MAIN TRUNK TRAIN SERVICE

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 447, 13 March 1912, Page 3

MAIN TRUNK TRAIN SERVICE

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SDAY, MARCH 13. 1912 THE RURAL WORLD. altogether, with a shed to run into in wet weather or to avoid the heat of the sur. and teasing of flies. The milk feeding is altogether dislucerne, but helianti produces no less than three times the weight oi growth per 4 acre, and according to the analysis contains the extraordinA?f? tKo Man wKfi tt I (general Information. ! LIME. - In most soils there is a sufficiency continued when they are about four months old. They are supplied with lib each per day of linseed cake all ary amount of over 7 per cent, of sugar in the dry forage." Such .statements as these would themselves be COUNCIL MEETINGS Ok & Br u 3 5* O of or plant food; but it has a distinct and beneficial effect on the soil. Chemically, it helps to set free desirable bases, and biologically it increases the number of ferments, so through the year. HURRIED MILKING. sufficient to excite widespread interest in this new plant, but this is not all, for helianti also produces "a huge crop of tubers of extreme value, in weight exceeding that per acre of poTe Kuiti Borough Council meets on the second Monday in each month. G. Derbyshire, Town Clerk. that the land is rendered less acid. In cases where cows are milked in a tatoes several times over, and indeed i ire the lest A generation ago it was the practice to apply very heavy dressings of lime—even as much as nine tons to the acre being used. Thi3 was not only extravagant, but showed want of knowledge. YVith time it is far better to apply much less in several dressings; or so long as land could be heavily dressed with farmyard manure, it would not be unprofitable l to appiy these heavy drssings. But under ordinary conditions these heavy i dressings of lime tend to draw the organic matter out of the land, and so spoil it. According to the best practice, we do not apply two tons to the acre of lime as slaked lime. It is in the form of grounds quicklime that it is now applied being sown in small quantities with the drill with every crop; from five to ten cwt. are thus applied. It i3 some years now since dressings of quicklime were largely used in South and Central Otago, entirely altering the appearance and value of the light land there. The result of this was that the railways will carry lime for the first 100 miles free of charge, believing that they will eventually gain in the return of crops, etc. Lime makes the land work more freely, and increases granulation. On clay lands it makes them less retentive of water. Lime helpg to bring potash into a soluble state, it neutralises acidity, and oxidises certain substances, such as iron pyrites, rendering their effects less harmful. Land dressed with iime cracks less freely, and it helps to break down stiff clods, so that a tilth can be obtained without it Retting too«hard. Lime is frequently of great benefit used as a top-dressing for grasses. The character of the vegetation is improved, and the pasture is rendered more healthy Applied to grasses, it is necessary that it should be thoroughly well slaked before application. Cart the lime to the head of the paddock in a heap, allow it to slake, and then apply or drill it with an old drill modified in order to apply it. This is beat done in autumn, during winter, or in the early spring. It helos to lessen the grubs. "Finhurry and the mliking has not been thoroughly completed the milk will not show its due proportion of fat. because the last milk is not added to it. If this fat is left in the udder, sometimes on the plea that it will come cut at the next milking, a great change will be produced in the secretion of milk. This fat that is left, instead of being secured at the next milking, will be reabsorbed by the animal's system, and devoted to producing fat in other places, and if the imperfect milking is continued for rivalling that of the mangel. Horses, cattle, pigs and sheep all eat them greedily and do well upon them. Horses prefer them to mangel even when fresh raised. Cows do well and give more milk and butter when fed upon helianti either as tubers, hay or ensilage, and the butter possesses the very best of flavour, even better than that produced oy feeding lucerne. Pigs fed upon the tubers make the best flavoured pork on the market. Poultry feed well and fatten quickly upon a mixture of half-cooked tubers and