NOTES FROM CALCIUM.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 39, 10 December 1920, Page 8

NOTES FROM CALCIUM.

Agriculture : — More than tlie usual area is under cultivation this year. The hara windy weather has been all against luxuriant growth, but with the advent of milder weather crops should he. well up to the average. There is a fc-eling that the price of grain will not be yery high. As a matter of fact the farmer is up against it. Manures and dressed seeds are very costly, and falling markets for nearly all produce point to a very .jiarrow margin of profit for this season.' opera-tions. Business Change. — The farming eommunity regx&tfully note the retirement of Mr james Macalister from active business in the implement world. Mr Macalister has placed some of the finest farm machinery in the world at the service of Southland farmers. His ridger marked a new era in the cultivation of the turnip crop, and is likely to remain the premier implement for this purpos© for many years to come. Dairying. — The following gem is from a w,eekly pa-per : "When the dairy farmer .wishes to raise his wages he buys an extra cow or two and works ha-rder, etc., etc." Jnst so ! We don't think. The average ccw-farmer can go one better. He buys . the extra cows alright, and passes them on to his family to miik at the same old wage while h"fe pockets the increased returri. There was further reference to cgitators which entirely overlooked the magnificent work of dairymen's delegates on behalf of their fellows in fixing ftie prices of butter and cheese during the past tew seasons, For real hafd business the average cow-cockie shows no evidence of having retained his milk teeth. School. — -Inspeetor Inglis paid the annual visit of inspection to the Limestone Plains school last week. Our school grounds presened a very pleasing appearance in the early spring months, but this month is an off one for flowers. Post Office. — A magnificent show of rose-blooms can lie seen at our post office. Mrs Stewart is an. enthusiast and her garden testifies to lier energy and persever. ance.