THE RURAL WORLD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22022, 3 August 1933, Page 3

THE RURAL WORLD.

FARM AND STATION NEWS. By Rusttcus. Items of interest to those engeged in agricultural and pastoral pursuits, with a view to their publication in these columns, will bo welcomed. They should bo addressed to “Rusticus,” Otago Daily Times, Dunedin. BOYS AND GIRLS’ CLUBS CALF-REARING COMPETITION RESULTS FOR SEASON 1932-1933

The judging of one eectiop of the activities for the past year of the Otago Boys and Girls’ Agriculturaf Clubs Association—the calf-rearing competition—has been completed, and the following tables give full details in the various groups throughout the province. The work has bleu carried out under the control of officers of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture, and has attracted a great deal of attention jn the schools throughout Otago. The movement appears now to have a very firm hold on the imagination of young stock-breeders, and the admirable display made by these youthful exhibitors at the Otago A. and P. Society’s Winter Show directed public attention to a highly valuable avenue of education. CHAMPIONSHIPS. FRIESIANS. JERSEYS. Max Dick, Weston School .. .. 1 Nancy Goodlet Wakari School 1 H, White, Middlemarch School .. 2 Flossie Keast, Middlemarcb School ~ 2 H. Watson, Teanerald School ~ ... 3 Margaret Mowat, Clydevale School.. 3 SHORTHORNS. AYRSHIRES. Jean Tisdall, Ngapuna School .. .. 1 A. Gillies Hampden School .. .. 1 F. Richardson, Awamoko School 2 K. Grace Tapamu School ...... 2 S. Tisdall, Ngapuna School .... 3 E. M'Leod, Port Chalmers School .. 3 SPECIAL AWARDS. (Medals presented by Mr W. Robertson, Middlemarcb.) BEST BROUGHTrOUT CALF IN THE STRATH-TAIERI DISTRICT. Enid MTadyen, Ngapuna School (gold medal) 1 Flossie Keast, Middlemarch School (silver medal) .. .. i BEST SHORTHORN CALF AT WINTER SHOW. Jean Tisdall, Ngapuna School (gold medal) 1

GROUP WINNERS,

* FRIESIANS. JERSEYS. Group 1. Group L Mary Craig, Alexandra D.H. School 1 Florence Muir, Galloway School .. I Doris Buchanan, Galloway School .. I ola Toms, Bannockburn School .. 2 Betty Clearie, Galloway School ~ 3 yer a / gmit ’ h> Queensberpy School .. 3 Group 2. Keith Hitchcock, Palmerston D.H.S, 1 Group 2. Max Dick, Weston School ~ .. .. 2 Allenby Knight, Awamoko School ~ 1 Harold Watson, Teaneraki School .. 3 oscar Smith> p a i merg ton D.H.S. .. 2 Group 3. Alf. Rowlands, Teaneraki School .. 3 Mavis Tisdall, Ngapuna School _ .. X Douglas Thompson, Strath-Taieri S. 2 Groip . Harry White, Strath-Taieri School.. 3 Ronald Hellyer, Upper Junction S. 1 Group 4. David Donaldson, Higlicliff School .. 2 Robert Cullen, Southbridge School .. 1 Florrie'Reast, Strath-Taieri School.. 3 John M'Gaw, Purekireki School .. 2 Group 4. SHORTHORNS. Margaret Mowat, Clydevale School,, _X Group X. Audrey Inglis, Stirling School .. ~ 2 Constance Kane, Luggate School .. I Sheila Cullen, Southbridge School 3 Group 2. James M‘Phee, Katea School .. .. 4 Alma Morgan, Papakaio School .. I „ Frank Richardson, Awamoko School 2 AYKbJllKiiib, Betty Aubrey, Awamoko School .. 3 Group 2. _.. , UP 3 ’ o i i i Archie Gillies, Hampden School .. 1 Enid MFadyen, Ngapuna School ..I Jean Tisdall, Ngapuna School .. .. 2 Group 3. Stanley Tisdall. Ngapuna School .. 3 Lawrence A itken, Sandymount School 1 Group 4. Elizabeth M'Leod, Port Chalmers .. 2 Irene Clements, Tapanui D.H.S, ~1 n . . Allan Bell, Stirling School .. ..2 GroU P Mavis M'Ara, Katea School .. 3 Kenneth Grace, Tapanui D.H.S, .. 1 DETAILS OF AWARDS. Records were judged by Mr G, Ford (late Department of Agriculture, Hawera), Maximum, 30 points. Calves were judged on the following basis;—Condition (C.), 50 points maximum; dairy type (D.T.), 20 points maximum. GROUP I, (Judge: Mr F. R. Bould, Clyde). Dairy Total School and Competitor. Condition Type Kecords Points Pos. In Pos. In Breed (50), (20). (30). (100). School. Group, of Calf.

