AGRICULTURAL ITEMS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6852, 6 March 1929, Page 10

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS

“The man who says 1 16 has no time to Tecord las not a vestige of riglt to complain flat dairy farming is not paying, because he is obviously ignoring the foundation stone of his business.” —Parmer and Stockbreeder.

An official estimate of the value of wool exported from South Africa during 1927 gives greasy as 15.47 d. per lb. and scoured as 27.90 d. per lb. Mohair, of which over 10} million lbs were shipped, is valued at 18.15 d. per lb.

The value of protein of animal origin in rations of laying hens is shown by some work done at the Indiana Station. Hens fe'd rations containing meat scrap averaged 135 eggs; those fed rations including skim milk averaged 134.5 eggs; hens fed rations coptaiuing no protein of animal source averaged 32.5 eggs,

4 conference of members of the Commonwealth Council for Scicntiiic and Industrial Research was held in Melbourne last month, when the report of Sir Arnold Theilcr on diseases of animals in Australia was considered. This, together with Dr. J. B. Orr’s report on the development of p-asturcs and animal nutrition, will be issued shortly.

Tho New York College wf Agriculture recommends the following mash mixture for laying hens; lOOlbs. each of wheat bran, wheat middlings, corn meal, ground oats or ground barley, meat scrap, and 31bs. salt. Scratch grain mixture: 5001bs. cracked corn, 200 lbs. each of barley and wheat, and lOOlbs. heavy oats. ~