ON THE EDGE OF 1910.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 685, 9 December 1909, Page 10

ON THE EDGE OF 1910.

FORWARD ivl'ND. backwardV ( p'EW^vtS'.Christmas .riiid;the;-New;i.iYear, which,a're fcg;g%;i;DaWtbeginuißgj:to.;Com .corner,, are ||£ J^^fttting':t'jines^to'"call; avbrief Jhalt;;and. ; t!iink can;-we„ .Well, one pil'^v?;s:or;tivcv':ahd.: if:;we:setvthese:;put;:in';order,'dethey plfSc;. >. kok^oirie'tWng-iike':this ir^M]'■)<. '■',':i ,\ .',.>\ ■.',.. - ack'''of ;;siiagoV; : v : ' ; :;';',v-;; ;''■:■' -;,";■ ['■ '. trial of 'the ■■ paddocks fe|'oS:J jnext;autu"iim,:?.-;>,-;ii;;,;.; : ;U; ■; |iS;*;;;Mfi''.??^. ; ' ;^*t ':pldJ.crp'ssbred.l3Ull,;-whose: heifers' poor' milkers,!- and';buy;a: "purebred; p:;^sS|,bull|';of;')uilkiug;;pedigree.;;, ; ' : : : ii-\ ■•'■'•- p|'«i?';S, ?"=Set;;vaptiTt *a ;• separate'.paddoct and; shed:; for,; tfeiV i !;'!'.i';.'the I ':..;cbws : ';tha other fefijs&iiJU^P^^'diMase^;;.,;;:^;,^':''; 1 feiK^Scfc; jMiirk /off. more, land .for;-fodder; crops;;. ■,: ■:. W&i£?:%* .'Winter-feed'liberallyr;and-thus begin next U'|S si?i^^°P? recbtdisi:^aiid'-;'cull.. ■''■;■ pP?» : Ssi- ?y*-' lu( ) r6 -'proppinginnd. tpp ; dressing, try,.to bf>t he';. heifer. "dalves'pfrom'.'/'g'bbd: to':,make,'culling';niore .possible.: ' ':"■.' W&? "■ tj 'v'iEslend- Cthe'Vpig-raising Section .with. the ' aid ftffiSwVjof-'meal; and:'crops.-;::' ;•;;:." ,'< ",\.. to Hhe ; 7'p'.;TS';*Pigs,"and;,thus' guarantee,a product free from tnberculpsis.;;;^.;,;;:.;V.:;::',; ■■: y.-••;■■<■;: J,,'/..,'-'',;;:'.: ; :: ; ,:: S.- ! ; ; ®- : :^^;- ; Buy."better',:rams,'- and te!y;&r.JJewes,^.Withithe:.pick;'pf;:,the;.lainbs,,;.;;..;,:;.:;;, SSf-S^'S : '?-»nt :;gpod Shelter: ' siM: : l:ti;?':'^ n^cn /^®V ma^e fs.-;;; : >■-. ■'-.' fsW ; v ar ' n rtiflflie/vVP, ivC=" : y i:< :;#S'&;Si{^B u t; ttie farmers; tliemselves' can centinue t,;^; ; ; : i i y:; ; this,;list, alnicist;ad Irilinitum. ,:"And no doubt : a ; ,;gbod/deal.;of- assistance 'could bo got fronv ';01 'iiiK '^ari^extended.'; list: of^;such..hints; That is,. if '^i-S-.?;;';'the;;Hst;were;-not;niislaid immediately the'far-. *JfSssn::nvor:)hadiinade;'it :'up;:;but ;>iwere.,'posted .•• his;hands:.would-constantly; see' i>K>g;;?vit/,r?;It; is/;, of'"course,'.-ino.vreflection a. S-£:M--;i «™«rv:>o.' : point.; put ; :vdefects in' ■ his 'system. : 1 E:«*S*;.' reached; ftS(S;S: S'Dody.^'The^lifo^of/aifarmef—whether he be' i;;f^;:jVv>;.a-v i wheat-grower.,otpilins,?;;for 0 other 'people's ::y;;^S>;;&« tt »r^" r «n d •#S'f-':' ; ' mo ™ , "S'm i , or I'sueep'-pviner,; providing mar&'?r.