bran." As might be expected, however, a heavy crop of forage and of tubers cannot be raised the same season; if a crop of tubers is desired, then no forage must be cut, but. all allowed to mature. The dense growth then dies back, and the tubers resulting may be raised late in the autumn. Waitomo County Council meets on the third Monday in each Month. P. Mora, County Clerk, Te Kuiti. " Write for particulars to the British and i Continental Piano Co. j The County Chairman is in attendnnce at the Council Chambers, Te Kuiti, every Saturday, between II a.m. and I p.m. Hamilton s. riley, manager | 1 he Ohura County Council meets monthly on Wednesday nearest full moon. long, these secretions will become perverted and established, with the result that the milk will be permanently poor, whereas the cow herself will gradually improve her own condition. THE WEIGHT OF COWS. It is a remarkable fact that the cows which have put up world's records lately as milkers have been rather under than over the average of weight for their breed. The best cows have been usually lighter than the average. One of their first lessons to be learned by the man building up a herd is to look with suspicion on the big, beefy cow —that is, if heis breeding for milk and butter, and not for beef and bullocks. The man who is looking for milkers and meat producers in the same herd of cows is J. F. McClenaghan, County Clerk, Mangaroa. CVt . w/ \&) Mmf sa 1 The Otorohanga Town Board meets on the first Monday in each month. H. J. Osmond, Town Clerk. ■saggSgll^jj « AM %JEmSi i B9Egki&! *j^gp|gllwWwl— SPEICHrs mE23Kfjy[ X H STOUT IpBHHBPBHMl HOW GRASSES DIFFER. Grasses differ very much, not only in their nutritive values, but in the percentages of water or moisture which they contain. Meadow Foxtail, for instance — one of the earliest and best of our pasture plants—contains about 55 per cent, of water, meadow fescue over 70 per cnt., and the various clovers over per cent. The lower the percentages of water the more nutritious it might naturally be MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Sittings will be held at Te Kuiti on February i6th, March 14th, April 18th, May 23rd, June 20th, July 18th, August 15th, September 10th, October 17th, November 14th, December ] 2th. Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, S.M. JR MAIN TRUNK TRAIN SERVICE down for disappointment. The mistake of the "dual purpose" cow is one which advanced dairymen ate correctexpected that a grass should be, but this does not necessarily follow, because, though the percentage of moisture may be comparatively low, the percentage of woody fibre may be correspondingly high, and the value of the grass will suffer accordingly. This is well known in the case of such a grass as timothy, in which the percentage of water falls to about 40, but in which the proportion of woody fibre amounts to almost onethird, or over 30 per cent, of the total weight of the green grass. By way of contrast with timothy in this respect, we have perennial ryegrass, with about 17 per cent, of woody fibre, foxtail with about 1G per cent., and crested dogstail with only about 12 pt'r cent, of woody fibre. Other grasses which, like Timothy, are very low in moisture content, but which contain a high percentage of woody fibre, are rough stalked meadow grass, Down. ■ WINES AND SPIRITS Competition is the life of trade, but success is won by merit; that's why HIPKIN'S & COrTTS' Wines and Spirits are so far in the lead in the race for popular preference. They're Wholesome. Healthful and Invigorating Because they're properly aged and ABSOLUTELY PURE. Write for particulars. TTl-nVl-nci R-r fWlfic Sole Agents Speight's Ales and IliUKlllb & vUlLLLiS, Stout; P. Dawson's Whisky ing as speedily as they can. It has been discovered after considerable experiment, that it is impossible to put the milking quality of the Jersey, the beef quality of the Shorthorn, and the hardiness and muscularity of the Ayrshire under the one hide. A GOOD WHITE WASH FOR COW SHEDS. Those who have to frequently white wash their co"w sheds should try the use of a sprayer. One pound of lime, a little blue, and one pound of whiting to the gallon of water makes an excellent white wash. Roughly strained and sprayed upon the walls it is a great saving of labour. A nozzle which is easily cleaned must be used. | -3 & § £ 0 £ "8 m * £ 2 P.M. Auckl'd dep. 9.IO A.M. A.M. Frank ton „ 12.27 7.0 Ohaupo „ TeAwa'u,, 1.4 8.40 Oto'h'nga „ ... 9.45 Te Kuiti „ 2.2 II.15 Pukctiitii „ ... 12.5 M'ng'pehi „ ... Paro'-taro,, ... 1.0 Ongarue „ ... 2.15 Tau'in'nui „ 4.23 3.5 Ill* $ I 11 . v "g rt & .B 8"° O SO A.M. 10.0 P.M. P.M. P.M. 1.50 3-0 3-45 2.17 3.35 4-20 2-45 4.25 5-10 3.30 5.20 6.0 4.15 6.5 6.45 5.15 Custom Street East, Auckland. ger-and-toe" disease of turnips is reduced. The fungus is left in the ground in the diseased shells, and remains till the next time turnips are 6.20 7.0 P.M. Wel'ton arr. 4.12 1 " | grown. To escape this effect, the but there is one on the market by with 42 per cent., of water, and over

