The Observer from Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (2024)

April 23, 1927

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The Observeri

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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Saturday, April 23, 1927

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5

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THE OBSERVER ADELAIDE SATURDAY APRIL '1927 RED POLL CATTLE UTURE IN SOUTH ARICA Tbe statement to matte that tbe South African Government has decided to estam liah a Rod Poll grade at the School ot Agriculture and Experimental Station at Potchefstroom ana that a bull ft the purpose ia being obtained mm the anb mate imported for the Agricul tore at Grootfontein The further state moot ia made that it ia considered the Red Poll wfll suit the requirements of a very larue area of the bush veldt in the north and north western Traavaal and it io tur thto reason that a grade herd of tbo wood to being established at the Potchefatroom experimental station Croon breeding Experiments It han been establtohed by numerous members of the Red Poll Society that the uno of a Red Poll atre for cross breeding has had advaotagepua results in tact it in consequence of the excellence of the Red Poll croaa that numerous existing mem bers of the society started pare brooding One Norfolk member who has a herd of more than ordinary aise has for some years been experimenting in cross breed ing with different breeds and crosses the Red Poll always being the sire used He declares in most positive terms that there is no better bull for crossing with such animals as rieeians half bred riesuno Shorthorns or Ayrohires He san that the progeny of ouch cows always do well being excellent in milk yielding and spen did for beef when the bull calves are steered urthermore be says that steers so bred ere to be found on bis farm to day and they are the admiration of bio bullock feeders One of these experienced hands (oome of the best bullock feedm in the country are to be found in Norfolk) made the remark only the other week Why master it looks like a faun By this of course he meant a deer Steers these crosses are sent out from 17 to 20 months and bad as the beef trade is at the time of writing such steers ore making just over £3 a cwt against 50 for other beef cattle Touching on another important point with regard to the keeping of Red Polla and this in connection with the unwiso procedure of forcing with large supplies of artificials this same breeder who has had a long experience of fanning in all its branches declares that it is Red Poll cattle which ere essential to the average farmer "When you come to the rock bottom of feeding cattle it ia roots and hay that count" In making this comment the same breeder was strong in his denun ciation of forcing methods which would he claimed never do with the Red Poll breed one essential characteristic of which is its thriftiness on economical rations Interesting Comparisons An East Midland herdowner who has a herd of considerable site was minded to make comparisons with another breed of essentially dairy charncted and in view of an increasing milk business purchased a number of commercial cows of another breed The results are particularly In teresting the more ao as they establish beyond all doubt that the Red Poll cannot only be depended upon to produce beef but to do well in milk yielding on commer cial lines The owner's dairy manager it appears has complained that thia year he Dae had to use at least four to six pounds mors milk to make one pound of butter than last year when there were none but Red Polls on the farm This result has led to butter fat testa being made and from these it seems that the average butter fat for the Red Polls was 43 per cent pm and just over 37 per cent am against 3 8 per cent pm and 3 per cent am for the cows of the other breed The result is that the owner has decided to concentrate entirely on Red Poll cattle an dto cease investing in com mercial cows of a recognised dairy breed because ao it is stated they spoil the quality of the milk urthore the same breeder who is enthusiastic about the results of the Red Poll breed both in the dairy and fat stock shows makes this further 20 Red Polls last week averaged 4 lb per day more in their milk yields than the other breed indicated "Seldom Sick or Bad Doers "After 40 experience for the first part of which I kept a large herd of non pedigree cows and for the last 20 years herd of pedigree Rod