RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1969, 19 February 1885, Page 3

RURAL NOTES.

Sai.ks ok Poi m i) Cum: in Amh«ii\ - At .1 nu nt sale "f Aberdeen Yngiis c.ittlo in Ameiica, xeveial lots of cattle weio exposed, but tli(! demand was ho dull tli.it the H.ilc had to lie --topped hofoi.) they were •ill submitted. Aiming the animals -.old, however, weio ' Jennet 4th (if Countos-.-wells' (23«."»), to Mr .1. C. .loney, West Las Animus, Ciilmadii, foi t'jO ; ami ' l'l.mtagenet (2;5I)3), to Mr L. K. Chase, l-'iedonia, .it £lil. Thrco Galloway heifers wete sold, two of thoni lit £.'W c ich, and tho other at k'M. Mi Win. Watson, Kaunas Citj, Mi>., bought ' Meganetie,' .1 twuntytwn months old bull, for £'122; Mi J\ M. Noiton, l'l.itt City, Mo., bought 'M.icbith, aged seventeen months, tm I'll ; and Mi J. Gnidon Gibb, Lawn-nee, Kan-us bought ' Dainley,' seventeen months old, lor £.'X). Aftei the auction li.id been -topped, Mr G. N. Mlo>soin pin ihasid M Ivos'entue lot of heifi'i-. at an avci.ige of £72. Siioiuiiok.v Su.ks in Kansas. - Biccdeis of -.hoitshoins in Kansas and Mihsouh recently held » joint sale, at which 80 head of cattle were disposed of, realising an aveiugo of fill . -' Rose 7th,' a led hve-ycai-old, with liei hoifoi c.iH, sold ;it £JOI> ; ' Linwood Victoua,' -i led lo.m two yeai old heifer, leiihsed €201 ; and ' (ith Duchess of Ravenswood,' a red tne-yearold cow, biought €200. Seven other females realised o\oi £100 each. Nineteen bulls averaged ne.uly £.>7, the only high prices paid being £200 tin the red thiee-yeai old Mie '(hand Duko of lUiiington 3id,' and £200 foi ' linimpton's I'iulo,' a led two-yeai-old. Mes-rs Waid of Went Pint, and Hoaine of Leas' Summit, Mo., had ii joint s.ile, at wlnuh 34 cow « and heifers fiom both heids aveiaged rather over £3.i, the highest hguio for a single female being €70. Mr Wind Holdhve bull cahes at an a\eiage of £11 10«, and Mr lleanio sold fifteen bulls, mostly two-year-olds, at an average of ne.uly £11. TllK Db'KK OK AIU.I IX AND TIIK CllOKri'.lt-. Ob- Tikkb. — Wilting t<i the Tunen n« to figures quoted m that journal by Mr Macfaihuio, M.P., Respecting the 'statistics of occupancy 1 in the l-land of Tyree, the Duko of Aigyll says they aie not accurate ; while the argument ho founds upon them is still mons oiiouoohs As ue.iily, the Duko adds, as 1 can calculate from tlio i-chedulos of the -ui\ey, tin facts aic the-B. 1 Fannsdividedintociofts.it or bi'l iw the i'3o line, as draw n by the Commission, have a total of 10,3'.tS ,-k m^, ot whieli o7US aie auiblo. 2. Small fauns aljovo £.{0 and b»lmv, £170, some of nln< I) aie held by promoted cioftei.i, have 1101 aeies, of which 3H2 aieaiable. 3. Laigei fat ins have a total aeieage of ."> 7ll, of which only 2!H5 arc atable. As rog.uds rental, the ciofter fauns pay about £271>8, tho small farms £.")43, and the larger faims £2113. Tho crofters, therefore, pay a great deal less for their land tfun the larger farmers, in proportion to its extent. Hut the reason of this is nut that their land ih less 'worth having,' but that they have their land at a very much cheaper rate. Mr Mocfarlane assumes not only that the tents of crofteis are determined by the highest competitive value, but also that thin valuo could be tho same for the same quality of land when managed by crofters, and when managed by men of l.iigoi capital. Neither of these assumptions is tine. The position of the ciofteis in Tyiee has been gioatly improved by the giadual consolidation of holdings which had been recklessly subdivided. Some of them have nsen into tho position of small fanners, while the cultivation of all has been sensibly lmpiovud. lint still they hold alaigc.uca of the finest laud in the island at lates very much cheaper than linger farmeis can well altord to piy. The sporting press of the uiotiopolis are paying just now a veiy huge amount of attention to the spotting capabilities of the Australasian colonies. For instance, the Field the other day devoted neatly time columns of small type to :ui inteiosting dcs cription of "Spoit in Vietoii.i." 