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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 February 1912, Page 3

It may not hi , generally known that a durab'.t , 'vo.ul for fencing post.can be obtained by steeping pinns in.siguis in coal-tar. The tar is u-o'l cold, and the timber is steeped in it for a fortnight, and he< nnio-; Hht-oug-ily iiupregnni;d. U ha-- be , :! foui'd that the posts will last in th- 1 ground for years. The butter exported through New Plymouth during January wa.s valued :>t and the cheese at C;W.!>9li. butter being reckoned woi'ih 10-Is and (Ripest , at 00a a ev.L In the rorresponding month of l:it-t year the butter <'.vport w>as valued at C71..7n1. and the c-heese at CIS.000. - llawcra Star. A sudden drop in the price o\' hnvao feed has bee, , ] reported from Dunodin. The agents have born :tt their wits' end to place consignments of ehafT, and values Ivave receded fully CI pel , ton, maiiv lines having been disposed of as low as <::', 10s to £3 12s fid . The l.oiidoii conospomlont of i!'-e Pa.storalii-t.s' Review writer: "It i« stated that plucks, livers, and Ixvn'ts aio to be iinjxnted regularly froni New Zealand in the future, and it is hoped that the innovation will be a sii'.TOSsful one. Tito importance. T think, of tin'. l , trade in meat workoffals ham not been fully realised ii' Australasia."

Chvirui to the de-arth of labour, the Hlnff Corporation is oncounterin<jr n groat flcal of difficulty in runnino; its stone quarry. Men cnitrn.t possibly ho procured at tlio. port, where there i= plonty of ship work ccmii.E. or sufficient, anyhow, to pilow of n ooimle of days clear holiflny. wliilo f 11H money is made by menus of overtime. Tnstond of tho nuruTy output ayora'-irur 60 (oriß per driv, onlv .some flO -,!• 40 tons j> ro hru\<x treated, and the plant is lyim; id!(> foj , jt lotto; period on<-h dnv. T!i--« difh'cnHy of men i> hard to comprehend fcays the South - Innd Times'), as fully 12 months' onis assured to those who core to work. Hol.stein cattle, say.s a writer to the Agricultural Gazette, possess the power to transmute the roughage of tlio farm into valuable products. They arc very hardy, and nro often left in open yards through, out the winter, so tluai. they arc ecoiKiinical in this rc.-.pect also. A larw owner of this class of .stock, ni'ler a careful examination of his , expenditure in every respect, state* tliat tho average yearly cost of his raii is CKi. Pic says ako thflfc in Mi mo years <>n<-. of bis young covs yielded 3,520 Iwillnns of milk, the price obtained for which was £132 hems:; at the rate of J)d per gallon, while her three calves, sold at birlh. realised in the aggregate G2H. From this cow therefore £157 accrued. ITer cost of keep for the period w:r--€4B. leaving 0 . not gain of CI 00 m> the one animal in three years, at the expiration of which time the cowwas not .six years old, nnd wne milking lo the extent of four gallons per day. Says the New Zealand Dairyman : ! lie. New Zealand Fanners now own two newspapers—tho ''[''armors' Advocate'" and "Town and Country I'il"e." The former is printed nnd published in Wellington, and the latter in Auckland. Neither, ns far as wo arc awaro, has proved in. yoritable gold mine up to elate, but it is impossible to say what the future has in store for there two publications. Nothing grows in value like the goodwill of a newspaper. ' For distance, fcho goodwill of the publications of the late Mr David Synies, of tlio Melbourne Ago, grew in value for fifty years at the rate of five thousand pounde sterling per annum. When Mr Syme.s died the goodwill was valued for probate duty at £263,000, and 10 per cent, duty was paid on this without demur. Tho trustee thought it better to pay the amount assessed than to have the actual value of tho goodwill determined by actuarial investigation. We hope that the goodwill of the two papers now owned by the farmers will grow at the same mushroom-like rato.

The payments made locally and through the, various receivers show that 280,000 small birds' ogg-s have JGoii accounted for i)j" the Waimato bounty Council since let December (says the Waimatc Advertiser). It is estimated tliat the expenditure on this account, before tlio end of February, will absorb another £100.

