The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. no, 5233

Ashburton ; Friday, October 12, 1900

FRfcE :0ne..,., Penny

British, Harvest Prospects for 1900.

The corn harvest Is now drawing to m close, and it is possible from the re tarn a already available to estimate something cf the. position which 1900 will occupy in a ceres 1 year, With reference to wheat, the acreage of the United Kingdom is about 60.000 acrss less than last year, and 40,000 less than the average of the past tea years. The sample threshings that h .ye been made show an estimated yield of 29 bushels per rcie, as against 32 75 bushels last year, and an average of 30.16 bushels for the past ten yeare. The wheat grower may find some com pentagon for these bad figures in the fact that wheat prices now ruling are 28. iOJ per quarter, as against 25s 8J last year. As for straw everything points to a very pt or yield indeed this year. The acreage under barley is almost identical with that of last year, but still remains A long way below the average; while the . estima'ed yield pp. aore has gone down from 34 60 bushels to 33 bushels, and prices now rnling are 23s 7d per quarter, as against 25s 7d last year. Oats are more premising, for although the yield per acre hasgoi.e down from 40 50 bushels last year to an estimated 37 this year, the acreage has slightly increased, and prices now ruling are higher than in any year since 1812, being 19s 81 per quarter, as against 17s last year, and an average of 17s 7d for tbe last ttn years. Altogether, 1900 will t. k-j a pkco, it is to be feared, low down in the list of cereal yearF»~ Home Paper

German Troops in China.

In despa'ohing her contingents to China, Germany has bad her first ex perience of preparing; a large military expedition for over the sea. The Ger man military authorities, who, by the way, were keenly interested in and rigorous critics of the despatch of ft great army by Great Britain to South Africa, knew that they would have to distinguish between their superlative excellence in land mobilisation and in the thousand charges nfcessary in the equipment of troops for service in ft foreign field far reacoved from home. The time expend* d by the Germans in getting ready a force cf 15,000 of all arras for China will not convince the British people (says a London corres> pondent) that in the matter of despatch their efforts in sending troops to South Africa are likely to be eclipsed. The German soldiers for service in China are clad in an improved khaki cloth, but is of a hideous plum color, the she ulder straps being white, en. which appears the regimental number in red. The ample sun hat is of dark green, with plum colored badgp, the pattern being something hke what is known in Aus* tralia as tbe field service hat. The rifle is the Mauser of the newest pattern (1898) It is a weapon far superior to that used by fhe Boers, The barrel and woodwork are so narrow at the breach end that it is bard to believe that there is a magazine inside deep enough to bold th 6 clip with five cartridges. Most noteworthy in the fighting equipment of the German foreign service soldier is the length of the new bayonet. A bayonet over 2_r feet long is surely an innovation Putties as leg coverings are discarded; In order to face the Chinese winter, Fritz obtained substantial, well soled yellow leather kneeboots. Hia water bottle also is suspended by a swivel catch from a ring at the base of the valise, a decided advantage compared with the British method or a water bottle strapped under the belt and beneath the bayonet, from where it cannot be moved when Tommy Atkins lies on his face under close rifle fire. Altogether, the German equipment as might be expected, is thoronghly up to date.

Young and Old Ducks.

Apart from fowls, ducks are tbe most commonly kept of all the feathered tribes of domestic poultry. Ihey are very hardy, and easily managed, and lay well. They are more useful than fowls for the table, and there is not such a competition amongst them in the poultry market, the supply often being less than the demand. The duck enjoys a wondeiful immunity from diseasp, and is rarely ailing, and, as it is bred more for table purposes than egg-production, great care should always be taken in selecting breeding stock. We very often hear of very old ducks laying well; but, like fowls, they decline in this after the second year, and no duck should be kept after it is two yearg old. They will not be welcomed in the marketer on the table after that; neither will they lay early to give eggs for hatching early ducklings, and all who have any ducks two years old or more should put them in the market or kill them for home use at once, The Aylesbury is the best purebred duck for all purposes. It is a good size, and matures quickly, but some think they improve it by crossing it with the Peking or Rouen, and when any cros sing is done it is best to have the birds on both tides quite pure.



