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Southland Times, Issue 4490, 30 November 1882, Page 4

A company of agriculluristsrecently visited at Clielmsford some of the work done .and the crops grown on the land cultivated by Derby's broadside steam digger, which breaks up a width of 21£ feet ns it moves slowly over the field, cultivating at the rate of an acra per ' hour. Both the work and the cops wfre much admired by those pre.-ent, the cultivation appearing to be very satisfactory. The wireworm Jives five years, aud chauges its skin three times during this period. It then retires from business for a short time, and comes out a suap-beetle to propagate its species. Good, enriching cultme, iv connection with rotation, tends to reduce its nunbeni The Hon. Walter Brougbara, eldest son of Lord Brougham of Brougham Hall, Pernith, visited Mr Wilkin, Waterside of Forbes, lately aud made some purchases of non-pedigreed heifers in calf to pedigreed bin-?, also me pedigreed heifer with bull calf at too. The intention is to cross the heifois with a shorthorn bull to try to produce blue greys. The polled bull will be used next season ou shorthorn heifers, with the same object in view, The report of the Canadim Minister of Agriculture, which has just been issued, shmva that the farmers in the Doaiin>'on si o in si flourishing condition, and their prospects for the fatnre very bright. The Minister points out that the attention of cattle importers is ' now being given to ihe importation of th& best pedigreed animals that can b* procured, the value of which in laying a good found. - tiun for the country can not be over- ..-si i ma; cil Then follow the statistics, The.-c .-h >w i\m . the total number of cattle imposed during the year from Britain for improving the home breeds was 751, besides 117 < pure bred flu'cp and 53 pigs. There ba< beeu a falling- fE in the exports of cattle and sheep duiiu;^ the year, toe numbers being 4") fr'do of tbefurmer and 6*2,401 of ibe latter, in addition to 7.D55 catile and 9,465 sheep shipped from po;ts of :the United States. 'Ihe number ofimtni- • grants who arrived ir Canada as settlers lust -year was 47,991, tf whom about 25,1>00 weal into Manitoba and the Noriu- West Territory, 3742 of that nntubcr sailing fnjiti Glas^i-.v. A curious instance of the interest taken by • a dog in a horse-race occurred at JWaey City on May 2Gth. One of the couve&tnuti-, a mare named. Kate, broke at the begiuuing of n heat, when a dog which bad been stabled with her rushed on the track barking enconrag<r^l.t 'aroundiher. She settled into a tro', and witli him at her heels gained ground, .s-raiuiug nerve until ?he got to ihe haif-;uilu j o •. . At this point he fell behind, and Kate.iLoij-.H; began to lose ground. Ha >p aig once nine to her ?id«', and leaping aud barking, inir-bed her to the top of bir strength. Ln<lics w.ivcd their handkerchief i, and' men s.vu:i-^ tlnii hats in ex?itement. Kn'e, in a fine bu-;t of speed, won by a ut-dc, with Jack in the lead : and seemingly beside h in -elf with j >y. Puring the last few we.:ks ray boircs have been fed on cut gra*s in the house, as inu-h as they could eat. When the nights grew warmer they were left out all »ij:ht in ;t pasture field. Duiing those ps-ioils the : ordinary work of laying down the turnips «•«< going on, alto cK-casioual lyudi of hny <c- ! livered in town a few mile-i distant The ' weighing machine was one of iho->o t hat iuk -s on the horse and loaf". This- brought our i lt<fact, that the horses were ea^li ha'f a < w: heavier the ''morning afu r b .iv« om a I tv<i'\a than ihev were. the morning afi*r b-iiig f«;ii la the. hoase all. tilgbt, — Scotch 'P.ir.uci-. High Prices for-Hampshire I 'own t- tl , nA — At the annual sale of Harnp hire Doau ni|. lambs, from the famous flock of Mr.*}frcj.< Morrison, lately, the highest priced of tinram lambs was hired by Jlr !ani> K«h!, of • Homiogton, at 53 gs ; while MrTo re. t gaunderi hired another at 51 jr.i. Mr Moor e, ; lot' iiiilecoitf •"•': hired one at 40 gs, and Mi i Lloyd Lewis Lloyd ona at 4l gs. Th.aaiu WW cofl#ia«ed iwUsfactqry, j