SDAY, MARCH 13. 1912 THE RURAL WORLD. altogether, with a shed to run into ir wet weather or to avoid the heat o: lucerne, but helianti produces no less than three times the weight oi i " ■ ■ 1 General Information. Ask the Man who owns one! e>*»<§ LIME. the sur. and teasing of flies. The milk feeding is altogether disgrowth per ,acre, and according tc the analysis contains the extraordin ! continued when they are about four months old. They are supplied with ary amount of over 7 per cent, of sugar in the dry forage." Such stateCOUNCIL MEETINGS In most soils there is a sufficiency lib each per day of linseed cake al ments as these would themselves be D IP wfrk ! of lime or plant food; but it has a through the year. sufficient to excite widespread interTe Kuiti Borough Council meets Df [1 2 ismeM rianos trc the best distinct and beneficial effect on the soil. Chemically, it helps to set free desirable bases, and biologically it increases the number of ferments, so that the land is rendered less acid. A generation ago it was the practice to apply very heavy dressings of lime—even as much as nine tons to the acre being used. Thi3 was not HURRIED MILKING. In cases where cows are milked in a hurry and the mliking has not been thoroughly completed the milk will not show its due proportion of fat. because the last milk is not added to it. est in this new plant, but this is not all, for helianti also produces "a huge crop of tubers of extreme value, in weight exceeding that per acre of potatoes several times over, and indeed rivalling that of the mangel. Horses, cattle, pigs and sheep all eat them greedily and do well upon them. Horses prefer them to mange! even on the second Monday in each month. G. Derbyshire, Town Clerk. Waitomo County Council meets on the third Monday in each Month. P. Mora, only extravagant, but showed want of knowledge. YVith time it is far better to apply much less in several dressings; or so long as land could If this fat is left in the udder, sometimes on the plea that it will come cut at the next milking, a great change will be produced in the secrewhen fresh raised. Cows do well and give more milk and butter when fed upon helianti either as tubers, hay or ensilage, and the butter possesses the County Clerk, Te Kuiti. " Write for particulars to the British and | The County Chairman is in attendnnce at the Council Chambers, Te Kuiti, every Saturday, between II a.m. and I p.m. Continental Piano Co. J be heavily dressed with farmyard manure, it would not be unprofitable l to appiy these heavy drssings. But tion of milk. This fat that is left, instead of being secured at the next milking, will be reabsorbed by the very best of flavour, even better than that produced oy feeding lucerne. Pigs fed upon the tubers make the Hamilton s. riley, manager under ordinary conditions these heavy i dressings of lime tend to draw the animal's system, and devoted to producing fat in other places, and if the best flavoured pork on the market. Poultry feed well and fatten quickly 1 he Ohura County Council meets monthly on Wednesday nearest full organic matter out of the land, and so spoil it. According to the best practice, we do not apply two tons to the imperfect milking is continued for upon a mixture of half-cooked tubers and bran." As might be expected, however, a heavy crop of forage and moon. long, these secretions will become perverted and established, with the result J. F. McClenaghan, County Clerk, Mangaroa. acre of lime as slaked lime. It is that the milk will be permanently of tubers cannot be raised the same in the form of grounds quicklime poor, whereas the cow herself will season; if a crop of tubers is desired, CVf /f\. w/ \&) that it is now applied being sown in small quantities with the drill with gradually improve her own condition. then no forage must be cut. but. all allowed to mature. The dense growth The Otorohanga Town Board meets on the first Monday in each month. every crop; from five to