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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. JJUATSON'S, Live Stock Agents, fully awake to their responsibilities TO leave no stone unturned to get the best results, igO that business transactions with them 0 N all occasions will mutually be a pleasure. is the time to start. Consign your C'TOCK to the Private Firm. TOP ON THE STOCK SALES. TOP ON THE STOCK SALES. TOP ON THE STOCK SALES. This is a typical experience for a client of H. MATSON and COMPANY'S. Every head offered cannot top the Addington Market, but if the stock aro the most attractive at the Yards they will certainly lead the day. AT MATSON'S AUCTIONS AT MATSON'S AUCTIONS It is equally certain that whatever the quality or condition of the Sheep, Cattle, or other Stock forwarded, H. MATSON 'and CO. will secure owners highest possible results for them. Our Finn's care in handling the Stock, SKILL, ENERGY, and JUDGMENT in making sales, are the unfailing forces which produce maximum figures. CONSIGN CATTLE, SHEEP, LAMBS, PIGS, to MATSON'S, ADDINGTON. WINTER FEEDING OF STOCK. In general the regrettable shortage of winter feed which is commonly experienced year after year will bo felt more acutely this winter than is usual. Hence 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 may readily be a stunting of growth .having a permanently harmful effect on yield. Hoggets also suffer severely from hard winter treatment. Hence it is usually profitable to give both of theso classes of stock the best feed available. The dairy cow should be treated so that she may be able to utilise the period when she is not being milked as a period of recuperation and renewal of bodily reserves, which are specially apt to be depleted in the case of heavy producers. If at all possible the feeding during winter of straw or 6f other inferior coarse feeds to all these types of stock should be avoided. It may be advisable, however, to maintaih dry dairy cows in such coarse feeds, as this is the only means of makinff available leafy grass Or Bimilaf feed for the cows when they have calved. A GIFT. 80 Acres cropping land, with good homestead, good district, delightful situation, all in good order. The houso alone cost hundreds more than is now asked for the whole ■ property. Easy distance from Christchurch. Price is under £ISOO. Enquire about this at once. The first to inspect is sure to snap it. WINTER WORK ON THE GRASSLANDS. On some 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 may 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, such farms as a rule do not rank highly. The competent grass-farmer has Usually good cause f<>r being, in the winter, much more thfcn a shepherd or a stockman. Internal Fencing. On a great number of farms additional internal fencing as a means to moro effective utilisation of thb 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 desirable, it is intended as advocacy of the provision of a greater number of paddocks than exist on many farms to-day. On all grassland of medium to good quality the practice of oxtensive gracing should soon disappear. While definite rules suitable for application in specific cases cannot safely bo stated, on account of variations in circumstances, it may be laid down that most average-sized farms of land of medium to good 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 paddocks on individual farms would be well justified. TO PROPERTY BUYERS. 1300 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) said last week that some f»w years ago, when the dairy industry began to take on a new lease of life, and its expansion became a matter qf State-\vi<lo Interest, the question of the indiscriminate slaughter of heifer calves for consumption in the Metropolitan Area was brought prominently befote the Government of the day It was then pointed out that a large number of heifer calves of dairy breeds of cows, heifers that in the ordinary course of events would become the milk and butter-fat producers of the future, were being forwarded to the city markets for consumption as veal. The economic loss of this was realised moro especially when it became necesary to import from the Eastern States cows to stock the State's dairy farms. The result was that in 1919 the Slaughter of Calves Restr'ction Act was placed upon the Statute Books. This legislation provided for the declaration of districts within which tio 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 a lot of money had been provided by tho 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 waste to allow heifers, the progeny of these high-class bulls to be slaughtered as calves. Representations had been made to him to have the Slaughter of Calves Restriction Act more rigorously enforced. While he was loth to do this, realising the difficulties, he wanted to warn those who were breaking the law in this regard that unless the wholesale slaughter of potential dairy cows ceased, ho would be compelled to enforce the provisions of the Act.