Po4touiy opinion is that Red Polls pay best in the long run becaoM they yre yero tardy are sektom sick or bad doers will thrivn and Diainiain their condition on food on which others would lose flash and will produce ao much or more milk than other breeds per too of food" Thio writes Mr Cob bald of Acton Hall Sudbury in Suffolk who fa one of the most resourceful of East Anglian farmers and one who has done exceedingly well ao a stock breeder with tbo Suffolk trinity that ia Punches Red Polls and Suffolk sheep The quality too of the milk of the Red Poll io generally very good very often 4 per cent or more of butter ollowing thto further testimony to tbo value of Rea Poll cattle Mr Cobbaid goes on to say: Polls are good breeders seldom running over or aborting If the heifers calves from heavy milkers are retained in the herd and bulls used from heavy milking stock one can soon attain a use ful milk average Mine last ear 1923 26 was 87M lb per cow This I know to not a high average but I am a low feeder almost always using food produced on the farm No eake is used for the herd which now numbers 65 head out of which 63 were bred on tbo farm but I make an exception In the case of young calves which have linseed eake until six months old Oue of my heavy milking cows has produced in her 12 years seven heifer calves and in one case twins both heifers These twine have both bred end are milking well and all her cow stock are as good or nearly so as their mother one having surnaased her in one lactation and the steers fatten well too While I like to bered for milk I know that the butcher wants nothing better than a Red Poll steer and will give a good price for it at LAMENESS IN "A horse is as sonnd as bis legs is an old but true saying Probably more horses aro incapacitated by lameness than from all other causes A horse is lame when pain or inability causes it to alter the usual distribution of weight on one or more limbi during movement or to alter tho normal action of any joints Lame ness may be shown when the foot is on the ground as in the case of a painful corn when the foot is raised as in stiff ness of tbe knee or when the foot is on or off tbe ground as in acute fetlock lame ness To examine a horse for lameness see tbe horse in the stablo standing quietly Notice if be stands firmly on all feet or one of the fore feet or rests the toe of it on the ground The foot rested on the heel indicates pain in the front of the foot and vice versa (writes Veterinary Surgeon Knecbone in The arm) In laminitla both fore feet are usu ally affected In this cose the hiud feet are brought well under the body to take as much of the weight as possible Tne back is also considerably arched Thia however does not indicate back injuries After examining tbe horse in tbe stable walk it out slowly Watch the move ments when turning in tho stall and tbe first steps forward These steps will often show up stiffness in spavin lame ness When a lame horse is in move ment the head and neck are used as a bal ance to relieve the unsound limb of weight Thus if lameness is in front the head will be raised when tho lams leg comes down and will be brought more or less into natural position when tbo sound leg comes to the ground It the lameness ia in a bind leg the head will often bo lowered when tho opposite fore leg comes down namely if the near hind be affected the head will be lowered as the off fore comes down The horse should be trotted to detect the lameness giving the head room for play and leading it right away and back in a straight line from the observer When the animal is being led away the hack action should be Doted The sound hock is lifted higher and dipped lower than the lame one The most common seat of lameness is In the foot: therefore this should always be examined first for stones or nails or corns Then examine the pastern for side bone or ringbone then the fetlock joints and then the back tendons and so on up the limb Ninety fer cent of lameness is in the knees or ocks and below them INCREASE YOUR PROITS It can be done by treating your seed with BISHOP'S COPPER CARBONATE DRY PICKLING MACHINE Used by Victorian and Sooth Australian Depart ments of Agriculture and proved by actual test in tbe field to be the Best Machine of its kind on tbe Markf Weeks easier lasts longer gives a perfect dusting and oses Less Copp er Carbonate Write now for free quotation and literature CLUTTERBUCK BROS (Adelaide) LTD 61 63 BINDLEY STREET ADELAIDE EXPERIENCE WITH WHEAT VARIETIES AVOURED AT ALMA Now that tho reoognlasd