An interesting fact concerning women inventors h.:i> come to light. It seems that ton years ao:o women inventors wei'o ram, whilo to-day between live and .si;: hundred women annually become I'uH-fledgod patentee*. Their ingenuity is not by any means limited to dressmaking and cookery novelties; it now extends to such fields a* that of the motor-car, wire!o-s telegraphy, aeronautics, blaekfiinithing. and the prevention of incrustation on ships' bottoms. FiVbormon. it is said, have long boon acquainted with a method of mesmerising lobsters by nibbing them gently along the shell of the hark with the tips of the finders of one hand, while they are held downwards with the beak resting on .some solid i=iibstai!fe by the other. The I'-b'tei , becomes torpid, and will remain in a stale of trance or hypnotism for a variable length of time. Lobsters recover immediately if plunged into s.ea water, but. adds the Field, crab- take about 10 minutes to ivcovor . Canada continues to hold the lead of all counl rid--; exporting eheese to Croat Britain. Canada held 68.t! per cent, of ihis trade in 1903 and in IHO ]'■-; was Ho.-") per cent.. tin l percentage bdng pivttv eoiiitant for the infer'/e-ni'ig years, runninir up to 70.1 per cent in l.S'Oo. The b:it!er side of f he oas" is entirely differpnt. Her percentage of Great Britain's imports of butter in IDOM was -I.fi. Tii 1.010. it u-n,- only .03 «.r i.fi.PO.l ev,-t. in fill. In fnef, Ca!nd:i\<; total exports of butter for the year ending olst March, 1911. were only valued at 7H.28K dollars. Six -agricuUurai engineers ol' Uru-;-.iiay aiv lu vi-ii .New Zealand utie: a tour Lin ougi.! Aniridia. The em b;i.v-y aiv due ;o arrive at the Bluii" ; .ii r'ebrua.y -o- in iiiO .South they will vi-h l ii\'cj Temuka, V\'me''er;;M, i/Kigbeach, Ohristchurch and i ! ;e Caute! burs Agricultural. College. \\ oliington will be rctici.vd o'.i March 1. The. embassy will rc--1 i;ra to Wellington on .Vinivii 8, and '.'.'ill le.'iv-.- il;e same i'.:y by tin"* Tabu i for San Krancisco. The party will be in charge of Signnr .Uoutoro β-isiamoiite. An.--!: ala.-ian Consul for Crugaay. i iio l'i'i-'j iiio.iii! L-iji ro>p!Jiideuii oi li.O liVUr.'.u;, j iini;,-! ii,.U(.i> LhaL iui" ...ui::!,' t J i J ! ■_ [Jα; I Ml , I). KcUHC.(.iy iiUii b'..on iii it new anil novel l-ji'iii ot v'iiUiiprise. Acti'isj, on iieiJali ol' u oynUicuto. u'ii'a iu at Cluisli;iiuu;h, iu , i;-:;i> ii; u:i iMiiitig. mica i\i u. ulmui in the Uharit..-,sLowii district. i ;;O iii'm. ui;i.|,'iu, a ion ;n Lweh-e 'lo.vt'.s. >i';;:i s.Pwjiou i i Lou'iuii, aiid. a l;i:'.;ie.' Ci-n-i;. r iin. ni, u'ili be lea.dy .--h ari !y. U i.-, m-deir-iood thai i!ii!iv i.5 aa ':■ i v.-.'ir-.ird ik'iiuind lor iiiira in!' eiecu'icai and oiiier and ii- i< ea'ai'at-jd that the quality and <ife.'-sibi!i!y u f t!. v! CharJe.si;;v\'a |)ro;;u(;i vrili maid- mica mining t'n.-i" profitable. The materia! ■•■i!.>L ho e.v|-ri|-tecl [o liritail!. The mica deposits ai. Oliarjestown are iairly extei'tsn'o. (''>)rr<.'--]ionden'.-e. is jiroMi'i-dinij ii, \\ eilmg tun p:i;) > 'ii- on uu.' price ol biitlei". In aii.'j-.ver to u writer bigniag Jiinive'l' ,; (.'oii.-auaei','-' w'lo co'!i])!.:ii!cd iiiai ii;o Govenimoit .sp-Mid.s too mucii tiio dairy farmer, •■i-Twdi-'.-.r" writes iu the N-w /ie::l:n;d Time-: Dots h<? su>.'.ges'l; thav

