The record-union., 1894-10-23
FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS.

FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS.
a New Zealand farmer writes to Lon
don paper that the past spring and sum-
mer November to March) was not favor
able to farmers Of that colony. Too much
rain and low prices were the causes.
The Government of South Australia
annouces its intention 10 offer bounty
for the first ten thousand tons of sugar
produced from beet roots. The Govern
ment of Victoria had already made the
same provision for encouraging the sugar
Industry.
1t appears by recent consular report
from TrebiZond in Asiatic Turkey, that
the production of butter and eggs is
largely increasing in that district. The
exports of eggs have grown from a very
insignificant amount In 1892 to more than
fifty tons in 1893.
The English papers announce the death
OF Hugh Aylmer of West Dereham
Abbey, Norfolk, one of the most dis
tinguished breeders and farmers in Eng
land. lie was best known in this coun-
try as breeder OF Booth shorthorn cat
tie and Cotswold sheep.
According to our official report on In
dian agriculture, they plow the land five
To ten times for barley, then harrow it for
fifteen days, when the seed is sown.
When the crop is ripe il is reaped with a
sickle, the sheaves carried by hand to u
smooth piece of ground, where the
grain IS threshed out and then WinnoWed
by the wind.
Corea has not been generally known as a
cotton-produclng country, but it is stated
10 Il recent official report that an area of
oI-,OO0 acres, Is devoted to the cultivation
OF cotton IN the Coreau peninsula. The
average annual yield is 200, 900. 600
pounds OF seed cotton. Most Of it is made
up into piece goods, the annual exports
being only 2,5O0,0GO pounds, mainly 10
China and japan.
The German Government has estab-
lisheu sheep breeding experiment sta
ton at hubub, in the portion Of West
Africa under German protection. and it
Is oflclally reported that Merino sheep
ana Angora goats are successfully bred
there. cattle are also reported to succeed
well and increase rapidly in the Protect
orate, but horse breeding is less success
tul on account OF periodical outbreaks of
epizootic disease.
An Angora Goat Breeders Association
mas been formed in South Africa, with
the declared objects of keeping a true
record and pedigree of such Angoras as
may be accepted by the association, and
TO improve Angora goats. The associa-
ton 10 form code OF points for goats to
possess to enable them to be registered
each goat to be inspected by one OF the
associations inspectors, for the first
three years of the associations existence;
all goats passing the standard shall be
eligible for entry, after which period only
Inc progeny OF these goats shall be elig-
IDLE for registration"
NJ. Carnot, son ofthe late President of the
French Republic, has written a descrip-
ton OF the horses he saw in q recent trip
Iii South America. They are the descend
anus OF spanish horses carried there three
centuries ago. he says that. though tbov
are not very fast, their stamina is extra
ordinary, for most of them can do about
a hundred miles III eighteen hours, and
then, after days rest, do as much more
III the same time. He thinks that thew
would make capital horses for the French
light cavalry, and that they would not
stand in at more than SIS head, which is
not more than quarter of what chargers
now cost the Minister of War.