeking employment at a distance from their own homes. The number of harvestmen who ti avelled over the Midland Great Western Railway in ISB2 was 21,422, in 1882 it was 22,1 11, and in 1884 it waa 21,698, or 413 less than in the previous year. It has been ascertained that a considerable number of the agricultiual labmueis who migrate annually to England pay two visits. The numbers leturned in the statistics now published represent those who habitually pursue the avocation of migratory agricultural labouieis. A review or the returns furnibhed by the agricultiual enumerators shows that the total number of those in It eland who pursi.e 1 this particular kind cf employment was, in the year 1884, 14,413, oi at the rate of 2 8 per lOOof the population, according to the census of 1881.

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