The Farmer.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2032, 18 February 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

The Farmer.

ticnclil of Eootl Stock. I ts ~f hupi-ovd var.wies ~t live ii: --1 v lav claim to the t.tk "i j ... ; ;s. The estate# ami i.mns w , u /-. H-i-s studs id horses, herds , f c •!.. I,s of sheep, i r herds of jugs are u, -.utauicd are centres of widc-rcach-i,i-; u.-nee ot a description advantageous to the wh-'l. district m whfh they aie j .la. 1. At [.resent we will refer only .-. the ilistim t g.r.us that are derived from the lire, ding .■! pedigree cattle, wh.. hj are Mieh as t.> [.rove the accuracy ~i the old saying, that " Agriculture is the mother <>f commerce.' The owner of a herd derives pleasure and, if the operations are skilfully and juu! '"Usly conducted, protit from its man;.gei.i.-nt. .•■.mi he has a!--, tue sitisfacti ui i t . -.-euig the impress of bus ,s:-.ck on the e-.tt'.o >■: the country around him. LHided pn.pt ietors, therefore, by lire.-ling g"- A c it tie not only benefit thema«|Ml Mid tae.r tenants and neighbours. Mpiftc i.k ms of even still fiirtiicrdcPJhping a tra ’ ? in l.vg stock that is beneficial to another as well as to large towns and disti ..as d.-pendent on them for their supply oj milk and beef. An adinirablo illustration <-f the truth of these remarks is to he bumd in the c-'.inty of Cumberland, and doubtless the circumstances we have mentioned were forcibly br.eigut homo to the minds of many who attended the recent sales in that part of the country. The wealth of cattle produced in Cknuherhnd and Westmoreland was one of the features that distinguished the Carlisle meeting of the Koval Agricultural .Society of England six years ag-It is wry prominently alluded to in the rei“.rt of the show written byMr. Finlay Dun, who rightly traced it to the herd of Shorthorns K-longing to the Duke of Devonshire, the E u-1 of IWmv. Lord Fathom, Sir Wilfrid Liw; >.' i, Mr. S. I’. Foster, Ilcv. T. stanifoi-th, Mr. -I. Hctherington, Messrs. Ashbnrncr, ami others. Mr. H. -I. Little, in Ins report of the Cumberland and Westmoreland farm prize competition, was equally emphatic in praise of what he calls the greatest hoast of those counties "‘the Shorthorn cattle, with which every homestead is crowded. ’ Mr. Little, in his instructive report, observed : "The hr. cl appears to have made its way tdi all others arc in danger of vanishing before it. Even on the smaller farms the blood has generally been kept pure, and though no pedigree bo recorded, the use of certified bulls lias ao hni-g been adhered to tli.it a breeder need bo in no uncertainty about their unstained character. ’I he result is pr-.liii.lv the grandest race of cuttle ivliiJi, up at from show and fan- v holds, can he fi.imd in any quarter of the kingdom, k inu-t not bo supp —--.I that with ihc-g admirable cattle the milking pi-'.p0. 1 ..f the herd are neglected .-r d.-spx 1, s is t---> froil ucutly the case with a-.u item- hived vs. On the contrary, great a’tenxi.'i is everywhere paid to this imp n taut ..nt ..I farm economy, and in many eases foond a combination .*{ ilcsh and quality with g..- -1 milking properties which was as phasing as it was unusual. ' ft was at that time go in rally c ai.-Me ig-1 that the Cumberland and We-.t-n-.r ku.d farmers had so long L.nie up agannt the depression because they relied so largely on st.K'k. And although the fall in vahii has now reach, d them, and hit t'.u-m severely, yet their case would low- h.-.-n much worse if they hud n..t h-i-.l their cattle to fall hack upon. In order to find a convenient outlet for young stock, the auction marts at Corkoniiouth and Whitehaven were these hay®, wHPHMaronTagM to many classes. The instance we have eit.xl could be repeated as regards other breeds and other districts, but enough bus i.-jen said to eh.uv h.ov lunch tile I ree ling ot good stock, when carefully inning,-1, can contribute to the prosperity of the e .untry, The'.e are many otk-. r counties that ,«e suitable for the ind'i'try, and it is * hoped that the landed proprietors ; i -aese will follow the exaiopic of the nihWcsteru counties ..f Iv.igi.ui 1. The present are not times when anv meuns ofbenjI’tnig agriculture and trade can sin lv be neglected.—/. - ■ ■ ' ./-■ o'. When many visitor- fr..m Austral! i were in Calcutta, at the time of the ex 1 ibiti'.n, a pr-.;"-al was biou-ght forward t-> establish a company for the .special brec-l----iii-g of horses f.>r the Indian market in Western Australia. The idea then was to gradually acclimatise the horses f..r India by breeding them in the c• -1 purrs "i the colony, moving them down after a certain period tin- .mewhat warmer cl. mate, and finally keeping them, the last year ..f their slay before shipment in the h-.t climate near the western coast. This scheme was never carried oat, piincipally owing to the somewhat exaggeiatcd ideas ■-f the promoters with icgn.l to the assistance they ought to receive fi'.m tile Indian liovcrnnnnt. II it private cntcrpn.se has stepjred in to carry out for itself v.nie'liin ; similar to what this c-.uipany pf..posed t" do. Mr. H. A. U. Mason, who i., sai l to own a tract of laud in Vi e-tciii Ausu.ilia nearly as largo as Ireland, is about to establish a stud farm -ui » 1 1>. ge -„ik-, more especially with the purp■■ e .-( stir.plying the Indian remounts, although the breeding of other stock will he cannd "ii.