SHOW GROUND GOSSIP.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 657, 6 November 1909, Page 8

SHOW GROUND GOSSIP.

,;.Some"■':time'.ago tho agricultural- machinery 'arid announced that thoy in-r'tbiiUc3-'-tb":-.bxhiibit:.at only uuo. or two shows 'iii: thi!'-North:'lsland. Manawatu naturally invbuied, and there is this spring a fine exhibit of. muchinery, nearly': .i\\.. of. which, however, is shown through local; agents. Excoptiobs, are, the' American Company, which combines several-well-known makes of binders, arid two >Vanganui..tirmß; It may bo mentioned .thati.local.ageuts. at. the Hastings Show 1 './ s W;':'equally''enterp'risirigV':but their exhibits ;pO';riot'.''6p;:strbrig,,iri.-numbers-,aS; those, shown ihere.'i.'Allogether,';eighteen.'firiis :are showing Jriibihiuory.aild..iinplpments, and-thrco or.four : ;milkmg.;:,,-macbines .are; also -on 'the ground' . I'arm:';machirier'y^.exhibits';constitute":ono'' of :;th'e:'delighia' l bf',the,aTerago..farntilr 1 ,wh0.- , coines 1 .to;l(iarn.;somethilig, in.the,-way-cf labour sav- ; ing.-'BV' likes :.to Solve- avnongst;'the illustra- ■ :ttons;of.mechanical skill and genius, and settle ; :iri his 'own mio'd'. (which; article -is ;bettev suited .;for; )4b .('.BUipose.'■;:T}ie:. selection' \'. nere -is ; all

that"can. bo- desired, comprising, as it- dons, the. thought:, time, trouble, and expense'of tlie keenest -and, brainiest men in the machnnical world., In; a :way, ;it is rather curious, to faco tho fact that'the exhibits—embodying the elite of the world's mechanical intellect for quarter' ■of>a century at kast—aro concentrated iii a space not one hundred yards long, in a town .of twelve thousand inhabitants, situated in a remote', island •in : tho. Pacific Ocean,'which, inside, of a century, knew no "champions" except' the dusky knights of the. greenstone battleaxe. - ■ ; !ANew Zealand manufacturing firm showing : hero; is;-seriously thinking of removing to Australia. The firm , manufactures a .certain article upon which N thoro is no New Zealand import duty.'■,Tho result ,is that the local /manufacturer is in competition with an'article mado under cheaper English labour conditions. At the same time, ho has to pay a heavy import duty to bring his-wares into Australia. So, as it seems,.ho is hedged round every way. Some educational hints to farmers are furnished hy the seed merchants. For instance, Messrs.' Barraud and Abraham show several model gardens of Sondon, . Flaxnierc, and Italian rye, so that intending growers may .judge quality for themselves. Miniature sheep browse'amongst the green pastures." Near by is a new fodder plant, said-to bo the king of all winter grasses, and named Phalaris commutata. This herbage has just-been'intro-' duced into New Zealand from Australia, and, from experiments which have been conducted by. '.Mr,'.- T.\>Harrison—a well-known'- Ashhurst farmer—it should bo a success in this country. Phalaris commutata is both frost and.droughtresisting, and' Mr. Frank Madden (Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Victoria) describes it as • the. test winter grass which rhe has . ever seen. . It has been known to grow; forty-