'Hit' wilter— "K. M. H."— insists that though tho "spojt" may not como im to tin) big game-shooting in Ludia <n the Kooky MountaniH, yet sport of eveiy rnioy.ible kind can l>u obtaim-d botli r.isil> and economically. Though the hunting is not unu il t<> fox-huiituijr, vet in mv a Hpli ndid clay may be sjicnt afto the "bounding lcangaioo." 'lhe tlnef kinds of shootm/ to be obtained an- quail, snipe, teal, widgeon, goosi; (giey oi nugpi'') wild tin key, and iablnt< ad nauseam. Colac is suggested as a good ceutial p'nnt fioin whieli to opeiate. The writer be.ns giateful testimony to tho hospitable qualities of the colonists. The same journal contains an amusing description of " Floundeiing " in Southland on Christmas Kye, also a well-wntten deseiiption of lieclie-de-nier nshing on the great JJanior leefs oft" Noithein (Queensland, by Mr Wilfied Powell. KI{.(J.S. and an account of a cricket match played at Levuka, in which an eleven npiesentnig Government House pioved victorious. Land and Water devotes a largo amount of space to chronicling the " sculling " news of the colonies and gives a description of the Melbourne Cup handicap pigeon match. PIIEVKMIVK lNO"l I.AHON FOR Pr.El'UOPvHt'MON'i V.— ln the summer of 1883 Mr •James Thomson, M.H.C.V.S., vetennaiy inspector of tho county of Aberdeen, made an interesting e\peiiment in a held of cuttle belonging to Mr James H. Haivey, DiuuiH, Foveian, with the view of testing the efficacy of inoculation as a means of preventing plcmo-pneumonia. In a lonp repoit he submitted tho lesult of the e\penuiciit to tho local authority. It was thought the subject was impoitant enough to wairant the publication of tho repoit in pamphlet form, and this has now been dotui. Mr Thomson* communication was given fully in our columns at tho time, and it is not necessary no.v to reproduce it. Without following the details of tho test, which are of much interest and valuo to funnel*, we may, however, give the concluding paiagraph of the report, which wo are glad to find in prominent form: -'I have ventured,' saya tho rep.ivter, 'to place before you tho above remarks mi iv veiy important subject, of which, I confess, I havo as yot an cNpeiienco too limited to pronounce an authoritative opinion. It cannot bo expected that yon will accept this ropoit as conohwivo ; but, being assured in my own mind th.it inoculation docs confer on an animal a ceit.iiu immunity from being attacked with tho disoaho, I feel warranted in lespectfully suggesting to you that when an outbieak occurs in a valuable dairy or bleeding stock, or in a herd of loan commeicial cuttle, tho experiment nhould be f in ther tostod, I beliovo that with eNpenenoo in the method, and a more pieciso knowledge of tlio conditions that favourably alh'ftall notions operations, many valuable cattle will bo saved, the spread of tho disease will bo greatly restiicted, and the supply of food to tho nation will ho mateiially inciPAsed,'— Abordoen Free Press, Tiik Mahijuihok Lohnk on the Land Ac.irAito.v — The