A VALUABLE JOURNAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 8

A VALUABLE JOURNAL.

!;:HiNTS AXD 'SUGGESTIONS 7 'FOE :>'-.;;>';;■'/ .-.;■:■■ .•PABMEBS;i'v.' : i:.'v'.-'.' : '-,-;. .; ' • "Sykes's : Jeufnal;fpr.' Dairymen, ;Farm-; ers, : .ahd Stbck-owhbrs,'', the '.Wellington edition of which is nbw't'o hand, provides ■an/espellent ilustration'pfcjhe; prbnouiiced' trends towards" tjcientific f arm.irigin"all:!its branches.. of scripticn .'.should; "be in every farmer's ■ home. !V. With' land"over, ;en v the increase in. value,,with'keen- competition; in' all the world's, markets, : .iucreased cost pf - 'labour,. 1 ' ahd ; a;geheral,,dema.ud f6r;a' higher standard. pt; cbmforti it,is, imperative that the farniei';who .wishes.'to bpjsuccessful'shall /un.:;his,farin' on, business..lines. 'In.times gohe,;..by:;the family 'Witter 'might, have s beeh,wrappecl,';ia a .sort ;o£ cloth,' swung ■at' the"sad'dlerti'ec'"'an'd galloped'into iown •te> jgrease.; there. wCTe.-no : rmarkets,; i 'and,,butter was.-a' dnig which?"filikW'' r'u'ine3'"farnib'f ..• 'and';:' store,keeper; •• These,;, wen."',fiiiuilarly,.the; days 'wheii-'the 'frozen ! mutton'.'"was'■'riot, and, ,the sheep ;wererboiled;dowh, for; their' car-' ;cas'ses'-an'd .skins; .when; the 'rabbit;rpained iri'thousahds. pver .this pastures; but-it all really.;did not matter' then, because'.New'.| Zealand had very.little tu sell. :T6-duy ;all.. is f s'(!h^hged;f v a"n'di.4lJpi:l'ominion sends., ite'viirp'duce. iri''th6u'saiids' of tons- thou-'' i.sands .of,;niiles io 'th'o'yworld's..markets,' ..wherb.,;:forj..quality, it has';'attained great eminence,.' "It :must.. bo remembered,' .however, '.'that there,is still'room;for., iuiprovement,' ami, this' can; oiily iA be, brought about ;by tho§study>;pf. "sciehtific farming. .Referring: to'-the' dairy ; 'industry';,alorio'.in his; booklet, ijfr. Sykes .very; ably .'puts the'i - question • in; this"; -way;; "While .the nuiri-' ■.b^o-.of^cb'iya;..in: : j,tp"'.'^EoSperiryJ'-.tHefs&srefc; ofA-your success. whb,yiasj, i the~y]argp.' i l hera;;^ .makirigv'the. most •moriey ivith*h'is'''cbws. ;ihe5 v successful ;da:iryman:i buys;.bT.;rfiises;.'a herd (..of !.'good' . v milkers; .'and ;-ho'r tests;'the • pVoductivu,- capacity ,'.of,r'eaph ; 'individual cow, besides paying' strict attention to trio health; of.-his 'herd." : Mr.•: Sykes -here touches .uppn".tho" benefits ,ef herd "testing, ; which, has, been started ~on'.' :a;business th'e;''Wairtirapa''"''aiidTaranaki ..'under;fthe guidance of> the ,I)e-, ':partrnent;,of "Agriculture. '■■;. Mr.'.' Sykes's'■: ljpbk;,is';fpr, ( the-farmer; whp.wishestp keep, .a.dnilyi.'journ'ai.iof .'his records,'whether in, milk:' or ,'crpps';'-.' stock ,'spld .'or: boughfi. .'audTCpritaiu's-ia'-'handy table iully; particularised ;'with.': refererico: to' horses,■ cattle, .sheepi'-pigSj'.'arid dogs. ; Then again;,,; tho brochure, includes a.rherdO'reV gisterj /i:seed-sbwing : ,;- table, ■■. . comprising .twenty-nine '.kinds. of .-seeds; tables, of- 'weights and lengths 'referring to 'fencihg - wire;-; cortug»tcil:«iron,''and; : , other ■ particulars. :-In-: another •will: be found irifor mation ; dealing: with the ■ pr'e;;veri'tioii':pf di'seasf arid' its remedy' amongst ;dairy',stock..''Altogether'the'book' is'-m'ost. valuable, : and it. is' not surprising .that the Australasian/issue ,-will, run. intp many ithousands/'. Mr. 'A. Sykesix'M.l'.S.v'the editor of, th"e.:.publica*tioh,;is ; the well;known:veterinary, chemist,i.who resides at I ,New. Plymouth..,.-.. .••;' j; ; , '~. ..\