cereal season has it will continue till the first week of June and even longer according to tbs incidence of rainfall in tbe various keen interest will bo taken by agrieulturiete ia tbe harvest results re corded last year by members ot the Alma branch of the Agricultural Bureau At a recent meeting tbe hon secretary (Mr A Smyth) Id a report dealing with tbe past harvest said he had sown about 500 acres of wheat on fallowed land approxi mately 300 of which were summer fol (owed After tbe initial April rains har rows were used on all tbe fallow with tbo exception of about 90 acres which was not harrowed until July This land was eventually cultivated being too overgrown with wild oats and barley grass and sown to lorence wheat which yielded 33 bushels per again proving the suitability of that variety to rough neglected fallow After having been harrowed and cross harrowed seeding commenced lets in May on ths cleaned up area approximately tbe earlier sown portion of fallow yielded 9 bushels per acre less than that sown in late June and July It was his convic tion that early seeding was to be avoided locally more attention should bo paid to tho eradication of weeds and the con solidating of the seed bed immediately pnor to the sowing of tho seed There was much truth in the assertion that thorough tillage at seeding time checked the ravages of take all and allowed tbe harmless germination of such disease spores as flag smut which not having a hoot plant to attach itself to literally starved to death Crops were generally free from weeds although earlier sown varieties were somewhat dirty with poppy cabbage and mustard Whiteheads were little in evidence excepting in ao area of 70 acres of Bultan sown in May The early burat of heat in November re duced the yield of Currawa Dan and Sultan considerably although a Sultan was little troubled with the same heat burst Be yielding varieties were Aussie 36 bnshels Pr ecre Sultan 34 bushels: lorence 83 bushels Nabawa 38 bushels to 33 bushels Bena and ord 30 bushels Bena was a promising large grained heavy va riety Aussie closely resembled lorence and was inclined to shake out Gluvaa was a failure compared with some other varieties and in opinion could bo rejected in favour of a moreu'teble variety locally Heavy winds at Christmas wrought havoc in orcas sown to Currawa the straw being too thin to withstand heavy wind storms Ifo thought it was advisable to work the fallow before sowing rather than hurry the opeiaticn to the detriment of the maturing crops the late spring Weather Effects Mr A reebaim in giving a report of his harvest stated that crops were dis appointingly light in returns the reasons for their not yielding to expectations be ing he contended due to a general lack of soil moisture The preceding spring had been a dry one consequently fa owe were not worked down as conaiaiently desirable to the disadvantage of following crops He averaged from six to nine bags per acre Currewa which showed promise of a good yielder the pre vious season was rather thio He was very plated with the results of Nawab gSjVJ'klding varieties were Nawab White Nabawa and Gluyaa He dis agreed with the aasertiou that Gluyaa was not a profitable variety This season al though going down badly he had managed tarain all the crop of Gluyaa Mr ill reaped an evviagt of bushels per sere over bis cropped area Borne varieties suffered greatly from ad verse weather conditions deteriorating as much as 50 per cent Hie beet reunite were gamed from ord lorence and Nabawa He had sown Gallipoli which grew a short straw and was very tough to thresh He considered it worse than Sultan in that respect On the whole led soils yielded better than black soils Mr Murphy said he had beat re sults from Gluyaa and Sultan He was very pleased with the results of Rust Proof and it was also a first elan bay variety Much damag? was done to his crops by winds and neat Extreme changes of temperature such as cold snaps followed by hot strong northerliea were the worst possible conditions for nuturing crops Mr McKenzie said he Was surprised at the results of bis har vest An area of White sown on land fallowed immediately prior to sow ing as a catch crop yielded Dins bags per acre which exceeded the highest yie of any other variety sown on good fal low Although he bad sown Gluyaa wheat for many years he had not had much succcm with it ord grew a dense crop of straw and lodged nadly an experi ence he had not had with that variety before Although rough unclean fallows appeared to yield satisfactorily