GENERAL FARM NEWS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 160, 26 March 1918, Page 8

GENERAL FARM NEWS

Mr.'. J. Morgan, late of Kumeroa,: and now of Levin, has- a cow, the like: of which is not owned .by every dairy farmer.. /The animal iB seven years old, >ifc-wag-bred in Pahiatua, and won tho cup at the last Levin Show. For tio days the weight of milk was 801b., test ■4.2;- butter-fat, 3.34, total points 5152.. The cow was .sis months in milkat the time the tests were taken.; No artificial food was used, the animal being grass fed. The first rank in American record prices for draught .stallions, the Chf- . cago "Breeders' Gazette" reports, was reached at the clearing sale by William Crownoveiy Judson, lowa. His Inmous champion show horse and sire, Farceur, sold'.to C. 6. Good, lowa, for £9500. This is the highest price over paid for a Belgian horse in the •United States,' exceeding the £8000 t partnership figure for W. S., Corsa's *■ Pcroheron stallion Carnot, which is the previous American record. •_' It equals the auction price obtained in Scotland ■on December 11, 1911, for the Clydesdale stallion Baron of Buchlyvie. it a meetine of the Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union, at Palmerston North, Mr. A. L. Morgan, of Masterton, brought up the question of tho price obtained by brokers and retailers for wheat," stating that ■a' few days ago he purchased wheat from four different merchants at from Bs. to 8s 6d. a bushel. The,matter came in for some discussion, and the following , motion was carried:—"That the attention of the National Efficiency Board be drawn to the fact; that while farmers are'not. allowed to sell wheat over Government price there is no restriction on, the retailer as to the profit he makes.'' The executive suggests that the profits be limited to 20 per cent." The •Shorthorn bull Bletchley Masterpiece, bred by Sir H.jLeon, realised J3L440 at Buenos Aires in December. He is by Coming Storm ont of Augusta Maid. A.n anti-rabbit campaign has been planned by the Victorian Lands Department officials, which is exnecte'd to play havoc.Vith the., pest. Poison is. as usual, the chosen destroying medium. A Tecord supply of strychnine, 80000z M i° in readiness'for. the work of destruction. " ' • x