;uiy public money i>pout- in thU dire.tion is not well spout? -Has In; ever considered tiie paralysing effect :t- ",Vf»n lfl have upon business if there w:\.s :m extended depression of tho ebeon: and butter markets? i fe.ar Ik; has not. The dairy-fianner la.sfc uf ill! i.s iiio oiio. who .should be selected fur criticism such as that contnimyl in this momma's letter. Dairymen a class fully recognise and appreciate the advantages of Sink , aid, l)iit when the comparative expenditure- and the vaino of tlio industry are placed side by side, it in soon apparent that where the dairymen arc receiving the pennies tho coiuitry is β-iiinlnjr the pounds. Last yonr GIO.OOO covered the amount, fiDciit hy tlio Stat' , on dairying. Tho dairy factories turned out produce to the value of nearly five million pounds' worth, over three-fifths of which went out of tho country, nnd the cash value wn.s returned and distributed, h that not a good bnr'i'.iin for the people. <\n<] does it not dispose of the, argument that "the producer is flourishing at the undue expense of {ho local consumer"? Does "Consumer" imagine that dairymen are fiVng nhout tho country in motor cars at his expense? Let him go into tho country and pee for himself or better still, let him take up r> fnrm at the ruling lane! values or rents. TTe would soon he convinced that dairymen veriuiro all the profits that are for f h com in r> , in order to nrolco hofh ends meet. Tliere is no sentiment in nrd tho rirnryman is ■'imrilr eonformini +o a human in-tinc!" when he '!',<■■- of his (roods in fir l marlcef whieli in his .iud.rr.moTit will ?hnxv the lv*t return.