1933-34 WOOL SEASON

ROSTER OF SALES Wool sales have been arranged as tollows for the 1933-34 wool-selling season m New Zealand: —

The April sale dates are tentative only, subject to revision, and will ne held only if sufficient wool is available.

Shipment of Clydesdale Stallions

hast week Mr A. Camithers, of Ngapuna, sent forward a further shipment of Clydesdales to the Australian market, The outstanding horse fu the present shipment is the six-year-old Moneymaker, Moneymaker was bred by Mr Walter Black, of Fairlie, and is sired by the well-known Scotland’s Victor and on*’ of the prize mare Lady Friend, by Dunure Fabric. He was first and champion at Timaru in 1932. This is an exceptionally gopd horse. He stands 17.2 hands high, on good, clean, sound logs covered with beautiful, silky hair, and is a good, straight, bold mover. He is nicely turned, and is in every way a real type of the true Clydesdale horse, With Moneymaker goes four rising three-year-old colts, all bred by Mr Robert Kennedy, Drummond, Southland, and are aired by that successful breeding horse Baron Mac. Those colts are well grown and were shipped at Bluff in excellent condition. Mr Camithers has also disposed of the rising three-year-old colt Smithfield Success to Mr Weir, of the Western District, Southland. This colt was bred by Mr P. Smith, of Heriot, but has been in Mr Carrutbers’s bands for some time, and has developed into a first-class stallion. His breeding is quite exceptional, being sired by the imported horse Bosencraig, and his pedigree contains the names of five imported sires and traces ba«t to the great foundation horse, Lord Salisbury. This colt has a very pleasing outlook. His colour is black with four white feet, and j is a quality horse in every respect. No doubt he will be heard of again.

Killing of Sheep A recent report from Armiclale, New South Wales, that a (log, said to be a cross between a dingo and an Alsatian, had been killed at Wongwibinda, near Armidale, provoked considerable alarm among pagtoralists and others interested in the industry. The Minister of Agriculture instructed his officers to make an immediate investigation, the results of which may end the long controversy whether the Alsatian, in a wild state, is likely to mate with the dingo. The secretary of the Graziers’ Association said that he had taken steps to have a complete investigation made. _ The report stated that two purebred dingoes and a dog, said to be a cross between a dingo and an Alsatian, had been killed at Wongwibinda, as a result of four days’ intensive hunting by 20 shooters and 10 drivers. The dingoes and dog are said to have killed more than 200 sheep.