ten cwt. are then dies back, and the tubers resultthus applied. It 33 some years now THE WEIGHT OF COWS. ing may be raised late in the autumn. H. J. Osmond, f q hVl since dressings of quicklime were Town Clerk. largely used in South and Central It is a remarkable fact that the HOW GRASSES DIFFER. Otago, entirely altering the appearcows which have put up world's reMAGISTRATE'S COURT. I11 Jk&jL sh*, juKMum ance and value of the light land there. cords lately as milkers have been The result of this was that the railways will carry lime for the first 100 miles free of charge, believing that rather under than over the average of Grasses differ very much, not only Sittings will be held at Te Kuiti on l weight for their breed. The best in their nutritive values, but in the February i6th, March 14th, April n cows have been usually lighter than percentages of water or moisture 18th, May 23rd, June 20th, July 18th, August 15th, September 10th, OctoMiiii ii *j $r they will eventually gain in the return the average. One of their first lessons which they contain. Meadow Foxtail, SPEIGHT'S of crops, etc. Lime makes the land work more to be learned by the man building up for instance — one of the earliest and ber 17th, November 14th, December a herd is to look with suspicion on the best of our pasture plants—contains 12th. freely, and increases granulation. On big, beefy cow —that is, if heis breedabout 55 per cent, of water, meadow Mr F. O'B. Loughnan, S.M. clay lands it makes them less retening' for milk and butter, and not for fescue over 70 per cut., and the variml Wi STOUT f pssissigssasj I tive of water. Lime helpg to bring beef and bullocks. The man who is ous clovers over per cent. The B potash into a soluble state, it neutralises acidity, and oxidises certain sublooking for milkers and meat prolower the percentages of water the MAIN TRUNK TRAIN SERVICE ducers in the same herd of cows is more nutritious it might naturally be fa stances, such as iron pyrites, renderdown for disappointment. The misexpected that a grass should be, but Down. ' ing their effects less harmful. Land take of the "dual purpose" cow is one this does not necessarily follow, bedressed with iime cracks less freely, and it helps to break down stiff clods, so that a tilth can be obtained without it Retting too«hard. which advanced dairymen ate correcting as speedily as they can. It has been discovered after considerable experiment, that it is impossible to put cause, though the percentage of moisture may be comparatively low, the percentage of woody fibre may be correspondingly high, and the ■ WINES AND SPIRITS Night Express Mixed Goods Day Express Mixed Goods Goods —Thurs days only Lime is frequently of great benefit the milking quality of the Jersey, the value of the grass will suffer accordCompetition is the life or trade, but success is won by merit; used as a top-dressing for grasses. beef quality of the Shorthorn, and the ingly. This is well known in the case that's W hy HIPKIN'S & COl'TTS' The character of the vegetation is improved, and the pasture is rendered hardiness and muscularity of the Ayrshire under the one hide. of such a grass as timothy, in which the percentage of water falls to about Wines and Snirits are so far in the lead in the race for popular more healthy Applied to grasses, it 40, but in which the proportion of P.M. A.M. preference. They're is necessary that it should be thoroughly well slaked before application. A GOOD WHITE WASH FOR COW woody fibre amounts to almost onethird, or over 30 per cent, of the total weight of the green grass. By way Auckl'd dep. 9.IO ... 10.0 A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. Frank ton „ 12.27 7.0 1.50 3.0 3.45 Wholesome. Heaitlitul and invigorating Cart the lime to the head of the padSHEDS. Because they're properly aged and ABSOLUTELY PURE. dock in a heap, allow it to slake, and then apply or drill it with an old drill Those who have to frequently white of contrast with timothy in this respect, we have perennial ryegrass, Ohaupo „ 2.17 3.35 4.20 TeAwa'u,, 1.4 8.40 2.45 4.25 5.IO Write for particulars. modified in order to apply it. This is wash their co"w sheds should try the with about 17 per cent, of woody fibre, Oto'h'nga,, ... 9.45 3.30 5.20 6.0 Te Kuiti „ 2.2 II.15 4.I5 6.5 6.45 Pukctutu „ ... 12.5 T r* i • Q Sole Agents Speight's Ales and beat done in autumn, during winter, use of a sprayer. One pound of lime, foxtail with about 1G per cent., and I1 1 T\ ITIT 1 C v" 1 A11TTQ „ t. , „r, • ■, or in the early spring. a little blue, and one pound of whitcrested dogstail with only about 12 M'ngpehi,, 5.15 Paro'-taro,, ... 