FARMING NOTES.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3143, 13 November 1922, Page 2

FARMING NOTES.

HORSE MANAGEMENT. The secret of success in the rearing A a foal is to keep the youngster goring all the time without overdoing things, and if a foal once begins to go back a, great deal of difficulty will generally bo experienced in getting him to go forward again. There is always a, danger, however, of over-anxious owners, particularly if they lack experience going too far in the direction of helping their foals along. This (writes London Live Stock .Journal) is a dual mistake, inasmuch as it involves unnecessary expense, and at the same time may defeat its own objects by upsetting the system of the foal. Assuming that the dam is a healthy mare and has a. good supply of milk, there is not very much extra nourishment required for the'foal until it begins to) make up a bit. Hut things are upon quite a different footing if the milk supply is- short or poor in quality; and. besides this, some foals are by nature delicate and require better food than others. 'Do such cow's milk may be given in the proportion of three parts milk to two parts water, with a litlo sugar to make it palatable, If the foals do not take to this, some beans, as fresh and juicy as possible, may bo foiled in milk, and after they have been strained the liquor can be given as a drink: but this is scarcely a desirable form of food for a very young foal. At a couple of months old mashes made of scalded oats, bran, and salt, may be given with good results, and when weaned these should certainly bo provided, with the addition of beans or peas, the former for choice, but m any case they should be boiled. A good deal of trouble is often experienced in keeping the bowels of a loal m proper working order. At first the youngsters are very liable to suffer from constipation, while later on diarrhoea is a fruitful source of trouble to those who have them in charge.

WORLD'S CHAMPION COA\

Mr (.11. Westropp, ex-president of . tine British Freusian Society, during a , recent visit to the United "states, had an opportunity of inviting the famous Carnation Stock Farms at Seattle and some particulars which he obtained there concerning the management of S-egw Bietertje Prospect, the world's: champion 3700-galton cow (savs Dalgcty's Review), are "that even those who have known Segis Bietertje Prospoet for some time cannot but marvel at her remarkable development during her test years. At freshening time she was just in good condition. She hud a slight attack of milk fever the day alter freshening, but rallied quickly, and was (started on a semi-official test the morning of 20th December s . That is mid-winter in the State of Washington. She was fed very conservatively, receiving 171b of grain daily. She came on nicely and on the ninth dav on test milked 118.Gib. Her feed was then gradually increased until the month of .March. During that month she produced 37161b ol milk in 31 days, but as ii was noticed that this pace was a little too heavy., her feed was decreased. She received approximately lib of gram to each -i.b"lb of milk produced. Grain Mixture. —Six parts ground o:it§, -1 parts bran, 3 parts corn meaJ. 3 parts hominy. 7 part cotton seed, 2 parts soya bean. 3 parts oil meal, 1 part ground ilax seed, 1 part gluten. lib charcoal to 1001b grain. Salt was before her at all times. The molasses were fed with pulp. An interesting feature was the immense amount of roughage the cow consumed at all times. At the commencement of the test in December ehe consumed 16lb of the concentrate or grain mixture as described, 31b beef pulp, 201b buy. 361b mangels. In March she received 251 b of the concentrate or grain ration 6lb beet pulp, 301b hay and 561b mangels. Tlio daily ration for the greater'part of the test period was 22Tb concentrate, oil) beet pulp. 221b hay, and 501b mangels. With tins there was a chiily addition of 31b of molasses. During four months Italian rye grat-fi to the average of 201b and for another three months about the same quantity of greeir oats and peas came into the feeding. SKIMMINGS. The Oregon Agricultural College notes that the clip of farm Hocks have been increased as high as 4 pounds per sheep (average) by selection. The selection was made at shearing time, and onlv such sheep' wove retained as breeders' that produced fleeces up to the standard set. Tin.- principal sources of loss in .stable manure value are by leaching, or washing out. and by fermentation. To conserve all possible elements, spread the manure's upon the fields direct as taken from the barn, or. if the weather will not permit of handling in the fields, place it in a .shallow cement pit which is well covered by a> roof. One of the greatest assets to the stock-keeper is sound, healthy stock, so i hat his losses by disease are negligible. This position can only he obtained by breeding from the most sound and healthy stock, and it is as 'important to the owner of a commercial herd as a pedigreed one that his stock should have a reputation for health and robustness of constitution. Big raising requires less preparation. less expense, lose equipment and less money invested than any other branch of stock-raising. The capital in it can he turned into cash every nine months.' The man who feeds pigs has the satisfaction of getting from one-third to onehalf more pounds of gain out of a, bushel of corn than lie can out of corn fed to either cattle 1 or sheep. Mrs Murray, of Sunny Corner. X.S.W.. is the possessor of a ' heifer which at thirteen months old has become the mother of a fully-developed' and apparently strong and healthy calf. The two young animals—both:, indeed, hut calves—are the objects of considerable curiosity. No one in the district has ever heard of a similar case. There were classes for Hampshire sheep at the recent Royal Show in Melbourne, but no exhibits came forward. Hampshire's are bred for early maturity and for their weighty carcases. The .Missouri experiment station found that a registered Hampshire ram in one season made 129.60 dollars more ihun a grade ram in one season on a Hock of 50 ewes. The lambs were ready for market two weeks younger, weighed several pounds more, and brought over 2 cents higher price per pound. 'fhe world's production record for Guernseys from 2.1 to 3 years old. or class |f has been broken by Brightness of Indian Bridge, owned by C. L. A. Whitney, LoudouviSle, N.Y., according to the. American Guernsey Cattle Club. She produced 11,4601b of milk, and 8261b of butter fat. exceeding the record of the former champion, Xe'lla Jay of Pencoyd, by 161b of butter fat. and in addition carried a calf 230 days, 'fhe Chancellor of the Exchequer in England recently received a deputation of three agricultural members of Parliament, who asked that a loan he guaranteed for the relief of farmers who, having purchased their land at the time when there was a guaranteed price for grain, now find themselves in difficulties with banks and mortgages.