. Farmer and stockbreeder . th iof May out of considerationaltogether, as retrospective prices cannot lie re-covered in the retail business, and to start afreshwith June. « * The Percheron . reported last week was agreat event. Good prices were made. Mr. Over-man wisely disclaimed any intention to set up thePercheron in opposition to English breeds, butit is a draught breed all the same. There isroom for them all, however. Let us have com-petition by all means, but without interbreedbitterness which one observes occasionally incontroversy. * * * A correspondent suggests that a weight-shif
. Farmer and stockbreeder . th iof May out of considerationaltogether, as retrospective prices cannot lie re-covered in the retail business, and to start afreshwith June. « * The Percheron . reported last week was agreat event. Good prices were made. Mr. Over-man wisely disclaimed any intention to set up thePercheron in opposition to English breeds, butit is a draught breed all the same. There isroom for them all, however. Let us have com-petition by all means, but without interbreedbitterness which one observes occasionally incontroversy. * * * A correspondent suggests that a weight-shift-ing contest should he instituted at the RoyalShow. This is an excellent idea. They were atone time common in East. Anglia, and cultivatedtwo qualities, collar weight and activity. « » • Pigs still sell well. There is a keen demandfor big. well-grown stores. Those who arepossessed of a keen outlook believe the. pig to bethe most profitable animal on the farm to-day.• * » Starlight, the great Hereford sire, is MONMOUTHSHIRE POTATO EXPERIMENTS Mr. W. <i. Grant, Director of Agricultural Kdtica-lion in Monmouthshire, has this week reported onthe potato trials at Llanvair. He states tint theland in which the trials were carried out was brokenup from grass in 1916 and received a dreeing e<|ualto 10 tons per acre of farmyard manure with adressing of 4cwt. of potato manure. The results ofthe trials of potatoes immune of wart disease are asfollow :— Tons. Cwts. Qrs. Mnjestic 11 3 .. 0 per acre. Kerrs Pink 10 19 ... 0 „ „ The Ally 10 .. 19 .. 1 „ „ Hurnhon-e Beauty 10 .. 17 .. 0 „ Tinvcald Pcrfe lion 10 .. 17 0 „ „ Golden Wonder 10 .. 15 .. 1 ,, ,, King Geoiie .. 8 .. 11 .. 1 „ ,. Great 8cot 8 .. 10 .. 1 „ » Templar 8 .. 9 .. 0 „ The. varieties with the best flavour were Kerrs Pink,Golden Wonder, and Busnhousc Beauty. The por-tions of tie trials 1hat were powdered in-trad oflieing -praved gav. In-tin resulis than the portionssprayed for potato
Size: 3014px × 829px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherlondon, bookyear188