Ayrshire Cattle Records The Canadian Journal of Agriculture reports that by completing a record of 16,6731 b of milk and 0401 b of fat in 365 days at 11 years of age, Springburn Lovely Pet, owned by W. W. Skinner, K.C., Scnneville, Quebec, becomes the Canadian, if not the world’s, long-distance Ayrshire producer. Starting off her production records at the age of two years 175 days, Springburn Lovely Pet has now given a total of 128,8G0ib of milk and 53071 b of fat, with an average test of 4.16 per cent., in nine consecutive lactation periods. Her predecessor in this title was Nellie Osborne of Elm Shade 16th, who still maintains the title of world’s champion 365-day division Ayrshire producer with ft record of 27,1081 b of milk and 12571 b of fat, with a test of 4.62 per cent, in 365 days at nine years of age. Her total production amounts to 112.0811 b of milk and 48031 b of fat. on official test, in six lactation periods, the first record beginning at four years 338 days and the last at 11 years of age. The third highest long-distance Canadian Ayrshire record is that of Springburn Lucky Girl, who gave 104.0131 b of milk and 43851 b of fat in 10 lactation periods—all made on three teats, as she lost a teat when a calf.

Export of Eggs The prospects for the export of eggs in the coming season were describee! as decidedly favourable by Mr F. R. Picot, of the firm of Picot Bros., Ltd., of Wellington, at the annual meeting of the Canterbury Co-operative Poultry Producers, Ltd., last week. Mr Picot is a member of the Central Export Committee of three members, which was appointed recently to co-operate with the Department of Agriculture. Each of the four centres, Mr Picot eaid, had live export committees working in complete harmony with each other. The return to the producers from the egga that were exported would work out at about lOd a dozen, and that would mean that within safe limits they could hope for nothing less than lOd as the price of eggs in Christchurch. Wheat was much cheaper, and if the producers were successful in maintaining minimum prices throughout the summer similar to those maintained last year they would have happy faces. The idea of appointing the Central Committee was to make arrangements for a uniform system of quantities for shipment and to make the best terms possible as regards freight charges. lie anticipated that the total quantity to be exported would be double that of Inst year.

Wheat Acreage A questionnaire at present being circulated among the wheat growers by the Wheat Marketing Board shows that, there will be about the same area sown in the coming season as there was last year. It is, however, improbable that the yield will be as big as it was this which was a bumper season. The board’s position is, at present, unenviable. It has financed for a surplus smaller than that which it appears will actually bo available. and it must bo doubtful of the actual amount of wheat it is safe to carry forward for next year. There is, so far, no indication of how much wheat is still to be dealt with. Above all. no experience or calculation oah establish what

quantity of wheat the farms of Canterbury will produce next year. The shipments so far made leave the board with a safe margin of surplus for all eventualities, Fly Identified A small back fly, the size of a housefly, which Morrinsville district farmers call “the biting fly” because it bites animals and men, lias been identified by a scientist of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, as the common European stablefly. This fly has been known to Morrinsville district farmers for many years, but this year it ie said to be more numerous than ever. It draws blood from cows and horses, and is particularly troublesome to cowa at milking time. Writing to the Morrinsville branch of the Farmers’ Union, the director of the Cawthron Institute states;—“The blood-suck-ing insect to which you refer as attacking your horses and cattle is a common European gtable-fly. Your observations are of great interest to me since they coincide with my own. This fly, by its attacks, has been shown to reduce the milk yield as much as 13 per cent. There is not much chance of control by parasites, but there is by preventing the fly froip breeding. Its maggots like manure heaps where there is ample rotting straw or grass, If such heaps were spread out as much as possible it would reduce the number of maggots and incidentally the flies. In countries where these insects are very troublesome manure is kept in fly-proof pits and the insects are controlled, The control of this fly is one of the problems I hope to take up, as I consider it is of most importance to the dairy industry.”

