For The Farmers.

Thames Star, Issue 10422, 15 May 1909, Page 6 (Supplement)

For The Farmers.

When the foot of a horse becomes uneven through breaking, uneven pressure obtains, and .causes sprains as well as a tendency to sidebone.

iShoee should not be left on a horae longer than six or eight weeks without 'being reset. Many a foot is rained by iniot attending to this in tjme.

The Wiltshire (England) County Council has unlade experiments in pig feeding, and has placed on record its conohision that the best porkproduclhig; ration is comiposedl of a gallon of skim-milk, or butter-milk, and 31b of potatoes or barley meal per pig.

On. the old principle of "shiufcting the steiblei door after the hior«f it. stolen/ all sorts of siraanors bave hem invented tio tafce' <jirt out of milik aifterl it has got- into it thfd'igh various mieans, incluldinig careless, untidy malkersi dirty, dusty stables, dimtiyi daws, ©tci 'What we want io aim a-t is a fiystem which prevents its gietting int

For the benefit of those who t wn cows th«ti suck themselves;-ap lo*a dairymnm submits the following to "Wallace's F He d^ima tfcat it is a cure which, he had used for over 30 yeorß: "Take 'm* ordinnjiy bridle bit, jointied in; the madtlle, and 'bridiei the (*>w just m your would a" horeiey using strap, rtjpe, or any• thing! to keep the bit in. the mouth. Thisi ,e»ds ail tihe trouMe with. }\o> inoboiveoicaioei to, the cow. Publish this for ih/e !humainlei part of it as I see so'mniny ciruel and mian-^ bunglesome contrivance*) -used,

Sipeaking to a Wellington ptsss man tihe Homi A. WrHo^y referring to the experimjental farm® in this .province, deiciliaredl' they "are dofiii;? wondleirfulliy fLne work in fionineoti'ph with; the advancement of tho iiural interests of the north. They are opening ih& eyes of the fanners of tjhje district in regard to the pbtetntJalities of the dlstrat, amd the mieaiis to taike in order to make best use of thieir land!.

Ajgrioulturail science is of graat Value, amid it will aesist fairmiers to miake tlhe beet use of their praqti sal knowledge <rf''-farming. Without the latter ■ a larmer can hardly hope for success, while in a. good many csfsc& it woiuild hs found thai theory al#ne is a hindrance rather than a help. Farmers themselves do not, as ai ru)e,' appreciate the value of the teaicbing of scientifiid! agricultmre alsi they should They prefer their own methods, and they will not admit tfi^t scientific; teaching 1 will ensure for them heavier crops of grain, or stock of better quality. This is a miataiken view, and when 'the 'benefit© of agricultural science are better trander stood it will give way to micre emligihtensd ideas.—Tunaim'Tost.

The boxing system, whereby potatoes are sprouted prior to planting, is nowadays laa"gely adopted. At the time of planting the sprouts are from 2iai tio 4in long. In ®t*)tlandl the heat of the cow-house is sometimes •used to aprouit .potatoes.

AI. veteran- orohardist says ttat he effectually got rid! of the peai* and cherry slug Tfy duating His tret'fi sinilpily with dust. His method of applying! the dust was somiewhat unique^ as,' to use his own words, "got fa shovel and alung the dust foyer tse tree." The. effect was renpiarkable, as the pests were killed right and left, and the tree® practically cleaved of them.