■■&:■;iet;:with:;wool or. a less-aniiriated market with-ffrpzeriy;meat>-is ij usti.a; ; bit,-of .evolution;' It ?0! : ;>iM ak ?? many: "get ;.into S.'!W;iat;' :ni years?he usually : ihas;;to;:wDrkrimder:difficu s^'4'i v f J ■■--' ■• once: ,;be ■', removed j ;,-and .;■ he;' .'counts';' himself'; giy::;;^;;Jfortuhate thatS'he ;has 'been : powerless 'to .prevent, S&S'Sjfftfecan .finish;the ;year; a 'little stronger than Mfi %;'*;:.he ','■;:.■.,--;."•.-. ~;":-';■.•". V. m^i&:- WButf;assyear,;. ; follpws.,year : , : -the')tian : :whose ?;pf-Ww;ihoart^is,;in':fHis",ivprki- ; ,and who is not' "bvervpiixii'flacred,"iwhp;; to db;things WXp ;■' ; ;":well;;; : and.;;wlib :,Has',a;,'stroug Iconstitutibn to his ;SyrK;;K^P ar ticular;"slice 'of;,Now.;;Zealand -very. much &S-i! v :-;wf-W ;h 's^likiris; before';he:.^well—goes over to. ?;"'t;?:!.'V-' : 3ook;at..thb : jDarling: Downs.;; Some .'of the New '{^J.;;'V';;Zeala'nd : ; homesteads that 'have.; already breached fe?.W.'?H;'at;'various times, beeh'describedtin 'the' notes'-'of PsS:St'>p; o wl'trhvdlihg ; ;cPrrcspbiident inithis-column. ■

f *. : D?» V» hff :-:A' "'t *':'i;> - :-11: •/■ ? : r-^" IV v ;"- : " --"v -"' ■ ; /- ; :" : :^^>. fe ; ' ; iSi'K;^^ a ' ; i^ ems SfP ibenappealing : to "us 1 in New 1*5?;/*- Jj; ; Zealand;:]Ust •'now,: is ;fhß Cfact :.that cu'r.condi|i&so?,;; i 'tibnsja.r6;|epding/themselves .less landless every f^feivii^year-to ; ; methods.'V':''-'We have §M -;S^;- ; ;;.got :dear/ilahd: Zealand; and weveannbt ; kiis : si?M ta .H e -th?f.standard :'of ; wbrk«eet ; bys farmers: on }AW3Z:- {£$ -J cheap v ,afia.s of: bther'.'landsVas; our copy[£?;;s;,::fc-;|: ?DOOK.J : we.<]ritist' fix(our. own standard on the' yty/iyi;:'?' ;iieo*ssities.:-:6,f i our.bivn :circumstances.',.: If ; wo going,.tW;gr6w: wneatj.wevmust: realise -the' UWm "\! necessity;. of.-. getti hg ; a ■ much-, yield ['■'. te^ ; ? ; :K ; p° '-i'i ';' ?k¥P ai ' l ■<?nly;pj|e-tenth: of cur:price for ,his: land. ?s!'#-•#; >-^' ! > f ® '• -caii}K|S;clo > 'land ;:is'" too tef'tcSC-v^aivrfpr'iSial.iinci-of, farming. l ;'lt-happens; hqwever,Vy(ut|\vith : fertlisers.and good; tillage, p;;-5i'M?r a hdyth^ &%s&s. PV^ e » weycaifedo'it'AThc'sa'hie-law'niust l apply: te|«s' ; to.!the'raising 'of wool;'nHjat.'ahd'dairy produce.' E&'fe^aniakesni^sSrike;^^ B£;f;?%6hcet;to, ;fihd ; o'fe^^ rasiiife.^'frJweV.carii'.cdn'ti toigo'/ joggingUalong ■ year after: ki®?£":'f year same'; old:.grppve.! ; vC\Ve: must ;bo thei.-'call; of :tho >i?