Farming & Commercial

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2425, 9 May 1931, Page 7

Farming & Commercial

QN THE LAND NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS The Best Autumn “I think this is the best autumn that- I !ui\ o experienced during my residence <1 30 year* in the district/ said Mr M. Corrigan, a well known tanner ol : JLlaukuru, when speaking to a reporter of the Tailvi-pe T.mes. Air ('-jTrigan added that sheep and cattle would winter excellently this winter, and this would no Jeubt he a small consolation, at a time, when otherwise, there \va - not novermud) e Dii.solaticQi lor farmers. Tho Scot Again I “Thd union secretary told u., tfu other night that we hold the record ■membership' Im* New Zealand, propi rt i o.na tel y. ” s a.i c 1 a i ilend >e r of 1/icOkoke brar.icJi of the Uarmcrs’ Union.. ■wln» was present as a ur-itir at the annual -meeting of the Urenui branch. “Livery farmer in tin* district is a member,” added t ic speaker, ‘‘except one—and, lie i-. a Scots man.!’’ Tallow v. Oil “While the piimacv prod leer d this country i* losing. £340,000 on his tallow through tie competition of the Norwegian whalers’ activities in the Itosx Sea, the (iovornment is getting £7400 a year in royalties oil tile whalers; it seem to me a pretty bad bargain,” said Air K. K Talbot when a circular on the matter was brought forward for discussi< r.i at the meeting of tin- Hawke' . Day branch o*f the New Zealand Uarmeis' Union. High Cost of Transport A Wa ip uk man sheep farmer, when referring to tJie prices a.t Home at the present time ; added that he had consigned t.ircc bales of scoured cru tellings Home lui the Knglish market this season. Tl u gross return for the wool wa ;s £23. L'ruin that sum. liad to bo deducted £l4 for transport and scouring charges and £l3 in wages for erutcliing; thus lie lost £1 on the consignment, to which had to be added the w'a.gcs of a dmYor and also his own time. Had the wool been sold in tin Dominion a profit would have been made. “It shows elca.ily” added the informant, “that tho transport (barges to longl and and other costs are far too high.” Nature Carries On “In these- days of finaucal depression. it is heartening to- travel Lh.ough the c.oun trside and see that Dio eon re of Nature still runs,; stated .Mr D. Strnchaii of ftangiora hen presiding at a conference <•! local road in.g authorities in Christ c-1 lurch. “The world still frotatcs on its axis. We have had an excellent season, and tho crops arc go'd Hi ere are .just as many, or more apples on tho trees —‘all showing that fundamentally the world is all right/’ Back to Horseback “Some of us would be better off with, (, ut any reads if we had no rates ; we could go back to horseback again,” said a member at the annual meeting of Lin l Uarmcrs’ Union in Hastings. The statement lolll.owcd the reading of a. letter from tin County Council in winch it promised to consider the suggestion made by the union that rates be lowered. Say s the Farmer The N< w Zealand farmers arc not alone in their time of trial. The Canadian fanners’ morale is t.ircat-c-ued. The same <ld cry, ot course—no money— Says the. farmer: “Spare me days, Who wa-s it said that farming pays? Without money how can J Build lip reserves for by and by? 'Plough the cows I strip with care Still I 'don’t get anywhere. Where's the joker, spare me day-. Who told me that farming pays?” for Poultry Minerals are ;just as essential in the [Kiultry ration, as proteins, carhn’iydtates or vitamins. They will only serve the function, s for which nature intended them, however, and will not take the ptia.ee of vitamins, meat scraps or milk in Lie ration. Meat scraps and milk contain large quantities of calcium and phosphorus, si* when these are included in the ration, the supply of minerals lroin other sources need not be as great. An ordinary rati nn. provides the whole of the minerals necessary except calcium, aaid phosphorus. Toy little mineral in the .ration results In leg weakness in tho growing o’lick and, where there is not enough mineral, leg weakness cannot Lv. overcome grtilically.

Super with Seed Owing to the low prices for produce .and the difficulty many iurnicix, will have in procuring' manures owing to the restriction of credits inanv are faced with tho problem c whether they should sow without -uper where the land is in good condition or whether they should cut down the- usual quantity used. All other alternative is to &o'V t.ie supe latea* on if it beeomea vaiiable. t»eiieral experience recom nicuids that the super should bo applied when tin seed is sown. M here it nay boo proved that the land gives a great ly iimreascd yield after the Use ol •super it will prove bad liu.-:iness 1 ]>ut in a cio]) without the !< itdi ■ > It has been demonstrated tLat ; has increated the yield up 1“ H> h.els ]xt acre, and Adjicu • •'! U' work has been done and w hen t l ’/ super ecu he aildcd at BO additi' > nl expense, c.xce]>t the ci>st •’ manure, it would be taking a <ic rsjk not to apply it. The oi.argiii -* profit is small enough even unde favnurable eo-'ditions. Top Dress ng for Quality Tic >c who set out Lo "he a problem of high costs by mivim, tor the production of mere pr acre smoild n, t lose sight '»1 t.n: fact that, as a large prop a tio-n oi our produce ha. s to compete in the markets of the world, quality is in many «aspect- much more import-anc t quantity. To produce high quality beef, wool, mutton *r lamb. ii\ ( . stock require feed '* a. bight.' nutritious nature and the ami of bln st >ck fa.i nun*, therefore, sJiould be L' sii|q>lv his stock wit i the nest of pastures as t > quality. a.ud at the same* time cany the maximum liuinhor of >.t<>ck on the area. Top-dress-ing the ])asture s w ith fertiliser,is one (;f tin* means- of achieving this. It not only encourages tlic growth oi grasses and legumes, but also increase the protein content, of the pa sbu.ie. Stack peeler bop-dressed pasture to unmanured areas owing to tho fact that the xiereentago of mineral ingredients is higher i.u the former and. the animals’ need of such suh-stan-eGs* as lime and phosphorus is the, being suppliod. AYoru-out pastures benefit greatly from top-dress-ing. AY hero pastures are poor a*nd thin, stock - have to trn.vel o-vor large areas, tracks are wciru and plants destroyed, and a'nimaJs lose their <-i>ndi tion. w'heroaa sueculont. ' turcs produce contentment and am mal. s fatten readily. topdressed areas vcmabii green for longer perud tli.au mimn.uu red sections. thus providing succulent Iced for longer period, and at the same finm diminishing the danger of hu.s’i Pire-s,, while the vigorous growth of bh<* grasses and elcxer assists i' 1 el’.ok in g ou t w t cod s.