FARM NOTES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5777, 4 March 1912, Page 6

FARM NOTES.

The pitr industry is assuminir hirije proportions, on the Fast Coast.'lho Ukitu Uacon Factory at Gisborm-, recent,lv landed .over one hundred vorv prime bacon piss- -whi-.-h \\ tire purchased in Taranaki. !-urtiier similar shipments are daily expected. Almost every goods train passing through I'asmcTstoa North has twn or three trucks of pig> iv ' llfS luao--in-j. the consignments being sometiiiies bound north and sometimes j south. The slump in. pigs, which was noiieeable a few months ago. has fuidently passed away, and those farmers who pinntd their faith to pig-raising are now benefiting linan- ! cially by "adhering to aline of agricultural industry which some- <>i their neighbours considered absolutely unprofitable. Lucerne roots go to a great dis. tance down after moisture, and so does the r o ot of the dock under unusual conditions. There was out found at Manaia which grew down a well, stopping in its growth when it touched the surface of the water, and still h-ivgt heniug as the water receded, until it grew to a length of 10ft., the end touching the water unweaving its lib-res and sp»cn.mng out liwe a bunch ol dndressed Max.

Contagious majnmiti.s. which at present is such a menace to »he dairying industry, has .so far batlled the ability of .scientific men in el.tboraiing a reliable cure, alti-oii,. -i theri are several remedies on the market that claim to be ciYeciive. i-fome idea of the rapidity with *\\\WM the disease spreads through a l.erd 01

cows is indicated by a c>rrc;ipon:l' int to a Taranaki paper who describes two cases that have recently come under his notice. In <jn«; liertJ whe'-o it made its appearance ihe milk dropped 700 pounds in ien days, .several of the cows losing ail tiieir quarters and many others one or two. In another \wv\, where the outbreak was in Us most severe form, no less ih.m 30 lows Oied froni vlto coiuplaint.

That Mr W. 1. LowUvjli's mdument was not much ai lault when he purchased the c )nsigniaent vi Holstein cattle i'l Ann'riov iasi>e;ir is proved by the successes that have been gained by swell of the ci,w« that have l>een uudor tlie eye of .iuiiges in Mil* show ring since thet 11 arrival in New Zealand. At lUinm \ irke Mr Hart's heifer was plaeeit first and champion in strong ••oinpf-t it ion. At the same show Air Ilt'innant's importation won in her c-lii.^s. At Masterton Mr L.ovclr>clv ulso secured a championship with another o." the same shipment. Kach of the cwners is well pleased with the showing- thtit the cows are making with weight of milk and test.

\ communication from the delegate from Hungary to the lnternation institute of Agriculture,, referring to the importation last September of a large number of breeding animals from Mng-lamlby the Hungarian Partners* Co-operative Society, assisted by the Minister of Agriculture, gives credit to the Shorthorns for their great milking capacity. It is also 'declared that Iheir 'great feature is immunity from tuberculosis. No fewer than 422 cows, 15 bulls, ami 122 calves, it-is added, were- unposted by the society at the time named. In addition to olTorts to improve dairy cows by importations for crossing purposes, a remarkably successful result of weeding scanty milkers out 01 a herd, in a course of ,\ ears is noticed. Sixteen years ago the plan ,was'begun at the groat dairy farm of the A-yricult-urttl School at Magyarova. During that period the average milk yield per cow among lifty cows has been increased by over 200 gallons, and the money return from the milk of the herd by £412 per annum.

Butter supplies are short the world over. Latest reports from the United States show that creamery butter has been retailing at from is (.)d to 2s a pound.