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AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.

An important and sircce&sful experiment has been made at Kidderminster Infirmary of the serum for the treatment of anthrax, which an Italian physician of the Royal University of Siena, Italy, has been experimenting with. Professor Sclaevo (of the Institute of Experimental Hygiene of that University) discovered the value of the serum in question in the course of his experiments, and the attention of our Home Office was drawn to the subject. The lamentable fatalities which havo occurred in Kidderminster made the matter of special importance there, and Dr Legge, of the Home office, after visiting Italy, obtained some of the serum, and part of it was sent to Kidderminster Infirmary. Here it has now juat been put to a practical test. A. patient was admktecT io the institution on 23rd December suffering from anthrax ; the serum treatment was adopted, and the -c-

The establishment of a canning factory at Roxburgh has had a noticeable effect upon the Gore fruit supply. In previous years at this particular time (says the Ensign) an abundance- of Teviofc peaches, apricots, plums, etc., was available at low prices, but just now such products are particularly scarce, and houss.vives upon iam-making' intent are despairing of being able to effect their admirable intentions in that direction.

The flaxmills in the Wyndham and Fortress districts are working full time, and ara turning out a large quantity of dressed fibre.

On Thursday Mr John Buro-ess's machine threshed a paddock of Danish oats for Mr William Wilson. Mayfield (South Canterbury), which yielded 97£ bushels to the acre.

On board the =s.s. Wimmera which arrived at Lyttelton from southern ports. Hobartr, and Melbourne on Friday morning, are nine Angora goats, shipped at Hobart for Wellington.

As showing the important of I hi* =tud she^p-bre«ding industry in the South Islands the Lyttelton Times states that Messrs FielcT and Royde have this season sold Over 1000 raaas, which have been selected from i&s

flocks of the following well-known breeders : Messrs Rupert Parry, Timaru; J. C. N. Grigg, Longbeach; Arthur Chamberlain, Brookside ; S. H. Amyes, Prebbleton ; T. Brooks, Brookside; W. Bailey, Templeton; Donald Grant, Temuka ; W. P. Reid, Monte Christo ; S. Gibb, Woodend ; W. J. Jenkins, fWaddington ; C. Warrington, Southbridge ; J. Stringfellow, Burnham Henry Overton, •Fendalton ; Henry Pannett, Springston ; end John Little, Mont Serrat. The Christchurcß Press of Saturday reports: — Yesterday a. party consisting of Messrs A. Boyle, J. E. Davenport, R. H. Rhodes, Alister Clark, W. Nixon, W. A. Nixon, and H. G. Turner, chief inspector of stock, visited the quarantine island to inspect the stock brought out by Mr Daven•porfc. The red-polled cows imported by Mr Rhodes were very much admired, and will form a valuable addition to Mr Rhodes'a herd. Tho bull calf~ that came out with the cows las improved considerably sine© landing. Tho two shorthorn bulls are very promising amimals. The sixteen-inonths-old bull, Ambush, bred by Mr T. A. Jackson, of the Grange", Bridlington, Yorkshire, a light red with white heels, is lengthy and level made with a grand carriage and -walk, and should develop into something out of the common. The other bull, Buscot Clansman, is a year-ling-and was bred by £>k Alex Henderson, of Buscot Park. . He is by the celebrated sire; Wanderers' Prince, bred by the late Mr'W. 13. Marr, of Appermill, Aberdeenehire. This young' bull is a dark) red, with a. little white, and shows strong constitution, and though not quite so evenly put together as his companion, he has some excellent points. The sheep were also seen, the most fancied being the fcouthdown ram lamb, bred by the Pagham Harbour Company. The sheep have done well since the*r~ arrival ; the Border Leicester rams have especially improved.

Mr W. C. Kensington, Under-secretary for Crown Lands, arrived from the south on Friday evening an 3 went on to Wellington. Conversing with a Lyttelton Times reported, h© said that the country in Southland was looking splendid, and the farmers were ■w«ell satisfied -with (their prospects. In Borne districts, epecially in "the neighbourhood of Otautau, noxious weeds, such a3 Californian thistle and ragwort, had secured a good hold of the ground ; indeed, he had been astonished at the encroachments of the pests, but outside these^ few stricken places "the soil wa6' clean, and was producing good crops.

Professor James ~W. - Robertson, who recently resigned the position of Commissioner of Agrieultm-e and .Dairying to take up the management of Sir William Maedonald a new agricultural college at Ste. Ann« de BeHevue, has. deserved well of his country. For 14- years (says the Montreal Witness of January 17} he has devoted exceptional energy and ability to the agricultural interests of Canada, and the result is- to b© seen in the highly prosperous -condition of those interests to-day. Production, transportation, and s distribution all have benefited by -his guiding and inspiring genius, and. wherever "progressive agriculturists gather. | there. Professor 'Robertson's name is held in "and ? admiration. •'Besides giving^: enthusiast-'^ and detailed attention to the many^ramificafioris of his official 3uties, Professor Robertson" has devote<3 much time and" "pains "to the cause of education, especially technical education. He --is* .therefore ideally, the man to guide the destinies of the hew agricultural college, the fufcure value of which to Canada it would be impossible to over-estimate.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 28

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AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 28

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS. Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 28