ON THE LAND

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 7

ON THE LAND

NEWS, VIEWS AND r COMMENTS Soldier Settlers A gi-qator degree of dairying is to be carried .out again this season in the pumicn country of the Bust Coast Railway a.ioa of Hawke’s Bay. j The soldier settlers ovn this block of country have been steadily building up the .standard of their pastures since they were first, broken i'a and consistent ute of lime and suporphosprate has ceitainly had ic s effect in building up the carrying ea--1 pacify, and allowing the support of a better -association of grasses this area*. A certain amount of dairying lias carried on in tin* past two years, but this year several of the settlers are apparently placing nuoro faith in h utter fat than they have done in previous seasons. Beginnings of Butter Butter was first used by the Hebrews, and the early Greeks and Romans used it as n medicine and ointj moilt. Rubber Horir Shoes Hungary has invented rubber horse-shoes. i hey are said to add springiness to the horse’s movements and to prevent fatigue. Its 33rd Year The Bay of Islands Co-op. Dairy Co. has just completed its 33rd year, and has established a record output of over 934 tons of butter, an increase of -o per cent, over last year’s prpduc.tiom of 763 tons. The excellent .season and tlie large in.•erc/ase in the number of suppliers are responsible for the excellent ro_ turns. About Geese Geese should be matured early, ns they require a considerable time to settle down, being dill emu from either fowls or ducks in their 'habits. I In her first a. young goose willlay about IS to *24 eggs, ard -after that she slum Id produce 39 to 36 eggs a year. l#n.l,ikc yowls, they Care profitable up to 10 to 12 years; a s :v matter, of fact, both .sexes live, all being well, to a great age, up 40 years being rceoided, but very often, eld ganders become, very had tempered and have to be done away with, as they '.become dangerous to children. 1 Potatoes for Layers The potatoes Usually put aside fo*i [ poultry are not fit f° r human cotisumptioin. They are nor to be recommended for poultry, nor is the water in which potatoes are boiled, fit to mix in the mash. It i 3 uv,uai for the housewife to boul a. iot oi potatoes and niix them up m th e math, which the birds cat greM ’y. The egg yield will fa.lL if potatoes arc used often and without being, w-4* balanced with moat and bran f don’t know of any laving test where . potatoes were used in the diet Measuring a Hay Stack The following /simple formula will give the approximate weight of bay in a stack with straight sides (says the Adelaide- ChruVn.ickv) • Multiply the average width i.u feci, by the “over” (i.c., the distance ever the stack from the base on one side to the base on tlie ether, and divide tlie product by four, and multiply tlie quotient, by tlie length hUiD give)?, the contents of the Mack in cubic feet, For liay that has stood for less.;than 30 days, divide by 53 2 . for 30 to 60 days, 42 2 : over 60 days, by 380. The quotient gives Dm tonnage of the stack Strong Statement “Unlike same companies we do not fake our pay-outs by including cartage cost's m them/’ remarked Mr B. H, Anderson, chairman of the 'Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company, gpcaking at the annual meeting oil Thursday. “It ‘s a most unfair practice to add snub costs to swell the payoUj figures in balancesheets.” Novelty in Drain Cleaning A novel method of clear.(ng a blocked drain on a larui wan recounted to the members of the 'New iMy mo nth Rotary Club i n an address at the luncheon by Mr John Howie. Lie stated that the farmer who- conceived the method had not patented it, so lie. was free to har -I it on. The pipes had beta so laid that a.t the top end there was an arrangement which provided a. kind of man-hole. Whcrr the drain became blocked a big eel was captured and ■*» .strong cord tied to its tail. The drain, was then opened .and the eel w.a s put in, and as he wriggled his' way through he disturbed the sill that had caused tlio blockage. If ho let no in hi ■ .good work a tug pn the cord set him off again, a.’ul if there w,n s anything left after he had been through t,hcj» drain, the .stream of water wh/ch 'wa,> sent after him accomplished it.; removal