ON THE LAND.

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1203, 13 September 1927, Page 7

ON THE LAND.

NEWS, VIEWS AND COM-

MENTS.

Suit turnips For dairy e.ow s tliuuld be 'Fed judiciously.

If skim-milk from cows is availaide, it may bo given to the Foal for sonic time after weaning.

A horse should be fed .strictly in accordance with the ‘objects For which it is kepi.

The .process of ensilage has onforred a new value upon succulent green fodder.

Cattle in New Zealand last ,'ear numbered ' 5},452,480, as against 3,003,744 tn 1925.

United States IWnicrs gained approximately £200,000,000 for tho 19*23 wheat crop.

.Farm work is very plentiful, and anyone requiring work ol this class can very easily find employment, savs a South Canterbury report.

The first of this years shearing operations in Hawke's Bay is scheduled to commence in Ponuigalniu district on October 4.

Da.irv cows do wcl! 'on cabbages, and cabbages spread out in the paddock during the summer will assist greatly to keep up the milk supply.

•Cabbages flourish well on heavy land. Tho seed beds f/liould be carefully prepared as .a flue tilth is necessary.

Bad seed purchased is dear at any price, and. it is easily worth the extra. money to buy clean .genuine samples.

The Ifexualo Co-operative Dairy Co, has sold 275 tons ol cheese at Sid per lb JF.o.b. in compliance with the expressed wish of the suppliers at the annua! meeting.

v One of tlio results of tho recent merger of butter factories in Southland was the announcement that from September 2 the price of butter would be advanced Id, .making the l>ri< o for best grade Is 7d.

Prospects for the advancing ion sot! aro regarded as very bright by tlu* directors of the Springhead factory at Whangarei, which refused an ofler of Is s.jd for forward delivery up lo the end of November.

The AnqliraUtin wool sales have shown an increased demand liom -Russian buyers.. At the Brisbane sales last .month the Soviet was reported to have been the largest buyer.

The Tarania- Co-operative Dairy Co. has made an. excellent sale of more tluui half its output oi cheese The price is' not divulged, but it is believed to be quite! as good, il not better, than any other company.

(Resolved: "That lids general meet, ing of the I’ahiabua Co-operative Dairy Company urges the Govornment Lo jila-ec dairy I arm instruction, on a national basis, and that instructors work on the block system.”

Tho lambing at Butorino this year is-generalely good and as several of the settlors are going in for the black faced lambs, tho results w;li be Matched, with interest. Conditions are altering in ibis district and w;ill continue to do so.

Arranging foods into mixtures which will keep the animals in good health "ill keep them feeding eagerly and which are properly balanced, is an art in itself, and automatically ensures that the foods are - being economically and wisely used.

The directors of 'tho Paliialua Dairy Co. have decided that progress payments in file cheese department be made at tho rate of Is (>d per lb buttorfat and in the butter department payment for August will bo made at the rale of Is dldi for finest, •

Unprecedented wet weather bag been playing havoc ‘with, the maize crops at To Toko-, Bay of Plenty. Some farmers have already lost hall their crops, and the outlook for saving ally at all is not very Hopeful. Maize can be seen spread, out on tho ground in paddocks all .over the district.

No ploughman is needed to work file manic,ss tractor invented by a Nebraska, farmer. This device is only a, spoon-like arm attached to the plough, and which fits into the first furrow, which must be ploughed right round the field by an ordinary •plough.

Signs of spring in the lona of young grass and new; foliage are in evidence in all districts at the present time. Other harbingers of summer are the young lambs. Sheep farmers ini the Wanganui district are generally satisfied with the lambing percentages and with .the condition ol the pastures.

With a further substantial increase in Dio (locks last year, the total number of sheep ill the Dominion, again touches the 23,000,000 mark, with a very strong proportion of breeding owes. The increase shown is 3/.3,908. The number of breeding ewes shows an increase of 233.029,

The abnormally wet 'winter has had a .most detrimental effect upon the early potato crops in. the Pukckolic district. To. a number ol eases sets planted for early cropping rotted completely, with the result that the replanting of big areas \vas necessary . 4

It is always advisable to use a stro'ug netting when making run for small pigs. If put on properly this will pro vent them from ever learning to break through a leiice and wander. Once they start this it is almost impossible to break them of the habit.

There is no reason whatever why young calves should not have proper accommodation. It is a wise plan, it not already done, to have a. shelter shed built lor them where they can. go in bad weather or at nights. The. shed isliould be in a. sheltered spot, warm and free from draughts.