NOTES FOR FARMERS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIV, Issue 10703, 12 July 1895, Page 2

NOTES FOR FARMERS.

Another week hag passed the resumption of farm work being possible. Matters ore getting serious on low-lying land, much of the seed in such localities being destroyed, while land that had been prepared for sowing will have to be reploughed as soon as it is dry enough. Some of tn>; early-sown crops are suffering from the cross o! moisture, and altogether the good start made in the autumn has nearly ba>'-n lost through the bad weather. la addition to founding a magnificent bora of Shorthorn and Polled Angus cattle, a fl-,k t f Border Leicester sheep, and a herd of Yorkshire pigs. Lord Eosebery has now given a proof of his warm personal inieruot in agricultural progress by deciding to devote a. portion of hia home farm to the purposes of an experimental station. The line of research to be followed a* the Dalmany station is of a perfectly mi'll character, so far as regards agricultural experiments in Scotland. These experiments are to be under the cnarga of Mr John Hunter, District Analyst for Midlothian, who will have the assistance o! the teaching staff in the Edinburgh I. tout periled School _ of Agricultural Science, The ex-Premier will be an oxIf.hiur on large scale at the Birmingham a-ic Smithfield Pat Stock Shows this year. What it coals to run one of the great annual shows of the Eoyal Agricultural

Society of England is indicated by the balance-sheet of last year’s exhibition, which was held at Cambridge. The total receipts amounted to 10a 9d, and the total expenses .£17,919 5s 3d, leaving a total profit of <BIOOO 6s 6d. The Queensland Government has decided to issue a proclamation under the Diseases in Animals Act, providing for the application of the tuberculin test in the case of cattle and the mallein test for horses arriving in Queensland from any place beyond the Australian Colonies, Tasmania and New Zealand. If any do not comply with such testa they will be returned to the place whence they were shipped, or will bo destroyed or otherwise dealt with. The weighbridge was used at Glasgow recently in determining the price payable for twenty Canadian horses purchased for a Scotch buyer at per lb live weight. The horses averaged lOowt, and are described as suitable for driving purposes. The poisonous weed, etinkwort, is spreading rapidly around in some districts of Victoria. One plant produces a great quantity of seeds, and if the weed gets a firm hold, it will take an immense amount of trouble to eradicate it. Gloves have to be worn when handling the weed, as blood poisoning will result, especially if one has any on the hands. ■.