GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 986, 29 November 1910, Page 8

GENERAL FARMING NEWS.

■■""' The'fambns Hereford bull imp. Bri- "■:'■;■'.'■■ BsS'er,'-calved ■•in. 1897, bred 1 by A.- E. Court ..of...Noke,'England, and : •'■"'■■''". the property of Giltner Bros., Eminence, ; ''"iTy.i ■' U.'S.Am 'died ! ori September 16 '■ 'from" general debility' incident to age '•'■'•'•-''• and -service: He -was-.shown from calf-■'-':V.'."'"ho6'd:'iinlil-"past-firsf.:-years of age with :?.''■''success-in* England and America, beins : -"-'ob'aiapib'n two. different years in lingland : *'and ; [grand- champion at 1902 Inter- '■'" riatiiinal. He coc& line of prize-. •■■•■: mulling blood in England and his blood has proved potent in the /United. States. m wte the siro-of.the first prize calf ' "herd at the' 1305 Kansas City Koyal and ' Chicago .'Mernatjonal; and numerous Stafe fairs.' Britisher was a .massive.bull; his official- weight being the time he was grand.champion at Chicago. About iJEtystudcpts'are'attending.:'.the ; ■raol classes recently started ia Welling-:

ton. Most of them are from Wellington mercantile .establishments, fellmongeries, etc. The North Taranaki Dairy. Company, is' now making 30 boxes of butter per day, Waitara and Tikorangi 27, which, says an" exchange, are increases on last year's production. Thoughts as to the results obtained from the.', uso .of , milking machines and effects of the appliances on cows have been troubling Americans as well as New Zealanders. An American agricultural paper Ims had so niapy queries concerning the matter referred to that it has appealed to its readers to answer the following questions:—How long have you used a milking machine? What stylo of machine? Are you satisfied with it? What effect has it had upon the udders of the co'rfs and the flow of milk? The catalogue of the Horowhehua A. and P. 'Association, which is to hold, its-fifth annual show at Levin on February 1 includes classes for purebred stock. The purebred cattle catered for are Jersey heifers'and bulls. Ayrshire bulls, and Holsteiri bulls. The purebred sheep for which provision has been mado are Eomthe descriptions of stock mentioned ■• there are competitions for horses (light and .heavy), for ponies, for dairv - cattle, fat cattle, farmers' sheep, fat : lambs, Zand' pigs of several kinds. The entries close with the secretary, Mr. B. R.'., Gardener, Levin, on January 14, at.9 p.m. ■' ;"