. Farmer and stockbreeder . erefor this southern county during the last fewweeks. There has often been by this date aconsiderable acreage of oats sown, but this yearthere has been none so far, and with the presentstate of the weather it looks like being sometime yet before a start is made. With theearliest Southdowns lambing has are that lambs are strong and probablya larger proportion of twins than usual. Storecattle are not a very fast sale unless forwardin condition, probably on account of the restric-tions on feeding stuffs. Freshly calved cows arecheaper than a few weeks
. Farmer and stockbreeder . erefor this southern county during the last fewweeks. There has often been by this date aconsiderable acreage of oats sown, but this yearthere has been none so far, and with the presentstate of the weather it looks like being sometime yet before a start is made. With theearliest Southdowns lambing has are that lambs are strong and probablya larger proportion of twins than usual. Storecattle are not a very fast sale unless forwardin condition, probably on account of the restric-tions on feeding stuffs. Freshly calved cows arecheaper than a few weeks ago but a good animalmakes a high price still. There is considerable uneasiness amongst far-mers as to the Government policy in regard toagriculture in the future. Wages fixed are high,and unless prices keep up the poorer soils willbe bound to suffer for want of sufficient position at the present time is, that soldiersare being called back from the farms to barracksand demobilised faster than our labour is being. Earl of Dartmouths Maid of theMoomsrd. 1st in Class 3, Birmingham. returned from the Army, and many farms areworse off than they have been during the applies especially to small farmers whousually employ single men. These men beingessential to the farms were not recruited untilthe early part of last year and are not nowbeing returned, as the date of their enlistmentwas later than that fixed by the Army authoritiesas that prior to which men should be the firstto be demobilised. Wheat on the dry soils looks fairly healthy,but the plant on the clays and cold land hassuffered very considerably and looks anythingbut promising. Winter oats have stood the win-ter so far and are now probably fairly safe. The prospect of spring keep for sheep is notgenerally good; roots are running short andunless we get a favourable spring there must bea serious shortage of sheep keep. A Milk Recording Society is being revived withgood prospects of success. Those in the co
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