. Farmer and stockbreeder . toDevon, and £45, £480 and £215 respectively to Corn-wall. Funds are also available for subsidising milk-recording societies. In the provinces last voar,Devon utilised £24 for boars, £597 bulls, and £266 , while Cornwall to~>k subsidies of £39, £406,and £112 7s. 6d. for the same purpose. Devon hadeight and Cornwall 13 boars. Devon 40 bulls andCornwall 27, and Devon has three and Cornwall twoheavy horse societies. During the year a milk-recording society has started operations with SBherds, and this has the import of the South DevonHerd Book Society. The*
. Farmer and stockbreeder . toDevon, and £45, £480 and £215 respectively to Corn-wall. Funds are also available for subsidising milk-recording societies. In the provinces last voar,Devon utilised £24 for boars, £597 bulls, and £266 , while Cornwall to~>k subsidies of £39, £406,and £112 7s. 6d. for the same purpose. Devon hadeight and Cornwall 13 boars. Devon 40 bulls andCornwall 27, and Devon has three and Cornwall twoheavy horse societies. During the year a milk-recording society has started operations with SBherds, and this has the import of the South DevonHerd Book Society. The*average cost of the 36Devon bulls serving in Devon was £60 lis. 7d. and£65 for the four South Devons. In Cornwall thoten South Devon bulls cost an average of £55 3s. Shorthorns £39 3s., 6 Devons £68 9s., and th-»Lincoln Rod Shorthorn bull £25. During the year12 of the local bull societies ceased operations, but14 new societies were established. February 24, 1919. AND CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE JOURNAL. 303. younger ones to take their places. It looks likofarmers that have not got families of their ownbeing left single handed before 19. K. FARM NOTES DEVON (S E )—HEAVY RAINFALL AND FBOST —WHEAT DOING BADLY Tie weather here for the last three weeks hasheld up all work on the land. Heavy rain hasbeen followed by hard frosts and keen east around hero has been looking well, butnow I am afraid is going west and looks like athin half crop. Winter oats are better and I think will holdtheir own. Hay and roots appear to be getting6carce. Store cattle and sheep are rather, slowtrade. Strong store pigs are in good demand. I hope we may soon get some dry sunnyweather to get the cattle through and get theland in good order for the spring seed. February 19. M. J. M. NORTHUMBERLAND (HEXHAM)—SNOW AND FROST While we had not a great deal of snow lastweek, the severe frost coming on top hardenedit so that sheep have ha<d to be hayed twice aday in
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