BRACKS—Wallace Leask 30 12 14 56 1 9* Jersey Claire Holden , , 30 11 15 50 1 9* Jersey Eileen Stafford . 30 12 12 54 2 10 Friesian Ken. Holden 26 12 10 47 3 11 Jersey GALLOWAY— Doris Buchanan . 45 18 18 81 2 3 Friesian Betty Clearie . * , 44 18 17 79 3 4 Friesian Margaret Baird . , , 38 16 17 70 4 6 J ersey Florence Muir ,. ALEXANDRA D.H.— •• 48 18 18 84 1 ' 2 Jersey Mary White . , , 38 14 17 69 2 7 Jersey Mary Craig .. . 47 20 20 87 1 1 Friesian Clyde Weaver p , 30 12 42 3 12 Ayrshire Charles Weaver , BANNOCKBURN— •• SO 11 41 4 13 Ayrshire ' Lola Toms .. . 40 17 19 78 1 5* Jersey QUEENSBERRY— Vera Smith . 38 18 20 76 1 5* Jersey LUGGATE— Constance 'Kane . .. 38 (Judge: 13 16 GROUP 2. Mr S. M. Taylor 67 1 Oamaru.) 8 Shorthorn PAP AKA 10— Ron Godsall 40 14 — 54 2 15 J ersey Alma Morgan , * , 48 18 15 81 1 5 Shorthorn Janus Gibson 14 14 18 46 3 16 Friesian AWAMOKO— Betty Aubrey , , 47 - 16 — 63 3 13* Shorthorn Allenby Knight . 48 18 19 85 1 2 Jersey Frank Richardson , , 48 16 10 74 2 9 Shorthorn Robert Strachan • . 47 16 — 63 3 13* Friesian KUROW D.H.— Rowland Jofferis ;, 40 15 —- 55 1 14 Friesian TEANERAKI— Alf. Rowlands 48 18 16 82 1 4* Jersey Kenneth Gibson 45 15 17 77 2 8 Friesian Harold Watson t , 47 18 17 82 1 4* Friesian TOTARA— Stuart Ewing «. 47 15 7. 09 4 11 Jersey Gordon Ewing ,, 47 17 14 78 2 7 Jersey Donald Smith ,, 47 17 10 80 1 6 J ersey HAMPDEN— Archie Gillies «. 48 18 74 734 3 10 Ayrshire James Belcher PALMERSTON D.H. 48 18 06 5 12 Jersey Keith Hitchcock .. 50 10 18 87 1 1 Friesian Oscar Smith 48 18 10 82 2 4* Jersey WESTON— Max Dick ,. . ..48 18 18 t GROUP 3. (Judge: Mr R. Fountain, 84 1 Dunedin.) 3 Friesian WAKARI — Nancy Goodlet . Victoria Preston . . . 46 18 19 83 i 7* Jersey , . 42 14 50 3 20 Shorthorn Victoria Preston PORT CHALMERS— 40 15 12 67 2 20 Friesian Elizabeth M Leod • « 45 17 15 77 2 15 Ayrshire Marion Buchanan , , 49 14 9 72 4 18 Jersey Jack Blackburn , , 40 16 8 04 5 22* Jersey Neil M'Rne • • , , 49 13 12 70 3 16* Friesian Philip Wheeler .. UPPER JUNCTION— •• 47 17 17 81 1 10* J ersey Ronald Hellyer . 48 104 27 914 1 2 J ersey HIGH CLIFF— Marv Donaldson 47 104 19 824 2 8* Jersey David Donaldson 47 184 19 844 1 5* Jersey Lindsay Aitkeu 46 16 94 714 5 19 Jersey Hunter Dick 47 16* 634 4 23* Ayrshire Alma Dick 48 17 — 05 3 21 Ayrshire George Ste wart 40 174 — 634 4 23* F riesian SAN DYMOUNT — Georgina Dick , , 47 17 , 04 3 22 Jersey Ivy Stewart , , 48 16J 15 704 1 h Friesian Lawrence Aitken , * 45 17 17 79 2 13 Ayrshire MAUNGATUA— John Little .. 44 164 — 604 2 25 Friesian Ivan Mann .. . , 48 164 13 774 I 14 Friesian STR ATH-TAIERI— Flossie Koast , , 47 17 19 834 1 0* J ersey Betty Steele , . 46 16 18 80 4 11* Shorthorn Alister Keaat . . 47 16 13 76 6 10* Friesian Douglas Thompson , , 46* 174 19 83 2 7* Friesian Harry White 48 174 17 82* 3 8* Friesian Frank Brough . , 47 154 — 624 7 24 Friesian Harold Kenst NGAPUNA— Mavis Tisdall •• 47J 10 12 754 6 17 Friesian 46* 16 22 844 4 5* Friesian Margaret Guy 47 164 20 834 5 0* Shorthorn Gwen Tisdall 40 15 20 81 8 10* Friesian Jack Guy . . 404 16 21 834 5 0* Shorthorn Stanley Tisdall 47 104 23 864 3 4 Shorthorn Jean Tisdall 47 16 25 88 2 3 Shorthorn John James .. 47 154 20 824 6 8* Shorthorn Nelson James 45 14 21 80 9 11* Shorthorn Enid M'Fadyen 48 18 20 92 1 1 Shorthorn Lorna M'Fadyen .. 454 16J 21 82 7 9 Shorthorn

