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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON ASH CO. ~ TATSOX'S, the Live Stock Agents, 4 RE fully awake to their responsibilities O leave no stone unturned to get the L host results, 0 that bosiness transactions -with them (\S all occasions will mutually be a pleasure. VOW is the time to start. Consign your TOCK. to the Private Firm. TOP OX THE STOCK SALES. TOP OX THE STOCK SALES. TOP ON THE STOCK SALES. TVs is a trpical experience for a client .; H. MATSON and COMPANY'S. Every .icad offered cannot top the Addington Market, hut if the stock are the most attractive ~i iho Yards they will certainly lead the day. \T M.ATSON'S AUCTIONS AT MATSON'S AUCTIONS 11 is equally certain that whatever the or condition of the Sheep, Cattle, or ./.her Stock forwarded.-H. iIATSON and CO. trill secure owners highest possible revjlts for them. Our Firm's care in handling the Stoei-, SKILL, ENERGY, and JUDGMENT in matins sales, are the unfailing foraes which produce maximum figures. CONSIGN CATTLE, SREEP, LAMBS, TIGS, rSOX'S, ADDINGTON. WINTER FEEDING OF STOCK. lu general the regrettable shortage of ■winter feed which is commonly experienced Tear after year will be felt more acutely ibis winter than is usual. Pence it is worth noting that immature developing animals are likely to suffer more than mature stock. In the case of the developing dairy heifer, the direct result of inadequate winter rations mty readily be a Btunt'mg of Srowth having a permanently harmful effect on yield. Hoggets also suffer severely from hard winter treatment. Hence it is usually profitable to give both of these classes o£ stock the best feed available. > The dairy cow should be treated so that she may be able to utilise the period when i.be is sot being milked as a period of recuperation and renewal of bodily reserves, which are apecially apt io be depleted in the ease of heavy producers. If at all possible the feeding during winter of straw or of other inferior coarse feeds to all these types of stock should be avoided. It may be advisable, however, to maintain dry dairy cows in such coarse feeds, as this is the only means of making available leafy grass or similar feed for the cows when they have <slved. 80 . Acres cropping land, with good homestead, good district, delightful situation, all in good order. The house alone cost hundreds more than is now asked for the whole property. Easy, distance from Ohristchurch. Price is under £ISOO. Enquire about this at once. The first to inspect is bura to snap it. WIXTES AVOKK ON THE GRASSLANDS. On tome farms on which pasture is the dominant crop the work carried out in the winter is mainly that of a" stockman or a shepherd. On . such farms the live stock joty be closely and carefully watched; they may be shifted from field to field at suitable intervals. But little else is done. Judged in the light of full knowledge of what constitutes modern grass-farming efficiency. »ueh farms as a rule do not rank highly. The. competent grasß-farmer has usually good cause for being, in the winter, much more than, a shepherd or a stoekirian. Internal Fencing. On a great cumber of farms additional internal fencing as a means to more effective utilisation of the growth, of pastures could with advantage be erected. While this statement is not intended as advocacy of the "pocket handkerchief" class of paddocks which some seem to consider desirables, it is intended as advocacy of the provision of a greater somber of paddocks than exist on many farm* to-day. 'On all grassland of medium to good quality the practice of extensive erasing should soon disappear. While definite rules suitable for application: in specific cases cannot safely be stated, on account of variations in circumstances, it may be laid down . that most average-sued farms of land of medium*to food quality could with advantage be subdivided into at least twelve paddocks. And it is easy to conceive circumstances in which a somewhat greater number of paddockß on individual farms would be well justified. TO PROPERTY BUYERS. 1800 Acres Freehold, North Canterbury; sweet grazing country. Carrying 700 Sheep, 40 Cattle. No cultivation. Easy one-man Farm. Good House and Outbuildings. Well fenced, etc. Only *2 15s Per Acre. Very small deposit required. One of the cheapest propositions offering to-day. Genuine reasons for selling, (Extract from "Elders Weekly.") SLAUGHTER OF CALVES. A MINISTERIAL WARNING. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr P. I>. Ferguson) aaid tssfc week that some few rears ago. when the dairy industry _ began to take on a new lease Of life, and Us expansion became a matter of State-wide interest, the question of the indiscriminate daughter of heifer calves for consumption in the Metropolitan Area was brought prominently before' the Government of the day. It was then pointed out that a large number of heifer calves of dairy breeds of cows, beifcre that in the ordinary course of events would Become the milk and butter-fat producers of the future, were being forwarded to the city market* for consumption as veal. The economic Joss of this was realised -more especially when it became necesary to im- ~~ Itates cows to stock 'the State's dairy farms. The result was that in 1919 the Slaughter of Calves Restriction Act was placed upon the Statute Books. This legislation provided for the declaration of districts within which no female calf under six months might be slaughtered without the permission of the Chief Inspector of Stock under a penalty of £lO. Continuing, the Minister stated that quite • Government for subsidising the purchase of pedigree bulls of dairy breeds from tested cows in order to build up the standard of the dairy cows of the State, and it was a distinct w»»t«'to allow heifers, the progeny of these, hijrh-class bolls to be slaughtered ■a calves. Representations had been made to Mnito »*«»• Slaughter of Calves Restriction Aes wore rigorously enforced. While he- was loth, to &a <£»», realising the difficulties, be **»*«<» to warn those who wmbrttkia* *»• •»» •»■«•'• repura that! untol theTwW»lo fUurttcr of potential . . w T*r_ .Ti..j %,! wnnlif he compelled to enforce the provisions of the Act.

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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 11 August 1932, Page 16

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