one'inches in forty-six- days,; after having be'enl cut'for'-seed when it had attained a height of seven feet..'■•'. '.'■. '; v ; Siitton's; well-knGwn seeds are. 'admirably .shown ; by, the,:;agents, ..Messrs. -Barraud and Abfahahi.' Sutton's; deal'in all sorts of 'seeds, garden, .• cereal,; and root- crops, and,, in all, 170 different, species aro on. exhibition. .'-'-Regarding' . the. World-wide - fame, of these -seeds, :. : Mr.-' G;. Eeatherstorie, representative--for; Messrs; Tothill, Australasian agents,.- states' that ;,Suttpri's had 'new been iri existence' for 104'yearsj-with an abnormally growing busifiess caused'through specialising, in evbry.department.. ■'..•; ;.'•■'■■'■. .- A new-wool bale,- 'glazed', (with tho idea of getting'rid.of itho' fluff trouble) is exhibited by:.' Messrs. ■ Dalgetyl nnd'.Cempany. . ; Farmers hro' natu'rally;.interested in 'the' specimen which has'a shiny inside. appearance, and which is np'doubt'a on• the'article at', present in use.--Messrs..'Dalgety'-afp "obtaining farmers'' opinions; on: the sample -which cpmes from.Calcutta.:■.' '.;', ... r'T.'•.' It .is estimated that', at. two' o'cioek'-ye'sterday Wo^?nao?l^^f 3^ SciTHi IN;;APPLES ; 'ANI) : !PEAES:: —A certain' remedy -is '■'•' Swiff s .Arsenate- of ■ Lead;; . SprayJ'.after petals, of blossoms, fall.' .pontmue at intervals-threnghoTit", the > S,ea«on;; 1 .bF'RAPEv' 'GET' ADDITIONAL .BATCH" bF "•;': FAT IN ''THE.;SEASONS", ,; -, v The oultivatiori of a' .rape crop costs ''money','' therefore it:is 1 essential- that the- grower makes the. most, of. it. If an .'additional batch of fat lambs can be got off; in the'season a distinct gain', has. been scored—a'gain which pays all : wprkine. expenses . entailed iri the .production of-the -crop,, and something more.. To' ensure this, .see-that your lambs get;• the'benefit ofevery .oTOce of feed.thby. consume;' Free them ; fl'om ;ticks "and', 'lice, 'before putting '.them.' on ;the'.rape,' and ypu can turn, thorn-"off fat weeks before. ■ your; - neighbour ;,who; -' attempts to '/finish " 'off his '-stock- in an; undipped state. :,f or/freeing 'young lambs' of''ticks and- lice without retarding their progress;: QiiibellV /Liquid Noii-pdisonbus Dip has : no equal.; To dip ;your lambs in 'this' valuable' preparation costs- orie-fifteerith' part of a penny per-'head; 'and their enhanced value, not .to speak, of the value of you save as- the .resulfc of getting them' finished' quickly, will be at least Is. to-Is.-Cd. per bead. ■ On 1000 lambs this.'m'caiis from £50 ofa'gain; Can you-afford to throw away; this-'-money for the sake of saving' less than ',£2 in dip? : i-'Npver'use a poisonous dip for on to feed; it may'check .their growth se-. .riously.,-'AII you want; is'to keepthbm clean' ■'till'.'.tney'. are fat. For autumn 'dipping of sheep -and lambs| that you intend'- to'-Tceep- ' throughout tho ■ winter, uso Quibelt's-' Powder Dip. 'It "destroys all parasites' arjcl '• prevents .reinfestatiuii, besides' giving' a beautiful lustre to the.wool, which always means mere compel tition at the sales. .' . •>:•■- ~-3272 '■■■C' ONE MINUTE,: MR.' FABMEBt f • The world "is- progressing." Are you? 'Why did your father: ddse the cows with' linseed .oil.;and, salts, after .calving? Because, he knew of nothing btvtter. You : live in a more enlightened age. Iri your- grandfather's time a man, was strapped do'wn to have his leg amnutateel and tne wound afterwards-searoa with a hot iron.; Would you undergo" an operation this-way just because your grandfather liad to?. Treat your'cow hi a way

RECCED BREAKER.

that scionco has,"proved'the best. It is.quite right that she should bo drenched at calving;. it thoroughly cleanses and removes. all tho afterbirth, and thus puts her'in good fottlo; _ Her blood (tho real source of good health) is purified! ■ : .''.• i. Mr. W. M. Synions, ' Te Roti, Taranaki, says: "I havb much pleasure in recommending'Sykcs's Drencli for cleansing cows; after calving. Several of our 'cows. wore very low through not cleansing. After'" using 'two doses on each cow the -chango was maryollous. You are at liberty to :mako use of this for tho.bencflt of others.'■''/•;■'■■..,.,'.-. ''-i;Use only Sykes's Drench, becausefic'istho best; Price, Is. 6d. packet, 'or 16s;"; by the dozen'. Better buy it by the dozen, '-■'"Write for. Booklet.^A'dvt^;;v-^^^v'r'' ; ;;^.^ ; ;;i;:-