(Judge: GROUP 4. Mr G. Reid, Balclutha,] STIRLING— Allan Boll ., .. 48 19 21 88 1 3* Shorthorn Ernest Bell .. .. 49 17 18 84 3 6* Shorthorn May Bell .. 48 18 18 84 3 6* Shorthorn Audrey I n"1 is .. 40 19 21 86 2 5* Jersey Eauny Weir .. 47 17 181 774 4 12 Jersey Dorothy 'Weir .. 45 16 12 73 5 15* Jersey SOUTHBRIDGE— Sheila Cullen .. 48 16 10 83 2 7* Jersey Foster Moure .. 49 17 12 78 3 11 Jersey William Moore .. 48 16 13 77 4 13* Shorthorn Robert Cullen .. 50 19 21 DO 1 1 Friesian KATEA— Doris Longshaw .. 47 17 22 86 2 5* Shorthorn Mavis M‘Ara .. 48 15 25 88 1 3* Shorthorn Norman Eason .. 46 17 14 77 4 13* Jersey James M'Phee .. 47 18 18 83 3 7* Jersey PURER IREK I— John M‘Gaw .. 47 16 19 82 1 8 Friesian Milne Koulston .. 45 17 19 81 2 9* Jersey TAPANUI I).II. — Irene Clements .. 48 15 26 89 1 2 Shorthorn Vincent Hancpx 46 16 14 76 4 14 Shorthorn Bert Simmonds .. 46 17 10 73 5 15* Shorthorn Robert Waite .. 49 18 19 86 2 5* Shorthorn Kenneth Grace .. 45 16 20 81 3 9* Ayrshire BALCLUTIIA— Ivy Shepherd .. 48 20 12 80 2 10 J ersey Doris Alfiie .. .. 49 17 15 81 1 9* Jersey Allan Cooper 46 16 — 62 4 18* Jersey Tyan Murray .. 47 15 8 70 3 16 Shorthorn Marion Murray .. 46 14 — 60 5 19 Jersey Gordon Cook .. 47 15 62 4* 18 J ersey CLYDEVALE— Charlotte May .. 47 17 , 64 2 17 Jersey Margaret Mowat .. 48 IS 21 *Dcnotes equal position 87 in Group 1 4 Jersey

Place. Auckland Date. November 27 Napier .. .. December 1 Wellington .. Christchurch December 7 December 12 Tirnaru .. .. December 16 Dunedin .. .. December 20 Napier .. .. January 6 Wellington .. January 11 Auckland January 15 Wanganui January 10 Christchurch January 26 Invercargill January 31 Dunedin February 5 Tiinaru .. .. February 9 Wellington .. February 15 Napier .. .. February 20 Wanganui February 23 Ch ristchurch March 2 Dunedin March 7 Invercargill March 9 Wellington .. March 19 Napier .. March 23 Auckland .. March 27 Christchurch April 6 Dunedin .. April 10 Wanganui • 1 April 17 Napier .. April 20 Wellington .. April 24