| Show 1 FARM AND GARDEN I 11 Subjects of General Interest to j Farmers and Gardners I i I SD3IE FACTS WORTH KNOWING I r rk A Scale of Points and a Dlajpaai for Measnr I r trig Shorthorns Proposed by Chief Inspector In-spector of Sock In Wales I Gj I While as good shorthorns are bred in this country as in England it is natural to look to the old country for authority on this breed of animals As considerable I consid-erable diversity of opinion prevails as to the best methods for measuring shorthorns short-horns we have reproduced a scale of points and a diagram to illustrate them as proposed by the chief inspector of stock in New South Wales and in which is embodied the precedents of the leading lead-ing English authorities The illustra r ta iz u 1 li r 13 cO 1 J 1 < 0 II 1 IJIO 1l IOu IO-u I y 8 U J1 I 1 JJ 1 t DIAQKAM LOCATING POINTS IN A SHORTHORN SHORT-HORN BULL tion gives an outline of a shorthorn bull with the different points marked to correspond cor-respond with the scale The number of points is valued at 1000 t SCALE AXD VALUES OF POKTS iea B 1 Size S3 13 China S5 I 03 Forerlbs40 r II QUALITY il Forellank2U 2 9 ICO IT General Quality Middle 2 Gccoral style carriage 22 Back 23 car-riage acdusorGO 23 Dackribs40 3 Hone 20 Belly 15 t 4 Color 10 60 00 10 I 3 23Loln40 Silair10 2OFIOak45 OIlandlsGO 00 I l 7 Evenness of flesh 11 l and Cat 40ISO Ilindquarter I ISO 27 Hip or hookt > 4 2Sllurnpsso UcuI 23 Tall and set on 25 f Muzzlo 10 00 3 Nostril 5 t2 ISlOQuarter30 I 1 31 Thigh 20 33 Forehead end CO face CO 13 It Eyo 20 32 Twist 40 12 flora and ear 23 33 Testes 10 73 50 tu ron 14 0 Less etc AjiKO c Foreqnartcr 34 knee cnnd carn 13 Neck and lhroat40 bnl 7 13 I 14 Breast 20 33 Legv 10 I 13 flrisIct23 SO Hoof S 23E3 E3 > 30 15 Crops 15 iicoo t l78houldcr10 IS lorearm10 10K K I In tho way in which this scale has been drawn up the judging might either be carried out first by the single points of which there aro thirtysix of the values given or second by tho groups of which thero arc fourteen at the values summed up or third by the seven subdivisions of size general qualify qual-ify head forequarter middle hind jguartcr legs etc GA tho three ways hero mentioned ThcESeiflc Rural Press says Tho first tho singw point system would for breeding stock not only bo the simplest iut also that by which the awards would bo tho most correct and afford tho greatest great-est amount of information for instead of having to como to a decision as they would Uoavo to do in judging by groups with regard to two or three different i TXiinls all differing to some extent in the Efferent animals in the class and thereby causing discussion and delay the judges working under the single points would havo to deal with one point at a time and having only tho one question to decide would be able to give their awards rapidly and correctly In fact judging by tho single points it is just carrying out tho wise old saw of doing only ono thing at a time and consequently con-sequently doing it well 1 Stono Fruits It is the seed that exhausts in fruit production says American Cultivator This is especially true of largo seeds in closed in stones Tho proportion of seed to tho fruit is proportionally greater in the cherry plum and peach than in the apple or pear In tho development of seeds potash is very essential Trees that overbear have tho growth of their fruit checked at just tho point where seed development ought to begin In the grape vine the exhaustion from over Ijcaring causes tho vino to mildew and refuso to ripen either fruit or wood Thinning tho bunches early and applying apply-ing a liberal dose of potash salts are tho best preventives of this diseased condition con-dition of the vine YJThlio Grub Destroyed with Benzine i In an experiment recently made by one of tho French forest officers and reported at a meeting of National Agricultural society the white grubs larva of tho i lily or dor bug which so often do damage dam-age in dry seasons to strawberry plants etc on twelve acres were destroyed with benzine at a cost of 320 per acre Holes were made in tho ground infested with tho grubs with ono of the sharp iron dibbles dib-bles used sometimes in transplanting small plants and the benzine was poured into them Fifty grams of benzine were used to tho square rod and care was taken to insert it above the plane of the feeding ground of tho grubs What Others Say Cream needs stirring frequently to mix tho different skimmings and to aerate and ripen it evenly says A L Crosby High grade sulphate of potash is valued by tobacco growers who wish a manure rich in potash according to S O Hubbard a New England tobacco grower Rural Homo reminds the farmer that when the blizzard howls and the farmer yearns for the warm fireside then it is that stock require the most care The Polish fowl is recommended by I Stephen Beale as perhaps the handsomest i ftf nil varieties of domestic nou Itrv Professor A J Cook tells in Country l Gentleman hat ho was never so pleased r with winter feeding of all his stock as during lastwinter while feeding ensilage J ensi-lage lageI would as soon think of being without with-out a windmill or a steam pump upon my market garden at tho present timo as the farmer who cuts hay would be I without a mowing machine I would rather have a farm of ten acres well irrigated than one of fifteen acres without with-out irrigation said W W Rawson before I i be-fore the Massachusetts board of agriculture j agricul-ture |
