AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 13 August 1909, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

The horso will leave musty Imy uuj torched in his kiu, however hungry. He , wjll not drink water objectionable to > iiin queatioiiing miff or Irom « bucket I which some, odor makes offensive, howJ oyer thirsty. His intelligent nostril nil! , widen, quiver, and query over the (Jain. ( tiest bit offered by the 'fairest of bauds with coaxiiiga that would tnaku a wor- , ml shut, his eu>s and twaHow a ua.it- , v-oiis mouthful at a gulp. A niari« i* J never natisfiod by cither bight or whm- . Ny ilial mr colt is really her own until . sho has ii certified nasal certilicate I*. the fact. A blind horse now liviug will | n r it a|tow the approach of any atrauK«T «ithout f!in« , safely to !«• di»rcj;nid<<d. Th»« dintino [ lion is i-\ idiHilly maU«> by his wnao of ' t siii.«H aud at a ounsidorabW dihtance. , Mind hors'-s, as a rulo. will gallop wild. , ly about a pjcturo witTioiit ttnkuiK th» MirroiindiiiK liMiri.. Thi' scuw <>l ♦•iiull informs thmii of it.-, proxiniity. Th« man who wants winter mill, must I begin with tbo right brwKl, and that ! «<ios back .some way. To attempt a do ! cent winter supply with Jeiseyn, for in- : stance, would be futile bex-aW' these animals only milk well in warm weather. A hrcod must be cliommi like the Ayrshire, Shorthorn <ir Holrtein or aiiv -it their crosses. The |.s» Jerw.v there is in a winter cow the better. If milk lina to bo supplied nil this year round—us much in the winter as in the summer —then the bulk of the herd shotild be. put to the bull ao as to wine in in the autumn. If these winter oil vera are covered it will be m» much to the good. They should have been so kept during summer that tiny are in the pink ..f condition. Now as to the food: Tlie nian who is going in for winter milking sliould be very luudi more understocked than the man who is not. Tin* will enable him to blmi up u good paddock in the late summer or, better still, two for tin. winter calvprs to run on. Those paddocks should lie carefully chosen for their dry and sheltered i-ositi.ui. A good stack of well-made hay should bo pro vided—cither clover oroaten hav fgrnss hay is little umo. The hay must Im. cut in its moAt Miccnleiit stage. Oi.-r-rino hav of any kind never pr«*]uccs milk ; it invariably dries it tip. A small ntocli of hay and a large one of enfcilti<ii- is the best to have, as nothing produces milk in winter like good ensilage, "fur. nips, rape, Kreen oats, etc., should never \m fed to cows producing milk for raw- use. One feed a day of hav is sutficient if the cr.«s are x«t«iog pjejitv of iKisturo or ensilage fir lx.th. The water <uro>ly in important, tows' svstems tin. (■hilled if they are forcod to'drink icv<old water. Provision nhould be made for turning the water ttoui the cooler into the drinkinK-trou K hs. If all those ; conditions and prf.\ision» are attended to there will be plentv ..f h<m»<l milk.