last sea son he contended it fatal to assume that it would always be the case Wat or Dry Seed CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL BUREAU rl en they ware hi an over forward condi tion Ho mad it a practice mn yew to feed off crops in tba stoolfa*g stage and had never found it to bo other than beneficial Mr McKeuaia said his bar cat bed yielded in excess of previoas esti mates He always grew Gluyaa as a standby this season it yielded 26 bushel per acre ord was the highest yielder followed by Nabawa and Gluforo All seed wheat had bene dry pickled aud little smut bad been found In the crops ug smut he said was very inconspicu ous rom records kept during the year he mid approximately 16 in of rain fall during 1026 during tbe growing period about 12 in the winter rains being very light BUSINESS MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Central Agricultural Bureau was held last week when Mr A Dewkins presided An apology for absence was received from the Director ot Agriculture (Professor A Perkins) Those present Messrs Jones 8 Taylor A Cook A Mayfield Coleman Martin and Dr A Richardson Time Extension for Unloading Super Messrs Dsnkina and Jones reported that they had interviewed the Chief Rail waya Commissioner (Mr Webb) who had been sympathetic and had Med that no applications for time extension during the past twelve months had been refused The suggested appointment of a chemist at Berri Orchard was the subject ot a report by Dr Richardson He said it would advantage South Australia to have aa many qualified men ao possible Con sideration was deferred until next meeting A resolution from the mid north confer ence for an alteration ot the scale of points in crop competitions was referred to the crop competition committee With regard to the neessily for a soil survey ss recommended by the Redhill conference Dr Richardson said its initia tion would cost an enormous sum and he could not say it would be justified Eighty five new members were accepted as members of various branches A resolution from the Minlaton confer ence regarding damage done to barley dur ing the operation of harvesting wns re ferred for report to manufacturers ot bar vesting machinery It was reported that arrangements had been finalized to hold the conference of south eastern branches on April 20 when Professor Perkins (Director of Agricul ture) Messrs Barlow (dairy expert) Ccdrington (wool expert) and Messrs A Cook and Wiese (members of the board) will attend SHEEPDOG TRIALS AND HORSES IN ACTION MINLATON April 12 The' Central Yorke's Peninsula Agricultural Society held its annual sheepdog field trials on the Minlaton Showground recently The attendance which included visi tors from various parts of the State wu satisfactory Splendid work was witnessed throughout the fixture and great intelligence was displayed bv the dogs The trophy presented by tne society for the competitor gaining the highest aggregate number of points at tho Yorketown and Minlaton trials was won by Mr Will who scored 18 ooima at Yorketown and 10 points at MinlatJu Three points were allowed for a Drat prize two for a second and one or a ihiid and a half a point for a fourth Each class was well contested Mr A A ullerton of Strathalbyn ofliciatod as judge Tlie President (Mr If Tonkin) ana committee were in a great neinn responsible for the success of the trials of which Mr Davies was setru tan' lock Dog Ccmpetition Pcgy (100) Will's Wally UBuchin (09) A Nubie Pam (98) Other competi Crower's Tally Latty's Bright Poppy Latty's Tally Um Will's Glenville Cash Latty's tody tow Beau Croser's Monty latty'e Vally ted Wills Gum Lad Latty's Jeff A Biehop's Wilken Maiden Robert's Cash (90) tetty'c tody Lass (89) Croeer'a Tiny (88) Other eompetitor Croser's Monty Latty's Bright Pwpy Will's Glen rille Utty'a Jeff Croeer's Tally Tally Lars Puppy Tiny (92) Latty's Tally Um (19) Utty'a Tally Lad (78) Other competitors Jack O'Buchan Oroaere Monty Glenville A Wilken Open A Nobis Pstn (90) Peggy (08) Croeer's Tally (98) Other Guin tod Utty'a Bright Poppy A Wilken a Wally eraser's Monty Utty'a Jeff I a Croeer's Monty Beau Roberta's Cliaa 1 Tiny Meg O'Buchan inal Will's Peggv (197) Will's Wally O'Buchan (188) A Bishop's Noble Pam (176) Croaefs Tally (171) Burses In Action On Saturday at the doe the trials a programme ot borees in action was canted out Each class was well contested and a mod ole play ot jumping was witnessed Maiden Tunner Hart's Pinite Other darters Little Spider Mahar's Silver (Jueea 8 Johnson? Black lag