FARM NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16425, 24 February 1925, Page 8

FARM NOTES.

i DlLY'i'ft FOB J4AJHYAJE.Y i j Don't, withoid feed i rum young grow - ing an.maU when they warn it. J)on~t allow your oreeding animal:s to liu-come so thin that you have to apologise tor their condition. Don't teed milk trout tuberculous cattle to your animals. Don't i'eed more grain mixture or conhave died of disease to any of your stock or chickens. Don't feed more gain mixture or concentrates than the animal will clean up quickly, except when forcing fattening animals. Don't allow pregnant breeding animals to become too fat. Don't use pastures too early in the spring, and don't graze pastures too j closely. j Don't let animals go thirsty, j Don’t forget to salt all animals reg- : ularly. I Don't feed animals of different ages and sizes in the same pen or lot. \ Don’t turn cattle or sheep oil luxuriant clover when the dew is on. Don't put fresh feed in dirty or .sour troughs. Don’t allow dairy cows and laying hens to become fat. Don't waste your surplus feeds. . Don't feed mouldy or spoiled silage. Don't change an animal's ration abruptly. Don’t feed animals poorly because they are not producing; feed them and give them a chance.. Don't keep scrub and inferior stock They are wasteful to feed. Don't let strong and aggresive animals to rob the weak of the proper amount of feed. C’OWGBASS THR EATEN El). ARE THE DEES WORKING. A well-known Wairarapa mrnier, discussing the unfavourable harvesv- [ ing season, expressed to The Age a [ doubt whether the eowgrass harvest would be a satisfactory one. Though the crops look weil enough, farmers have remarked on the scarcity of young humble bees this season. Bubble bees, of course, are necessary to a successful crop. Without them an attractive looking crop might go through the mill and produce a "cry poor result. One theory is that the heavy rains a lew weeks ago drowned the young bees m their nests in the ground. There being few or no sod wafts in New Zealand the bees are compelled to make their nests in the ground, and ail inch or two of rain coming when the vomit, bees were not very well able to feiul for themselves appears to have drowned them out. II so the loss is likely to bo serious. .In tile Old Country there are many hanks and walls suitable for nesting purposes. Indeed, in some parts of the country sod walls are provided for this purpose.