NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1996, 23 April 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND. [BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

(JHRISTCHUECU, "."neid i\ Mr Booth, the tempo anee lectutct, eonrlndul his mission here to niglit. He was presented with a pit cc of p.ste, anil Mi 9. liooth was the r cipu-nt of a jcviel c.i«e tilled with sove eigns The tjtil \alueoflhe gift? is .iliont £100 .'>2S6 peisons have iloniol tho blue ribbon dining tlio mission, 3072 ot whem have signed the pledge.

L'vt, on being told the other day that theft' was a penny oft' the loaf, wanted to know \% hot her it was off the penny loaf. At no moment of difficulty dots a lius band, knounu his own utter helplessness, ill aw so closely to his wife's side foi comfoit and abbist.niLe as wlun \v* wants •i button s>own on Ins aliiit collar." A> ii>tcicstin<r icminisuence of the late Colonel Hut n thy appears in the "Publisher's Ciioular." He was, it seeim, rather Hdgety in the matter of proofs, and was in a &tatt of feveiish impatience until he got tlvni. Tliat he did not writn for liteiary etleet miiy be infened from the follow ing On one occasion when a slight ineleg.nicy of style was poi.itcdout to him he wtote — "You aie piolubly light about the repetition. ... I wute as 1 talk, anil do not pretend to have any style. Yon are not the only person who has lemaikcd about the repetition of the woid. I have two or thioe people look at the proofs They are not connected with the Proas, but are average mortals, I can then my Foolonieteis. Tkuy like the book. I think they represent the majority of the reading public. . . You will make a success." For "On Horseback through Asia Minor," Messrs Sampson Low paid as a first instalment the sum of A'IMOO Both this and the " Hide to Khiva " had a great success, aud pa&std through many editions. Eshli.UiE is being tried more generally than was lately suspected, but South Australia has decidedly the largest number of experimenters, and some of them adopt the simplest and cheapest plans. Mr Thomas Williams, of Mootak, the lioxl r H'atth says, opened one of his ensilage pits the otiiei day aud examined the m.iteiial in it. The larger pait of its con tenth was found sweet and sound, and the stock to w Inch it was ottered ate it gieedily The ensilage is ot a brownish colour, smells like hay (or perpap? sweeter), and is, of course, moistcr tluu hay. The pit in which it w.is madu was simply a hole excavated in the ground without any lining whatever, (it ass was cut and tlnown caielessly in, and then covered up with a good thickness of eaith. Our readers are aware that much more trouble is taken in making ensilage in France, England, and America, where costly pits, lined with masonry or wood, and made perfectly air-tight and secure fioni external damp, are made. It is also kiid that better ensilage can be secured if the grass or wheat is chaffed before being put in the pit. As a cheap experiment Mr Willmms'a is not satisfactoiy, and should encourage many of our fanners and stock breeders to engage in it in a tyatunutic and piopcr manner. We think that by its moans the excess ot grass in spring may j)e utilised for autumn and winter feed, and thus double quantity ot stock be kept and fattened all the year louud than li.it, betn possible hitherto. A sample of Mr AVilliams's ensilage was shown in town yesteiday, exhibited at the autumn show.' 7