1.0 1 li pKll iXf Vy'ULLLLuj Stout; P. Dawson s Whisky It helps to lessen the grubs. "Fining to the gallon of water makes an pur cent, of woody fibre. Other Custom Street East, Auckland. ger-and-toe" disease of turnips is reduced. The fungus is left in the excellent white wash. Roughly strained and sprayed upon the walls it grasses which, like Timothy, are very low in moisture content, but which Ongarue „ ... 2.15 6.20 Tau'in'nui „ 4.23 3.5 7.0 ground in the diseased shells, and remains till the next time turnips are is a great saving of labour. A nozzle which is easily cleaned must be used. contain a high percentage of woody fibre, are rough stalked meadow grass, P.M. Wel'ton arr. 4.12 grown. To escape this effect, the but there is one on the market by with 42 per cent., of water, and over land should be dressed with two tons which a jet of liquid is cut by a 20 per cent, of fibre: evergreen meadow grass, with 85 per cent, of water, and 27 per cent, of woody Up The Modem Plumbing © of lime to the acre. This tends to kill the fungus, rendering the land sharp edge, causing it to spread in the form of a rough spray. This cut clean. off is turned easily by a thumb screw, fibre; and hard fescue, with (U per % 49 m v> Sh :rr;l ffice Repairing Works If regularly used, five to seven cwts, with the different crops is the and any obstruction can be forced through and the spray replaced by cent, of water and 28 per cent, of woody fibre. Our principal pasture 1 § I 1 H 0 & ■ O best method of application, so that another turn. The addition to the plants the lowest in woody fibre are •M *o. W Corner of King Street and the Esplanade, le Kuiti. the land gets frequent dressings. It mixture of some disinfectant fluid crested dogstail, with about 12 per * £ * goes through with the seed in the drill, would ensure the destruction of delecent., Italian ryegrass with about 11 Z £ Q IS or may be broadcasted on the land and terious germs. per cent., and meadow fecsue with about 12?r per cent. The relatively good position occupied by crested TT A T> T> \ T A \j i-T sanitary Engineer, number XI A.UII X fJ J\iy Hj and Sheetmetal Worker harrowed in. It is better to apply lime after the seed bed is nearly pre A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. Wel'gton dep. 11.50 P.M. pared, and not before ploughing. WhHAT DOES THE SOIL NEED? dogstail in this connection is particuHot and cold water circulating systems, gas installations, windmills, Lime tends to sink in the soil, being carried down in the form of a soluble bicarbonate, when it changes to the carbonate again, and so is gradually washed lower, and deposited in the lower layers of the soil. For the turlarly noticeable because of the fact Tau'm'nui „ II.45 ... 8.IO 5.IO Ongarue „ ... ... 8.55 6.25 Paro-taro „ ... 7*5° M'ngapehi „ ... ,.. 9.55 ... Puketutu „ ... 8.40 A.M. Dumos. and milking machinery, erected and repaired on the latest There are at least two ways by that this grass is notorious for its scientific principles. Baths, tanks, sinks, stovepipes, chimneys, boiler which the farmer may tell what the liability to run into hard, wiry stems, frames, chimney cowls, washtubs, windmill fans, etc., etc., kept in stock or made to order. soil needs. The first way is by watching the growth of the crops. which become so woody and indigestible that stock of all kinds refuse to "By their fruits ye shall know them" eat them. In order to obtain the adTe Kuiti „ 2.5 6.30 IO.50 9.50 "REPAIRS PROMPTLY EXECUTED. CHARGES MODERATE nip crop grown on regularly manured applies to the soil as well as to man. vantage of its lowness in woody fibre Oto'h'nga „ ... 7.20 11.25 11.0 Orders by wire and letter receive prompt attention. land, an occasional dressing of ground quicklime is found to increase the The other way is by noting the colour and condition of the soil. this grass must be cut immediately after flowering, as, if allowed to grow P.M. A.M. Tc Awa'u „ 2.57 8.30 12.15 I2J5 yield. On beans it will often be unIf there is too much nitrogen in the soil the growth will be rank and exI w, ,-v y? 4-1-1A-. *-<*«/-< /-3 1 1 n »■* J-\ £ J-.nrJci until its seed has ripened its proportion of indigestible fire will have verv ennsiderahlv This is Ohaupo „ ... 9.2 12.40 1.5 profitable to apply the same form of Dressing, not as manure, but in order Frankton „ 3-33 9-35 1-5 1-40 Auc'nd arrive 6.58 2.30 5*0