-iSr-"SjfcßW>'tpica'rryjtio'ijuestioh farther,'if onefilids S^ys;i:;Jthat;on-a'ceria!n : cai;t!6-farm;'a rs??S;:f^vPt' 5 ? s is;'necessary: to [increase: the Js;>iv>Si;:'i;carrying tcapacity:;by::;2o,"per:'cent:;;-and : one SS^feViaPfoceeds'fprrhffith^p'Capcomplish:.^ '®!;fii:? ;no t:folldv^tha.t,;:wheh;lMe:forhiOT^ Stf l i;>;'i ;srecur^one;jhould:i:atr:.dnce: :;cut : :-.off; ; the' 20 r.S|: i J-%-P? r^nt ;!;g a| h-:that' ; was/:reeort 'Sv-::v''-.V-::.8n , :a0t..is I not-,.t'o;bo:-:cuntemplatsd 1 -ifor:;a.,rflO-: ; ':; i :;n l efl^. , „The;;farmer's';mottd;f6r -1910. in"regard K toVprogre'6a^ Kr'i)':-'j-'. i;he;iias: gained; - andCgam.a-little more!'- '- :i;:?om6-: n f :;the;icHief Ydirectiohu :which: ; ad-: pi-;:i> <;;-vancement:may bb:ina'dc,havb : beeiv well dis-, s':!^V>f&^hey:wilVbearrepeafingi:''ln''sh^ wi:;!j:?':;','.;.'ndyic6.,:to.;; adjust -.bpc's-.mcthotls.-to-'the^callr-of Iw-ieadrin'strict''coiijunc-^ W&3Pi\ :t i i? n :: wi t' lV itbe : ; advice,;)o;, "suit:.one's; breed to :,-K"!:, : i;;-- : one's laud,"'and ito-'.'ayoid frequent changes-.of isW"::t.::^breedv"|:.The:nMdflfVbetter'c *ri'':',!vS'V';' B ' ■■■ generally'recog-' SlrKiS^Sihiscd,iarid'fii^conhecfibn'with: cJasMng Spv-SWpf :;thp' r ;sheep ;tlichiselves;before 'shearing,-;and :';»'»;■"^he^eecuringpof:h\ore:eveuness pf the flock by' r io%'-■ Especial••■'caroiat;■.the';mating'fiiiie "itiay■ well Ija iSia ! "s:V:;:considered;; !:linprovc;d ' watering': facilities .and KigW': : :& cure;;ihosb;;freqiieut: .'#',''":*' 't. able .inVshcep: ; i»ainteuance';are matters"falling a/jV^:';, ;y ;for>due;attenlibn.V';;:^ : :;^uMi; : :'':'-':'■■''.:.-/:

3;£|;':^KDairylrig;to e dairy "■. farmers'-uaVe'"h'a(l : iV-Vowl' lead" set sS thejiif:o'n vjhe-subject:: :bf 'jjibld-testihgi' by- Btho suppliers, .lor-similar: \-i:Wr'oti assdc!a-tibns,-:eisewtieve ;as'Vso.'! keen, that" fhe jfl';v-;:Si: ; >jnovoine]il/^seeins.;;^oiindi i to'^.becpmp^ 1 general. ' i'fJ'A v\t .o ne ; "¥*! beginypju'op&for "a'; tiiiie no'tfar disi: •pKK;i.tant i^heri, every; daii'y-cbw-' for."salo expected, td.havo a.duly bertined utility r'-iS'W'v.'P?^?? ll attached :ib : :iier,'v : lt/i9::ns : important i Sg':Jj'^;iorXthe' buyer"of a cow:' tis : for:tho" buyer : - of'.a :;K;^;;'^:(paokec-'6f:?ss^..to l kuow-::that^he is :really,get-: '■vfo, ■$• :■ ting' 'whatvu'e^iexiwcting :: tb;get;':'.l'iio: buying unfortunately WsiaPi\'< & 'vory-.'speculatiyb trnusactibn.-Tub. spread T of 'S ! ,; needs; to -bo '.firmly-: laced, without trifling.\;Sp^ : 'dairying;; ; distriets> confess!-. f.'o7: i t,; aid -'i'rbnf. -'£•';'-.:,te/ f hat::-:fact vit v niay: be". inferred' r : that' it - exists M:- iieaiand. -,: j ?Sft L :>.