JOTTINGS FOB FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13105, 2 May 1908, Page 6

JOTTINGS FOB FARMERS.

At » meeting of the executive ctf the Auckland A- and P. Aseocriataon, » letter woe received in. oonneotion with the classification of wool. The writer stated that as there had been, oompdainte made for a long time pest by the F-pc l^, buyere and manuiacturers of the very taauty oksani« and sorting of wool, eapeoiaJiy by the email growers, he would suggetto eihat rt would be a good thing if en exhibition- of wool olaesing and packing by an expert cauld be given at the next annual show. "It is not haziness or oarelossneas £ha>t bad nlm-s«i"g is due to" continued, the writer, "but ignorance as to how it should be done." Tike meeting decided to adopt the suggestion.

The Western Australian Government appear to be fully alive to the advantages of combining sheep-keeping with wheat-growing. With the view in encourage tins tarinera ot the State to adopt the practice, the Minister ot Agriculture has imported 14,000 ewes from the Western States for distribution. These sheep are supplied on very liberal terms, viz., easy payments extending over two years, so that by the time the final payment falls due the farmer should have obtained sufficient from tho »return of wool and sale ot lambs to. meet all engagements, besides having the original stock and a balance to the good.

It is a, well-known feet that horses are fond of many foods. Mr Jaraee Uallister, of Carterton. who has made a study of tbe subject for several years, states that their favourite food is wireweed.