Pony Handicap GoldemUh'a Mine Woodlelgh (late Nlaa Dixie) Douolr's lreaway Uea Other Brown Brohra' Nelly etches A Caetlemlne Brownie Horse or Pony Over Hurdles Lone Star Silver King Other Brown Brothers' Cool Alick March Little Spider A Syreb ie Mitchell's Udy Romance Rov Wrapper Ntle Dash lying Jean Tanagra inite Htars SUver Queen Kitto's Tenney KlttoM Seagull Mahar's Tusmere Open Handtrap A Mtm Wild aroL Goldmnith'e Mias Woodleirt (late Wtoa Dirts) Batter's Queen Patch Other Brown Brothers' Nellie Patches lreaway Ua Experi ment 8 Johnson' Sir Bosco 6 Johnson's Pony A Castleinalne Brown Cool Alick Other March' Little SpMer Wapper Udy Phiiamonke Weeper's Little Dash Robin lying Jean Mahar's Warrior Open Lane Star Klnebega Other starters A Par son's Syrah Brio Udy Rmnanwi Tanagra Hart's Plratat Biivev King Tuanrore Kitto's BaagnU Blaek rteee Pair Jumpers Kitto's Black Prtnen end Seairall Pair Other and Byrvb and BCm Kiitc Hart' pair Market A DeUaar Hart Ex other competitors Walk Trot end Gallon 3 Lwnbvttom Mr reebalrn raid bis best crov Eiw on poor fallow Nabawa broke ou dly He always sowed King's White with a heavy dreaaing of up to one bag per acre of high grade superphosphate and had consistently averaged good yields He supported the opinion that seeding should De commenced later than was the banal practice Mr Kuhlmann aver aged 24 bushels A variety known as Correll found favour with him It was a variety that stood up well and "wen also a good hay wheat Mr Brown considered hie yield was reduced by one third by inclement weather Sultan provxd the beet wheat yielding 30 busbeia pet acre Nabawa broke off badly although a later sown area of the same variety was little affected Leak's Rust Proof yielded well and withstood the heat He was ot opinion that wet pickled seed germinated a week later than that done to the dry process whilst dry pickled seed gennin ated two days later than untreated seed He had sown dry piricled wheat laat sea son and considered that bad he sown it a week or two later than when he did fields would have been heavier Mr Smyth spoke fa favour of tbe feeding off of growing wheat ergpa by sheep Were farmers to practice feeding off in Joly or AugtsL he asserted lodged and tangled crop would be practically unknown Th feeding off should be done quickly by a large flock of sheep They trimped down the soil around tne roots thus aaaiatlng tbe plants to withstand taks ell He quoted instances where crops Were badly affected by take all end wore down badly wkLtla wmiU kmua mvMtail Ihftfl srota Hl tog to attep been allowed to feed off the oopoW IL Cook Eleven ether competitors Good armers use the BEST IMPLEMENTS Tbe SnsbiM Header 6 ft Aft Il ft ent Makes easy work of statultog crop Rescues practically all tas gram iron tangled fallen or weed infested crops li pays to order NOW Tbe Suubiae Arte Header 12 ft snt Self propelled No Team No Praetor One man to drive and one to tend the baga Harvests 4 acres per hour one bag pet minute The Smuhine Binder 6 ft and 8 ft eut In increasing demand each year because it is the strongest and most durable machine and much cheaper thau any other Compare prices Sunshine Stump Jump Mould board Plough 3 furraw £43 furrew £86 4 furrow £52 6 farrow £61 As priced with short boards or skeleton boards itted with long boards at email extra charge Discount for cash 5 or on easy ex tended terms Compare prices Sunshine Spring Tyne Cultinton hut I Oft Hi ft tyne tyne tyne tyne 6 6 6 6 I 15 20 25 30 35 tyne Ilf ft Discount for cash 5 pc Needed on every farm for weed killing and stirring 0 6 10 10 15 easy Compare prices fallow Light draught effective 5 ft £32 £37 £42 or on The Tyne Culti vator This Is the cultivating portion of tbe famous Suntyne Combine Tynes fa 4 ranks with great clearance Lines of cultivation only 3 inches apart Pointe 4 inches wide givtog overlap cultivation for weed killing Makes a compacted sub surface end a fine surface mulch fot moisNire conservation Sizes 5 8j 10 and 12 feet wide Spring or rigid tyncs Sunshine Stump Jump Due Plough or hard soils or rough conditions 1 furrow £30 18 9 2 furrew £36 16 0 3 furrow £62 16 6 5 furruw £59 0 6 furruw £88 6 9 7 furruw £72 0 8 4 furruw £50 II Discount for cash 5 pe or easy extenffeq terms Abo Set Disc Ploughs Light and Heavy Prim are for delivery at PORT ADE LA I DE Ask fur Illustrated Catatofuo of iff Suu sblM iMpteBMit aud Euutaet seat free and prat free fl McKAY PTY LTD 112 115 North 'Terrace Adelaide DEECTIVE ORIGINAL.

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