-'•.-'BPreads;.Vfrom , v;cbw;,-;to-: ; cow, ; :chioliy/bm ; the. ;Sft:<Mvjnilker's>hantls':;,(whioh ":aro'■'■-rarely':;sterilised '£■ 'iofter, : . oach!'cpw);vbr,;by:;nieans 'of 'the cups of 3v''s:!';:o4;niachhia _inilfcpTs,;..and it'.quickly ; dries the quarfa- i'& :-J;ters. r and, fendcrs.iUo v infected,auimals Unprontrherd;.iPrbiupt'- arrest: of-.:thbidi- %:[;■'■ has. attacked:, tho -Si'i'iSS MShealthyV-ebwsvisvtQe.onlyjsafe"bourse, 'coupled .'v'^;;;.\rj;with: tne'immodiatb summoning, of:,tho ! aid ;of ';S! :' ; ; ; :W the;Govefliment':veteriuarians.,;; - • : . ' :;'■: v ■■.','. •*?'K'''.---''.;-'v>''j : .'-/l , he'Storilisatiou-bf:skihim'cd;milk and whey: i' ; -a'::'Av:'-at":th9,:factbi'ifl3':seems:,;l:p.' have"sounded::the 3- ~''?-K- 'X, death"'kn6ii;pf tuboreulosis'in pigs,'- and iticau'SiS;::;'H':?ot;bo:tbo:rapidlyiinhdogeneral. - Ail improved sjg'pii;': Uquiry.for,'pork and-bacon.■'is-reporfed-'in.the ;S"i;:':://j>retaiirniarkets; : -and-Jthe': trade-is:'well' worth: 0¥,.V.-:,* -^i;:c^ter.ing.;; -;-:'-„:, V:' ;-:'-v-X^ : - In:.b«sf'farming various merits', of tlio ;,■'''' S:'- different beef breeds and;their S',-n':;^;;ent.;.,classes : :of;.;'countrysare': becoming -much' ;>:.:;. '-?-'■: 'better .understood, by;;thbsemen: who-raise-the ■ iv. : :;K';-:.beefifor,Smithnel(l,'and ; great advances in the ±Xi *;:?: usei^pf / tho;va : ripu's ; breeds m-the raising of puro .»':' or. crossbred-stock may'accordihgly/be.looked -/•*?*y-y. the'"meat : industry,generally there are' t:\-ff-l .:■■' hopes ;.that,va-,cbuforence.;of local, refrigeration $&?'!■'■' 'repr^bntatiyos'aiiay-de.visa'ways of escape from ;i --;";' Wf.-the present -depressed-stato;bf- tho -market, and V i;-' ; -v :.,ni3ko:^or;;better:;prosperity. : '". ; ;;:';,, ]'- .'■ ;■ ■• '-.-V ' .;. v: '■■:,:,?;:'':■;.-:ln'arablo 1 farming, tlio of. the i':":; ~:-Xi- plough ''on the: dairy, farnis. isiu'aiteF fo'r'.cpiu- -; V-;;: : "^. : ..mondation,! aildwill .tend''to: bring nearer that Ziffi'!*; oystem -'of; hll-the-yc'ar:- dairying;., which' 1 soino %/-.:■ -'-r. say will help, to-nil-the farmers', pockets faster, ;i'-:;S;-;:! or;clear off.his,mortgagc r vTlip growing of roots ; :-S;--;"p8;rid;-6ilag:e)i3:;extending.r;l I ho "vdluibv,of deeper. X'-X-' .'.:':..cultivation !'is..b.ccoiniiignioro recognised, and, >?' \X '; - .'in: ; s6nicr.districts, Jsitteoil,:, drainage,., though'. : ; i-:;'.;-/;1: : unfortunately;.still:'of- the':shallow- variety/ is : /^twng:.carried;put^,v'-\:.;,:■-.J ;;-.^V:-':;'':-:; .-■•