Marquis of Lorno contributes to tho Contemporary Koview for December an articlo on 'Tho Highlnd Land Agitation,' His L.ordship is of opinion that the prmoipal Hiiggestions of tho Crof tins' Commission aro impracticable, and tint the chief grievances of tho crofters aro the lesult of unwise subdivision of land. Ho thinks that the olaxu one would desire to continue to live in the Highlands aro small fanners, who could raise from their land fioni fcHO to £!K) yenrly. If tho land be not theit own, and the rent bo taken as onethird the value, a man paying £30 yeaily may bo faiily well of. We inny (snytihis Loidship) assuino that a crofter paying £30 of lent could laiso from £100 to £150 worth of produce. A man may live on a prit-Hcision worth less, but £10 rout in nbovo. the lowest hgiuo which can bo said to i repuMfJil a competent livelihood in good season*, As tho big faun system givos a 1 laigor return in food and the croft a larger return in men, Lord Lorne thinks a mixtuie of the two im tho aim to bo attained —if possible, on a graduated «cale, no that there should br> possessions of vaimus sues. Tho small tenant may help himself by working for the capitalist tenant, and tho big man gives his poorer neighbour tinreadiest niaikot for tho sale of stock. Jlis Lordship is in favour of a modified system of o'linnenHafcum for dl«tuibanue, Men paying between £10 and £30 of rent should bo able to claim a loaso on coitam terms, and those paying below £10 should bo entitled to payment of the valuo of their labour ex ponded on their holdings is permanent improvements, and payment in full for stock. Plioi'KonoN IN Fhanck.— Tho Minister of Agiicnlturo has (says fcho Standaid'n Pans correspondent) lecvived a deputation from tho jWiicultiiml Society <^ Fiance to convoy tlio lesolntion arrived at lust week by tho society tut to the piopet duties upon foi eign corn, flour, and cattle. The duties ask for per bundled kilogrammes aro :— (in corn, flf. | and on floiu, !)f. ; OOf. per head Is the duty demanded on cattlo, 40f. on culvoh and bulls, 71. on bin ep, 15f. on pigH, and 7of. on homes. M. Molino listened patiently V' tlm delegates,

hut mfoi inert them tli.it the (Souinment ueie, .is \i't, un ible to come to a dt ( ision as to tin 1 amount of the customs on cci (.Ms \s the deli gati s lii.uilfi stert (lis.i|)])ointineiit, \I Mi line ( (iiMilerl them with holding out the hope of the n< w Customs J4i 1 1 being discussed liy the Chimbei licfoie the closu of the, ye.v. The denies mi»gosted by the \p ictiltui.il Society .in' no tfieatlv in cm i ss of tin highest Lite* tll.lt ll.ive been il- \'',t t.ilKeil of liy tin Hum lliuieut, til it it is cmili lit M. I'oiiuv .Mid his L'uitectioiii.t fi lends .in' doomed to dkippomtiiiunt. S\ich 1> ni^' tin- ivse, it is dilKeult to sec whit tin (jii\eiiiini nt will g.iin l»\ onilMli^ out tin n I'iotectioiiist intentions ('h.unlii is of ('miimi'ice ,iiid Municipd roiincils ,ue sending m ])iotests e\tiv d,iy, in which it is nijrert th.it to t.i\ the food ni.iteii.il of the eountiv cm only piotit lai^'e lmded piopm tois, to the dctiiinent of the uiti'if-ts of sin.dl cnltiv.itors and of the woiknif,' classes. The cointnittee now sitting upon tho (Just mis <iuestion have boi'ii asked by the J'lotectionist mcinbeis to ]).iss .i lesolution that tho ]«'ocecds of the new Customs shall be applied to the benefit of the aj,'i u iiltni.il interest; but tho uominitti c h.ne dec id< d th.it they iiic not u iinpetcnt to make such a rocom mendation.

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