The annual meeting of the. Levin branch of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society is advertised to be held to-morrow evening, in the Chronicle Chambers, Levin. A full mn,;t-or of members is desired, as Rome important matters are to be discussed. Levin Kgg Circle holds its -annual meeting this evening, iu the Oddfellows' Hall, Levin. The matter , of egg collection is one of the subjects that will come up for discussion, and there will be a proposal made for oxtoiuling the activities of the circle. An invitation to attend the meeting is issued to all poiiltry-koepctfi. The first; annual meeting of the Aiiav. a Club was held on T!ii!!-s;!.iv in the Ct;mp llc.'-erve, AVaif.ara, am! v/a-; most .successful. It is doubtful ii- O.v j-:roui<ds were ever so thronged ' b---l'oiv, a:- thero must have been d<,m , on two thousand people preyoi." 1 ;. The sports were run entirely i'!ide-r the auspices of tin , .Native n; , --. and tliey have un-mii-takeab'.y the pakeha how things should be dene. The items most interesting to the spectators were the poi <:md haka dances, which v.vre gone through in :t most realisiie f;is!iion. the eiTorte of the perioraiers ovoking hearty applause. One of Lady Reay's recollections is o,' a dinner [i:<.riv at which she had li.T her ne'dieosu , Gladstone, in luippset mood. He told lier of his Ktoi! .eyj.orie ;ces and talce of terrible little Dr. K>\ito. The latter always liad tie name- of those doomed '--= be 'liigge-l written down on a narrow slip of paper. One day, picking up such a list, he called up for flogging the boy.s whose names were m.-eribrd upon it. Upon rucli o<-c'!s:ou:-' (Iμ. , delinquents were not perniiHed to ofi'er explanations, so boy after I )rt y was castigated, and returned sore and ~avage to his seat. Not until the operation was com* pleted did he leant that, instead of (■ho f'o'.;gf n( r . , ] inr ] pi c up the slip on which were the names of the boys about to be confirmed. .Surely the of the steamer Uai-iwa. fsays !!:-■ ilawera Star) readied Hie truck of the topmast of ah-s-'irdi'y in i!;i-..ai;-niiig to .strike be-;-;::i-v ihe i-ook, in serving meals, gave the liieinen peeled potatoes, w'liii' ilii-y ('the seamen) luid to con- | ti-nt theni.se]v\s with potatoes in '":■'')!■ 'kin,-;! l-'or various reasons j known to experts in chemistry, potatdes in their skins are considered preferable to peeled potatoes but apparently such considerations coun ■■ for nothing with the Eflrawa's seamen. T?oallv. it i-, the firemen <-\\'v\]-\ have :■;'niek, in the inl-er-.'st of Hie fircf pri'.id'ples of digestion. bat tlien th< i se,amon would ha missed tl-eir chance of figuring m {ho full liuialight of -supreme a-bsur-dil.v. Tfov,- happy they must feel e-pecialiy if they are unaware of t!.-.-' '■vi.-en! to whih they are bcT'ig; la.M' v hed at by fhe country. !u vir\y of the alarming prevaleace of ibo Canadian thi.stle in many of Oi.ngo must interest is at-iar-hed to any experiment whiclrf" gives ])romiso to revealing means of xucee-sfiillv dealing with this ob■stinaie pest. The story of such an experiment f«iy,s the Otage Tin!e"l. comes now from the C'athu district. Last year, in a psi'iJno'r in which the thistles stood as t.'ncs as i\ crop of oats, just before thev b-"au to b'ooni a Clutha farmer I! -ed i (■-<-> plan of Kowing agricultural -■ilt by -a lime spreader lightly on Mio this(!e<. TTc then put sheep on them. Altraet-ed by the salt tin slieop attacked the thistles, and, appcaring !o lose their dread of + ho tlf-re--. ,ito them right down to tho 'Vro:i>:d. When they ;,f|eisold ofF the paddocr. ihe n enl eoarpany'.'-. buyer declared them to be the fattest: sheep he Ik'.d bo-ipfct j in the district that soasi ■<

Aiiiuliei , >'iii;.stantiai i'ragineut of the aiieii'iiv i'uMaii wall that surroiuidwl London hue just been dis-e-O'.-LTcd in Lower Thames street, betwoon Fish .street Hill and Pudding lane. Tho -.vail is known to hare run tliroii.uh that district, and tho workmen engaged in some now street work were therefore asked to watch out for any of ancient remains. They were found at a depth of 20ft. First en me throe layers of Roman tiles embedded in mortar. Below tbe.se were throe, layers of roughlyhewn piVcK of Kentish rock ahout a foot in dim not or. Lowest of nil were enormous balks of timber about two foot square and more than five feet lonrr, lyiny; irregularly across the line of the wall, which was seven or- oj?ht feet (hick. This discovery necessitates •,. slight correction of the conjectural maps oF Roman London that are now in existence; and it is hoped that further discoveries may lie made in the same area, which is beiiirr carefully watched. ■Tho Rev. C. l≤. Bcccroft, a wellknown Wesley aij clergyman, who has !>e.eu recently on a world tour, has beon some if. his impressions to the Feilding Star. Speaking i)i' hit: visit, to Jorii&alem, Mr Beecroft said that what annoyed him most was a large p:ap made in the city wall to enable Kaiser William and hi.s retiuue to pass through. The Emperor of Germany was not content to go through the gate, but in■ fsi, needs use his great influeioo with tlio Sultan of Turkey to h>1 7 0 the wall broken through. Such un act of vandalism filled the Io7;r > f tho city with disgust. The whole hind is a desolation. It is not flowing with milk and honey nov7. Between Jerusalem and Jaffa there are some beautiful groves of olive trees and vineyards, hut in other pi&ces the land i.s denuded. The JWopta live as they did in Scriptural Jays Mr Beeeroft saw the women griming at the mill, men ploughing with the ancient implement, drawn in liif) old way, the shepherd leading his little flock, calling them by name. The sheep and goats may be seen browsing together. The sheep were the ugliest he had ever seen.