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Jerseys bred by Mr. i. Hoskin, o Matapu, aud now owned by a " oouvilie man, secured brat and second * places in the J ersey (Jaks contest at the recent Feilciing show. Commenting on this success, a southern paper say s. “The victory ior- Mr. Murray a two heiters rehects credit upon then breeder, Mr. bred Hoskin, of Matapu. Both lieliers were sired by ivu ivu . * Majestic© Owler, a son oi the chain- 1 pion butter-fat bull Owler oi Puketapu, - purchased iroin Air. it. L. Morn by Air. ( Mosiiin, who used liim freely m his herd, with eminently satisfactory results.’ 5 „ Southland farmers report that the r miili yield is being well maintained, despite the advanced period of the season and the dry weather ol some 1 weeks ago. , . Muring the progress of the iortncoming W aikato winter show a special - farmers’ excursion will be run to the ■ show from the South island. it is expected that about 300 South Island -. | farmers and their wives will make the | trip to the Waikato. The excursionists | will be drawn from Canterbury, \V estland, and Otago, and will leave Lyttelton on May ffS. „ , At the ordinary meeting oi the farmers’ Union executive at Hamilton last week it was decided unanimously to recommend that testing and giadmg of milk and cream as required at dairy factories be carried out by qualified Government officers, and that such officers be moved at frequent intervals. Mirectors of factories in the .South Island are, it is stated, disinclined to sell cheese under nmepence. Oh'ers have not been received, but there uie indications that buyers consider the extreme limit. Such heavy rams were experienced in Southland last week that the rivers have been running bank high, and m one ease a somewhat serious hood resulted. Fortunately, all but a few isolated crops have been harvested. “There is plenty of land, and we have plenty of brawn awaiting ior it, but we cannot bring the two together, was the manner in which a Gisborne ■ land agent described the position with regard to the demand for land in Poverty Bay at present (states the “Herald’’). Plenty of buyers could be found for land in Poverty Bay, he added, but very' little was offering, anci what was available for sale was pi iced too high for the average prospective purchaser. . At an enthusiastic meeting called by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last Friday it was decided to form a . local branch of the New Zealand Land Settlement and Development League. As a practical step towards promoting ( development of the waste areas around Hamilton it was suggested that an ex- ‘ pert should be appointed to gather de- ■ tailed information regarding the areas available, it was also suggested during the discussion that a “Settlement Department’’ should be formed. An American experiment was carried out recently with a view to proving the value of strippings, eight samples being taken from a cow, in equal amounts from each quarter m turn. It was shown that the last contained seven times as much butter-fat as the first, and that a pint of milk left in the’ udder will contain more butter-fat than the first three pints tc be milked. The experiment also sliowec the need of getting a thorough mixture _ of the milk from .each quarter of the udder before taking a sample to test A sufferer, signing himself “Driver Out,” writes on ragwort to the “Waikato Times.” Inter alia he says “Have the farmers and landowners o Waikato seriously considered the dead ly effects on stock and the deterioration, of lands by ragwort? I may men tion an instance, not far from Hamd ton where 60 cows out of a mob o and’ closer settlement. He thought being run on a paddock of ragwort. Sheep eat the’plants readily, but they must be fattened and sent to the freezing works, otherwise heavy mortality ensues. Horses are also affected through eating ragwort in the chaff. Hag wort also "affects human beings by eating into then* capital. One plant 1 of ragwort, whose seed is carried by the wind, can do an infinite amount of harm and affect a whole district.’’ The belief that farmers must b e reared on the laud, and that the main thing was to keep on the land those already there, was expressed by a larmer member of the Fducation Board in Haw-ke’s Bay, when that body' was discussing a motion to the proposal to establish one or more State training farms for New Zealand boys. He advocated the cutting up of land and closer settlement. He tlioguht f that town hoys after tw'o years of { training would have such a set on ■ farming that they would net go on the land. Another farmer said that the farmer to-day’ should be a business man, able to keep accounts and with all the other knowledge he could possess, and he must know how io use the land in the most productive manner. . . The Clydesdale section oi the Sydney Boyal Show will have this year a substantially increased entry over last year due to the inauguration of the Clydesdale district group competition for which live groups have been entered. There is reason to believe tliai at least three other districts woulc have entered but for the very dry con ditions which have prevailed for main months past It is, however, va; satisfactory to find that new blood ha: been introduced into the show' entr; from district breeders who hav.c no previously exhibited at a Royal Show in addition to the groups, the ordinal-; classes have been well supported, air indications point to a successful di.s play of Clydesdales.