ON THE LAND

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 3 October 1931, Page 7

ON THE LAND

NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS World’s Pig Population America • ha*- the largest j>ig i-jopu-lation with 60,420,000. Russia, is next with 25,234,000. Then comes Germany, 22,890,(MX), Poland 6,333,- <)(«;>. France 6,010,000, CJamtoa 4,497,000, United Kingdom, 3,394,000, Denmark, 3,363,000. These figures related to tha year ,1928. The population of New Zealand in 1930 was 487,793.. Put a Price on It A cable has been received from America by 51 r .J. S. Jones, Bell Block, asking hint to put a price upon his great imported sire, Sybil s Volunteer, This, is the. first time such an offer lias reached -New Zealand. Says Bruce Levy Vto don’t want red clover in the spring. Its plate is .as an associate with cocksfoot or paspalum for sunv mer and .a lit inn productioai.—Bruce Levy. Condition of Food Skim milk, liioli is generally' the main diet of the pig, should be fed in as consistent a state as possible. Tlia t is, nut direct from the separator one day, .and in a* thick curd the next. During the greater part of the year if the milk is left for^ approximately 12 hours a palatable curd will result, nda In an observation we consider this A at the stage which will give maximum results. An Aphorism Grass that grows in winter can look after itself in summer Sowing Grass Seed , Wo have much to learn of how to grow .grass to better advantage, nd one of the things that should h© seriously studied —tha t . could bo studied on a grassland experimental farm—is the value or otherwise of planting grass seed as grain is sov\ n. through a seed drill; placing the seed ,a;ud manure from an inch to two inches into the soil. Then the grass plants, would have a deep rooting system and this would he continually 'encouraged if a 'lllustrating harrow were used very autumn just before the application of the main fertiliser dressing. A Concessions Myth Public speakers and others >n looking for some excuse for the railways not paying or lor one that wold help to make them pay quote the ‘h-oiiceesions' ’ given by the Department to farmers in the carting of lime and fertilisers. The railways give no concession and have not done so for some years. The cost is provided our; of the vote of the Agricultural Department. In its annual report the Department states that in pursuance of the policy of encouraging the use of fertilisers by rail have been continued. In. the case of Tunc, free carriage is granted up to 100 miles, while in the . case ~P“ other fertilisers a. reduction of 40 per cent, in tlio freight charge was made a few years ago. The value of the concessions thus granted last year is as follows: Lime £49.212. Fertilisers £120,122. Study This When animals of an improved type, bred on a mineral-rich pasture (are transferred toi poor pastures, the low mineral content of the poor pastuers is table to bo in sufficient to siippot the rate of growth or the capacity for milk productionGood American Advice You must teach the fanner how to uso ins fertilised pasture or he i s likely to' bo disappointed with the results. —H. 11. Smalley, Director of Soil Improvement Work, 1 .S.A. Suppementary Food When the cows come in and there is a short of feed, or if it is considered they want some extra food to build them up and fit them for a heavy producing season, there is nothing to equal Moose nuts. It can be mixed, with bran in th. c proportion of one of Moose nuts to two of bran. Tf there is plenty of good grass and smctliing is wanted to. balance it an equal mixture of crushed oats and 'brain is a good supplement.