AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NEWS.
Ii oost on*» station n^ar Taihapp £300 li«f, voar to clear the pljc^ of Calif orn an thisrlo. The Wanoranui Herald i.s of om'n'.^n that many farmers in, the rlis-lrk-r do not know th<> undesirable growth when they sw it, and the journal sugse^s that Ine Agi icuhurai Department rniqht enlighten farmers on the point by senrlinn; a plant or two to every saleyarcl. seerl shop, and fpriupivs" ascnev for exhibition, together -with a fow flireotions for eradication. • * The fk-ooe of * Lincoln ram recently
shorn' in South Taranaki turned the scale at 36flb.: ' As is usual with stud sheep, tbe .wool was not cut ck««ly, or the fleece w,ould have topped 401b.
Tim - impression is abroad amongst farmers in the Wairarapa district (says the -Age)" that the pritvs for Lit lames and sheep will nils high before the present siaspn is over. A number of them have" turned sheep <;n to their oat crops and intend to replough and <ow with r&pe.
It is reported that the potato blight has made its appearance in ths Patea district. The Patea Harbour Board at present Ll§ a deficiency of £2520. English wool-buyers have been touring the,, Slauriosville district (says the Wairarapa Age), but from reports received they have not met with any great encouragement.
W« (North Canterbury Times) understand that an Oamaru flockowner, who ha--finished shearing, has received an offer of Is per ib for his fleece wool, and lOd per Ib for i-ieces.
Mr A. Orr, o* Methven, liad four «>heep killed by lightning on Saturday, 13rL inst. Tlioj animals appeared to have bean struck on, the read, as almost all the wool wa*s burned off that pare. - At a meeting of breeders of Lincoln sheep, held during the Manawatu show, ii was, reported that out of the 112 inquiries sent to thac number of Lincoln breeders in the Dominion, 60 had answered in favour' of .he formation of a Lincoln Shesp-breeders' Association, and only two answered against it. The otheibreeders had not returned replies. It was -resolved to form a Lincoln Sheepbrecdars' Association, and Messrs W. Perry, W; .H. Wybourne, D. M'Grcgor, jun., and Bland Raynor were appointed a committee to draft rules and submit these to another meeting. , Tbe Jforta Island section of the New Zealand Shsep-brecders* Association has <ie•>:d«d that the sections of each island should have tbe right to make alterations in the rules which may be deameti advisable,^ and a motion was carried to amend rule 12 to provide for such a change. The manner in which on« of Mr E. Short's '• mares was described in ths Man«watu- A. an:l P Association's catalogue at the recent show led to the impression that the mare was one of the. recent importations from Scotland. TheVatalogue stated that the mara was bred By Mr J. Allison, Scotland. As a matter of fact, the mare weaning the championship was bred by Mr Allison, of Southland. He sold her to Mr Tavior. of Waikato, who in .ttrn sold her to Mr Short. 1
America is a country in which big things are accomplished in most industries, and dairying is no exception. A~concorn known .as the Broad-viewed Dairy Company has been established. An estate has been purchased, wher-e a large nerd of the highest grade of milkers will be kept. The chief crop which it is proposed to grow will be lucerne. Each cow is expected to pro<Jim>3 milk to the value of £15 to £18 a year, which >'t is claimed will make as lar^o .i return as four tim^s the area devoted n the wheat crop. Each of the cow shed;. or barns, as they are termed, is intende- ' to' accommodate 500 cows. The plan °" the buildings is pretty much tl:-e tamo cs that in modern homesteads n this courtry, but there is one innovation which s ■worthy of the attention of thosa who arc interested in dairy buildings »i ihis country. . The manure and other r"iu-«e is removed in large buckets, which arc suspended on a pulley atteoruxl to a track. tixed overhead. Thess tracks reach outsida* the barn, and every bucketful of dung •? emptied into a cart or waggon plaoeJ for the purposa. and thus quickly removed on to ths land, thereby preventing the building of dung heaps and the consequent waste of fertilising matter. _ Lignt is abundantly provided in the American cow barns, one-half of the entire wall spaca being occupied by windows, one of which is fixed at the back of esch cow. Ventilation has been provided through tho icof, in which ere glass windows, which also in crease" the light. The tuberculin test is to ix> applied twice weekly, and pwy effort ■will be made to prevent the introduction of tuberculosis. In the building pio\ cied f or the storing and preparation of the focd there is a bath for the mon, a lavatory, toilet and clothing closets, each man being required to wear a special suit while milking. The milk is carried to a special milkhouse placed 100 yards from the building containing the cattle. It 13 drawn on a special track from the barn to the milkhouse, where ifc is emptied nto a cotton filter, subsequently passing over a cooler consisting of coils, which are Glled with brine. After cooling the milk is placed in cold storage and kept cool with ice, •which is manuactured on the farm.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2905, 17 November 1909, Page 4
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