ON THE LAND
NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTS Wheat in Hiwke’s Bay Although Hawke’s Bay net priniarily an agricultural district, it will surprise farmers to hear that Mr It. Meredith, of Ruataniwlia, Waipukurau, is harvesting 220 acres of wheat. It is estimated the yield will be 40 bushels to the acre. Dairy Payouts A •final, payment of .Sod per lb butterfat on the May supply will be distributed with the butterfat cheques to New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company supplies on February '2O. Off Dredged Land The largest eoityigiunen t of fat lambs from the Waikaka \ alley district comprising -34 tV ticks. was railed to tlio works last week (says the Southland Times). Although dredged land is generally considered of little value l'or pastoral purposes this consignment included a- very fine draft of lambs that had been raised on land dredged, approximately half of which had not been stripped. The farmer consigning the lambs stated that the host lambs on the farm came off the dredged land, which had earned over two fat lamb* to the acre. Some of Nature’s Signals Bed sky at night, shepherd’s delight—fine day coming. Bed in morning, shepherd’s warning—rain coming. Yellow sunset means wind. Dew and fog in early morning means fine* weather. Clear distant view means rain coming or just past. High dawn is when the sun rises over a bank of clouds; high above the. horizon means wind. Soft clouds fine weather. Hard-edged clouds, wind. Boiled or jagged, strong wind.
Ireland the Favoured Ireland is one of the most favoured countries for dairying in the northern hemisphere. The climate, particularly in tlio South, makes it pos* i siblo far cows to bo out ill grass lor a large part of the year. Trials on dairy farms carried out by the Irish Free State Government to test the value of rotational grazing combined with the use of sulphate of ammonia showed that on number s of farms tbe gracing season lasted for over 2CO days, land, in a few eases, over 220 days. Cleanliness in Feeding There is a grave danger in leaving uneaten food in pig troughs, particularly during the hot weather being experienced. The pig is oiten compelled to eat foods which u.re no(_ only far from palatable but too frequently are of an indigestible character. Milk poured into the container the previous day and in some eases left in tbe same container from week to week without being completely cleaned up, leaves much to he desired, for it becomes sour a.vd even rancid, while undesirable ‘bacteria often develop with results which are difficult to combat. The Question of Pugging The question of the breed of cow i s of" importance in connection with per acre production, said Dr. Anjiett. because it- is fairly generally admitted that one can carry more of the lighter breeds per acre than lieaviei breeds .Thus, at the Jc-alott’s Hill Tlcsca.ro]i Station in Fngland in an experiment on a small holding oji rotational grazing Ayrsliiros were deliberately chosen because if wa s considered they would not pug up the land to the same extent that one of the heavier breed s would.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3637, 4 February 1932, Page 7
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