NOTES FOR FARMERS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12020, 22 August 1907, Page 4

NOTES FOR FARMERS.

The HonV T. Y. Duncan has given notice of his intention to move an amendment to the Land Bill,providing for the issue of the freehold without paying in certain oases. His proposed new clause provides that a Land Board "may from time to time, subject to the approval of the Minister, set apart areas of rural land and declare the same available for selection and occupation without payment, but subject to the conditions as to cultivation and residence set forth. 5 ' Mr E. Short, the well-known Romney breeder,of Feilding district; who is at piesent in England, has purchased fifteen of what he considers are the best Eomney rams in England. Included in them are the leading prize-winners at the Royal Show. „ ■„. , ; . , . The Oainaru Mall says :— lt is stated Upon what appears to be acceptable authority that Mr John Reid baa decided to dispose of his Balruddery estate, and that it will shortly be viewed by prospective buyers. The property is well suited for closer settlement. In France thb, hor§e is Becoming moire and more a butcher's animal. In 1906 out of 28,937 hosres sold in the horse market in Paris 22,795 went to the abattoir at Vaugiraud. So great has been the decline in values through foreign competition that it is estimated that the receipts of the British agriculturists to-day are JG4O S OOO,OOO per annum less than they were a quarter of a century ago. Some part pi that loss of income has been met by a reduction iri rent. In England the hay harvest was threatened and the Board of Agriculture isaed a circular drawing attention of farmers to the advantages of ensilage.

The manager of a Timaru, flour n\ill.(Mr I£. 0. Turner) Jbas. disGovere'd a quick and easy method of disposing of the small bird nuisance* He made a mixture consisting of 121 bof wheat and an ounce of strychnine, and, after sweetening it with a little sugar, steeped the whole in mik, and then spread it for the birds. They took, the grain ravenously, and in one day 310 were picked up dead. , " . ■ r . ' .. . };i Frimley Canning Factory^ Hawke's Bay) has extended during the last four years, from a simple structure covering 60 by 40ft, to the dimensions of the fine factory whioh now covers an area of two acres. Mr William Russell has disposed of his Flaxmore property, with the exception of about 100 acres, round the homestead,^to|Mr H. Gainsford. It is reported the price was £42 per acre. The area sold is about 1700 acres.