STOCK AND STATON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 21 (Supplement)

STOCK AND STATON

AGRICULTURAL JOTTINGS. Just as all animals derive their food from the assembled fowl of plants, so, it seems, all plants derive their food from that prepared in the soil by other I and lower forms of life. The deal variety of maize for silage |‘ is one which will yield not. only a large quantity of forage, but also a good per- ■ centage of grain, for this is the most ' nutritious part of the feed. The cream separator is an important factor in the production of good butter. ' It should be kept in a clean, sanitary condition, and care should be taken to see that it is skimming properly. Well nigh every breed of domesticated animal has suffered in practical utility by those who have paid special Attention to the fancy or fashionable ; points to the neglect of the utility and ; commercial points. If the nostrils are small and are not well open the amount of oxygen which j reaches the blood through the lungs is restricted and constitutional vigor j 'under-developed. ’ Small nostrils may be t taken at final evidence of low breath- j ing capacity. The Research Institute at Muktesar, I Issued 3,500,000 doses of different sera j in a year. Prominent among these pre- j 'ventives was the distribution of rinderpest serum, which disease carried off 36,000 cattle in one year in Bombay I Presidency. At about four to six weeks old a lit-! tie crushed oats may be given to the calf. A handful fed dry at the bottom of the bucket after feeding with milk is the best way to commence. This may be increased with the addition of a little bran and crushed maize, as the calf gets accustomed to eating hard food. The production of beef and milk in a high degree are characteristics of the Shorthorn, and so is the waxy horn, the round, prominent eye and clear nose, but it is running on “fancy” lines when it comes to ignoring a good anijmal simply because the colour is not what some folks believe it should be. — Live Stock Journal. Avoiding vibsation in separators. —A Scream separator should be fixed on a firm foundation, otherwise the machine when running will vibrate, so that a perfect separation of the cream from the milk cannot bo effected. It is usual to have the separator fixed by bolts on a bed of solid cement, about Sin. thick. Start the separator slowly, and gradually increase the speed until requisite number of revolutions per minute is attained. Large meat eaters as the North Americans are, the annual consumption per head 9T mutton and lamb is insignificant. For instance, in the United States during 1923 it was only 5.21 b., and in Canada, 8.51 b. On the other hand, pork consumption in the United States that year w r as 91.41 b., and in Canada, 811 b., and of beef or veal 70.41 b. for United States, and 701 b. for Canada. The ram, in type, should show masculinity in many features. In those breeds that have horns, the latter should •spring strong from the head, and turn clear from the face. The scrag should bo thick and rising, and the neck full. A point deserving emphasis is the depth of the chest. The body should ; sink deep between the forelegs, and the ribs back of the shoulder should bo deep and round, making the girth ‘ large and the brisket prominent and wide—two features that arc indicative , of a strong constitution.