GLEANINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7871, 5 August 1911, Page 2

GLEANINGS

Tlie Stratford Dairy I'aetory, which has been "Vlosod for repairs, will bo opened next week. Peed is said to bo very scarce in the Levin and Manakau districts. There is very littlo growth so far. Another champion Clydesdale mare is being imported by Mr B. Short, of Parorangi, to add to his stud stock. The Department of Agriculture has plans of three or four styles of cow sheds, which are always available for farmers. 'A southern exchange Bays that the Rangiora Eoad Board has spent JMS in the purchase of small birds heads during the past fortnight. _ . Overtures have been made for the amalgamation of the Stratford and Huiakama Dairy Companies, and it has been decided to hold a joint-meeting of the two directorates to further discuss the proposal. Heavy lambing is expected in and around Heatherlea, near Levin, this season. Already between two and three thousand lambs have made their appearance and all are remarkably healthy and vigorous. At Pongaroa, on the East Coast, tutu grows fairly abundantly, and cattle poisoning by that plant is becoming rather frequent. It is said that one man lost a whole team of working bullocks from that cause. A valuable experiment has been tried in the cultivation of thousand-headed kale by Mr William Perry, of Penrose, Masterton, the well-known sheep-breeder, and with highly successful results. The kale has proved blight-resistant, and sheep eat it with avidity and thrive upon it.. Sixty per cent, of tho Japanese population are dfipendeiit for their livelihood