THE FARMER.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 15, Issue 1295, 9 June 1893, Page 4

THE FARMER.

A XANKEE NOTION. At tbe last meetiug 01 thoJN nh Wairar .pa Oouuty Uouucil, tbe engiu<rt-r pointed out ibat in America tbe oc«l b dies offeied mducemeuis to g-.-t tua carriers Co have their wa|g;ha made so hat the tore and hind wheels do not: tun in the same rut, this being found 10 savo the tOjtda considerably. Th« council decided to off or iuduc menia, aud endeavour Co get some ot the carriers to try ihb experiment. -It is pretty piain to anyone oiiat knows anything abou- drawing stuff on wheels th.it unless he roada were pretty hard id would be a'dtjal heavier tor the horses, if each pair' of wheels had to make their own track. i ■ • ■■•■-■. ERADICATING CALIFORNIA^ THISTLES, The Agricultural Department, about two months ago, published in the 'Q-ez.-tto' the conditions under which a bonus of L 250 is offered by. the Government for the means of eradicating the Cnlifornian thistle. The time for claiming the bo;, us expired on the Ist June. This period appears to U3 not long enough for intending claimants to fully test any plans of destruction thijr may have thought) out. But we shall probably shortly hear of what^has^beea done in the matter. EARLY MATURITY. If a beifei- calves . when she is two years old, instead of three, and this early calving doe« pot do any injury, we can see no vaiid objection to it. Wo have . fch e mq * of, co^v,. one xjregap sooner, thus saving a yjtfar'ElJ'keepCt^Uh no milk to balance the cost and give a profit, and the presumption is that the earlier a heifer begins to give milk, too bettar,.wili she - be fitted., tp v Jbe,cpms a paying. c 6 wV AH* oiV the- dd&ysik&da will commence early if allowed to do so, aod we think is ; a.;mijs>kken : ;^>j|icy to hold them back for a year, simply to gire them titne; to -make" 1 larger cows c Early maturity should be encouraged, instead of being considered a drawback.