ON THE LAND

Waikato Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2577, 27 July 1922, Page 3

ON THE LAND

FARMING NOTES. A Manawatu Times representative w;is informed tho oilier day that the Wellington .District Poultry Association, which pools its egg's at Wellington, received £2:175 13/6 fili ' the f(ni i' weeks ended July S. It is stilled that dairy farming in Poverty Bay is rapidly assuming large proportions, and the demand for good quality dairy cows and heifers is. increasing beyond the ability of the local breeders to supply the demand. New Zealand exports of mutton carcases for the year ended April 30 totalled 3,373,018, and lambs 5,192,392. This is the highest record for ten years. An interim return shows that there are 22,000,000 sheep in the Dominion, a decrease of over a million on the returns for the previous year. China produces 200,000,000 of. wheat annually, states a report of the Australian Trade Commissioner. There are 325 modern flour mills in the country, but local production is not sufficient to meet requirements. The United States has recently been selling wheat in Shanghai ehaper than Chinesegrown. "Go on the land, young man!" was the slogan often heard before the war, but an agricultural and pastoral career does not possess many allurements at the present time for the average townsman. Speaking at the Conciliation Council in Wellington during the course of the shearers' dispute, Mr H. Morison (Grcytown) remarked that tho representatives of the union did not seem to recognise the fact that many young men had left the ranks of the workers to go on the land. The wives and families of these men were entitled to as much consideration as the dependents of unionists. "They do their own shearing," replied Mr Laracy,.one of the assessors for the shearers. "What do they get for it?"' asked Mr Morison. "Absolutely nothing. Many of them' have saved their money for years, and have now lost the whole blessed lot of it."

A shecpfarmer carrying on in the Hastings district in a modest way received the following sales note from a local freezing works, setting forth the returns from 297 sheep, a perusal of which should prove enlightening: — Gross proceeds: .Fat and rejects, £.lB 9/10; meat shipped, £302 2/4; wool £lO 7/1; pelts, £4O 13/2; total, £371 13/5. Charges: Freezing charges, £247 17/5; felling £l9 8/11; curing £ls 10/3; total £273 1(5/7. The gross proceeds, £371 13/5, less charges, £273 16/7. leaves the net. proceeds at £97 10/10, or about 6/7 per head. From this £97 16/10 there was, however, to be deducted an advance of £129, which turns the unfortunate farmer's credit of £97 10/10 into a debit balance of £3.1 3/2.

Bran is one' of the very best foods for dairy cattle. It combines many virtues for which it is difficult to substitute other feeds. Bran is bulky, being composed of the outer kernels of wheat. It is extremely palatable, and because of this palatability and bulki-

ncss it has a cooling and slightly laxa

tive effect on the system. A little bri placed into lukewarm water, acts as fine tonie and conditioner soon aft freshening.