On the Land

New Zealand Tablet, 8 June 1911, Page 1078

On the Land

There is evidence that mankind has made use of horses for more than 5000 years, and we shall not be able to do without them. !f there is anything a sow with a litter of pigs dislikes thoroughly it is undue interference with, and disturbance or her habits. • Jhe pregnant sow is not nearly such a gross feeder as is the f sow that has a litter of pigs sucking her, but in both of these periods in the existence of the breeding sow economical feeding is bound up in the supplying to this animal of food that is calculated to sustain her in condition and the demand on her own substance. lustraLdhiClllm , , , The exceptionally heavy grain traffic of Southland is vodnn ‘ the fact that up to the present time nearly /U,UUU more sacks have been carried than in the correspondmg period of last year, the returns being 523 3IS and 4/0 ,62 sacks respectively, states the Southland Times. t or [as X week the returns were given at 50,345 (only 190 fewer than in the preceding week) as against 42,243 for the corresponding week of last-year (which was 7200 fewer than in its preceding week). Before purchasing manures a farmer should know the requirements of his crop and soil, and then buy only such as will supply them. The dealer or manufacturer should be asked the following questions: —How much soluble phosphate of lime do you guarantee? How much revertel phosphate of lime do you guarantee? How much nitrogen or ammonia do you guarantee? How much potash do you guarantee. With a reply to these questions it is easy to calculate the approximate commercial value of a ton of the goods desired. The foregoing is from a bulletin of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, and it is good advice. ’ There was a large yarding of stock, especially of fat sheep, and a good attendance at Addington last week. iat cattle sold at the previous week’s rates for ordinary quality, but there was an advance in prime beef. Store sheep were a little easier, as were fat lambs. Fat sheep, despite an exceptionally large entry, sold well, aged ewes only being easier. Pigs showed no change in values ihere was a good entry of store sheep, which consisted chiefly of equal numbers of ewes and lambs, with a few lines of wethers all of ordinary quality. There was not a very active demand. The entry of fat lambs totalled «416, the yarding including some exceptionally good lines. Ihere were 984 taken for export at 9s Id to 18s 4d, and 432 by butchers at 8s 6d to 16s. There was an exceptionally heavy entry of fat sheep. Notwithstanding the large supply there was an active demand throughout the sale. Hi® range^ of prices was: Prime wethers, 17s to 20s 5d • extra, to 23s 9d; others > 12s lOd to 16s 6d; prime ewes, 14s. The supply of beef totalled 262 head. Included in tho entry were some lines of very prime quality, but the general average was below that of the previous safe. There was practically no change in prices except for very prime s?® ll' xf? G iT VIn e an advance in values. Steers made £7 2s 6d to £11; extra, to £l4; heifers, £5 to £lO. There was practically no change in the price of pigs. Choppers sold up to £4 15s; large baconers, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s • £l h ’firf + 17 / ? I to £2 5s <®p u al to 4d per lb); large porkers’ £1 /s 6d to £1 13s; small, £1 to £1 5s (equal to per The yarding of sheep and cattle at Burnside last week was larger than has been the case for some time past, and it is now becoming evident that stocks hold in the country particularly in regard to cattle, are larger than was generally supposed some months ago, and, further, that prices are not going to be so high as was anticipated, although it is quite possible the market may show an upward moveAbmVfi9m 6 f ary Sp^ ng ( f ays the ota Vaihj Times). About 6200 sheep and lambs were yarded, and freezing Abmi? pin’ 6 ,° Pe d atlng f :\\ rly heavi] y for wethers and ewes 2 ff° • ad + °J> cat tle were penned, this being the laigest offering at Burnside for some time. Owino- to the incased yarding and the fact that several of the local Jl h Ju have recently been purchasing fairly heavily outside of Dunedin, and i at prices which are a good deal above Ufc n-r I 1 § n °T’ val - r(!ceded to the extent of about !a< u * A consignment of cattle came forward from Southland, but the ideas of values prevailing there are evidently above those held here, for the price placed on them was not reached, and they were not disposed of, and ' willl Probably-, be railed back. Generally speaking the unmi 6 fhe r snl, h r i taken a more favorable turn, consequent nLT Jr s P lcmd | d growing weather experienced over the that fimfnf- 1 weeks ’ and the evidence offorded of the fact that supplies are by no means limited, and while it is maintained that present prices are quite high enough pected a y haV6 not reached the level that was ex-