Farming & Commercial

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2668, 26 August 1930, Page 7

Farming & Commercial

ON THE LAND

NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS

Give a liberal, addition u>f hone meal to tlio growing chicks and ducks, and you'll have quicker matures. .\Lr Frank Arm-strung has disposed of his Akitio Station, in, the Wairarapa. If land Is well drained and honestly cultivated and is slill sour, tire only certain antidote is lime, freely used. In most cases it is applied too sparingly to do much good.

The one or two lines of ewes in iamb offered in Hawke’s Bay saleyards during the past week or two have all been close to lambing and in fair condition.

With the large amount of mortality .amongst the flecks, shepherds are being particularly hard worked this sew_ son. I. understand that several of the big stations have put on extra men.—“Juckoreo” in H.B. Telegraph

i understand that in several cases iu Hawke’s Bay this year, cows led on silage have been less prone to the parturition troubles, which liave -been so prevalent amongst Hawke’s Bay daily herds this year.- -“Jackeroo.” iu Napier Telegraph.

In adjusting the separator for the thickness of cream required, a farmer should take into consideration whether lie has a daily or twicc-a-day collection. In the former event, a thinner cream might be produced than in the latter, when a. cream’s keeping qualities should he ( high.

A handy device for making a gate self-closing: Shut the gate and nail an old motor-tube to the bottom rail outside, nail a board over it. Draw the thing round the (post and nail again with another hoard over it. This will always pull the gate to and will last a long time.

A farmer was cursed with a. run of second class cream. He was advised to use water only instead of separated milk to flush tlio bowl out, so as to avoid fei mentation when cream was held for a couple of days before 'transport- He took the advice and now gets » first class result.

A calf is a contrary thing to lead once, he gets his legs propped .out in front of him. Therefore, don't lead him. Run the rope between his front and hind legs and pul! hni backwards. Ho can’t put up ally resistance that way. But don't rush him. or he'll topple over

What becomes of wool packs after manufacturers take the wool out? To some extent they are. used for baling rags and other odds and cuds.They become so saturated with’ grease from the wool that they’ are of little use gs containers for anyt ling hut more or - less waste materials.

"Advice has been received in Bulls that tile Rangitikei Dairy Go. had won the Control Board’s prize for t.ic highest grading factory- in the Dominion, the grade being 95.215. This is the second year .in succession that Rangitikei has achieved that honour, and is due to the mn/nager (Air Janies Siiiillie), his stuff, and to the suppliers who have maintained a high class grade of cream.

If your cream is being graded second class, test your separator float for a. .leak at the seam, by' placing it under boiling water. The heat will expand. the air inside the float, causing air bubbles to rise. Before repairing the leak, bore two large holes in the top of the fhlat, thoroughly cleanse the inside, and plaqe in boiling water before drying off. These holes and the leak may then he scldered up, and the float again tested.

To hind a split in the axe or hoe handle with fine wire fasten a.U end to- a tree or post and roll on the binding by turning the handle over and over from the other end, keeping a steady strain on. When half a dozen turns remain, place a .short strand of similar wire under the binding. Bull out this strand and thread the binder end through where it lay ; pull tight, and file off neatly.

On handling slieep with six or o’gh inonti’js’ wool farmers are sometimes dismayed to find them infested with vermin. There is a simple remedy. Catch each sheep and open its wool along the backbone, from, crown of Hoad to tail. Into this crack pour enough dipping mixture to soak along flesh -round both, sides to-’ the belly. The animal will face the shearer a few months later as clean as the clean.

Jf a daze a people are w a tolled at ibiiy dining table it "ill 'be seen that they differ greatly from one. another in regard to tf.io amount ot salt they consume with their food. So it i-s with oatjde. Some need moire than others, hut none will eat more than jt requires .providing a lick is kept before. it all the time. If cattle are denied it for any length of time, howover, they may get depraved appetites, and devour all sorts of things as substitutes.

Says “ Rust ions’’ in the Otago Daily Times: New Zealand lambgrowers might well sigli for a chance of the American market “with the tariff off.’ The National AVuolgrower of July states that with the “present very low prices” for lambs it seems ainn.ist foolish t> speak of ally favourable price condition. “Top ’ lambs are around an basis, or -15 s lOd, and common sorts are from, 25s to 365. The difference is as it should be, though “all kinds are selling too *iow.” 11 36. s is too low lor ui common lamb one is permitted to winder what rein'lly good lambs would be worth in the States.