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SEEDS. SEEDS SEEDS. I.DJC 0. - - BSJD ASO W. - - 19 010- Nimmo and Blair's FAMOUS STANDARD SEEDS I VEGETABLE SEEDS FLOWIK SEtfDS k 3n. PER PACKET. fin. PER PACKET.j NIMMO AND BLAIR'S SEEDS GROW. FEW FQUAL. NONE BETTER; £ALL THOROUGHLY TESTED BEFORE' BSING SENT OUT. B_f° OKDER EaBlY - - And have your Seeds in h vnd when| it is time to bow. CATALOGUES CAN BE^HADION APPLICATION. FLOWER SEEDS in one hundred varieties This liac includes the moat hardy vark-ti »a as well as the showiest, and each pack it contains more th>*n sufficient Seed'to plait! in an ordinary garden. I SOW THEM AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY DISAPPOINTMENT. SHEARMAN BROS., GROCERS, IRONMONGERS, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Mamet House, Ashburton, ■■i—sini-n■■■■!———■■iiniMMiii ■!!■ if-11 ■imw mini iiiiii n in m ■ !—n —mm rmi mtnrn NOTICE TO FARMERS. ABE CASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT IN ANY QUANTITY Please take your Samples to the Mill We can supply Oornsacka at cost price, CANTERBURY ROLLER FLOUR MILLS. (ROLLITT AND C 0.,) D. WOOD, Manager 17th MaiMh, 1900. W. STRAIN Old, £o__ Partners and T, COYEBDALE PROPRIKTOES. ______—. -_;x:— —.——• THE CHEAPEST WAY, THE B?ST WAY, THE. MOST SATISFACTORY WAY When buying anything is toj.PATRONISE A (LARGE ESTABLISHMENT, such as our own. We buy ENORMOUS QUANTITIES F EVERYTHING AT A TIME, AND WE BUY FOR HARD GASH, Consequently we can offer Patrons a very wide range of goods AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL PURSES. For np to date Drapery, Stylish Dresses and Dress Goods, Fashionable Mantles and Jackets, exquisite London and Continental Model Millinery, &c, &0., House Furniture and Furnishings, Wire Mattresses, Pure, Sweet Bedding, First rate Venetian and other Blinds, Ready Made Clothing (all these lines being manufactnred by ourselves) WE ARE UNRIVALLED IN NEW ZEALAND WE ARE ALSO BESPOKE TAILORS. This great Department of our Business being conducted on West End of Londo lines, STYLISH. PERFECT FITTING SUITS FROM £33 IT MAT NOT BE CONVENIENT FOE YOU To come to Town to see 0s ; if you cannot spare the time to come, you can WRITE TO US. PATTERNS, PRICES, AND PARTICULARS past free on application to any address HUNDBEDS OF LADIES NOW SHOP WITH US BY POST, THIS Si TEM WE FIND WORKS SMOOIHLY, EASILY, and PLEASANTLY AND GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION. -(x) STRANGE & COMPANY, CHRISTCHLiRCH. I



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TO STUD HORSE OWNERS I TTORSE CARiJS & HORSE jREOEIPT j BOOKS Printed at? the MAIL acd \ GUARDIAh Office] with Neatness and J Despatch and at Moderate Prices. ! TO STAND THIS SEASON, AT MR GUDSKIL'S FARM, TIN WALD, Ano Travel thr Wakanut, Tinwald, Longbeach, & Hinds Districts — The Thoroughbred Stallion MARQUIS OF ZETLAND, (Porkin Warbeck ll—Reverie—(Bred by Mr E Gates, at Grove F»rm) . MARQUIS of Zetland ia a dark bay colt with black points. He stands 15 hands 3 inches, has great strength and sub | stance, and during his racing career he I roved himself to be one of the fastest horses of the many good ones bred on Grove Farm. Fees—Season £3 3s. For further particulars apply to t ____ R BURNETT, Tmwa*d TO STAIN D AT ALTENTON AND SURROUNDING DISTRICf The Beautiful Bay Horse (16_hds) GENERAL TRAGEY. (Record 5.4.) By Berl'n— Jenr-y Tracey (both Imported SIRE of Victory 11, General Grlgp, Experience, General Sfcandish, Tracey Belle, General Shaffer, and roaiy others too numerous to mention For further particulars, appy to THOMAS HAROLD, | 9 173 Groom in charge TO Stand thu Neason ab Wellbeck, j Tinwald, the Imported Stallion I OBLIGADO Ormonde (winner Bend Or {vinner of Derby and nf Derby) St. Leger and _ Agnes, by g grandeireriFlj- Macronifwin £ idr Box) ncr of Derby) »0 pj * J' co O-'Shotover..(winner Hermit (winner ** of Derby and of Derby) _ Two Thoupand gtrayshot, by g Guineas Toxopholite, the h _ ?ire Musket. o Trappist (winner . of tbe Stewards Herniib (winner £j Cup at Good- of Derby) wood and one of © tfce most bril- ' ~ § g liant horses o:  C 3 his day) J_j • : — __ pq Macaroni (win O „ .  ncr of Derby) Frivolity (winner of Middle' Park Miss Agnes (one Plate and Alt- of the greatest horp Park mares in the Stakes) English Sjtad ~ Book) Obligado is one of the most fashionab y bred horses ever imported from England. His sire, Orvllle, is by that greatchampion Ormonde, oub of Shotover, who won amongst other races, the Two Thousand Guineas and the Derby. His eire, Hermit, also won the Derby, whilst her dam Stray Shot Is a grand-daughter of that great mare Mcd leant, an Oaks winner and a I dam of a Derby winner Frivolity, the maternal granddam of Übligado. was a very brilliant mare, winning, amongst other races, the Middle Park Plate, and she Is one of the great Agnes family ; In fact, Frivolity is full sister in blood to I Lily Agnes, the dam of the great champion Ormonde. The pedigree of Obligado, back only three removes, shows six Derby winners, together with a double strain of the great Hermit and Miss Agnes families -a blend ing of fashionable blood that cannot fall at the stud. Obligado met with a slight accident last winter, which prevented him being properly trained, but he is a beauti ful mover, and before meeting with his accident proved beyond a doubt that he was possessed of great pace. There is no more promising imported sire in Australia or New Zealand. TERMS : — Thoroughbred Mares, 10 Guineas. A Limited Number of Halfbreds at 5 Guineas. Apply to E GATES, 9 96 Wellbeck, Tinwald. mO TRAVEL LAURISTON, METHVEN JL RAKAIA, & HIGHBANK Districts, KOYAL ROSEBERY. For terms, etc, apply JOHN BRAWLEY, 10 41 Proprietor, Marawiti ___ ___ - - ! CHEAP WINTER FIRING. ! NEW MOUNT SOMERS 1 COAL. OUTPUT has Trebled during the las twelvemonths. IT IS USED EVERYWHERE. Thia Coal Is the Best and Cheapest Steam Mid Household Coal in the market, Used in the Woollen Factory and Grate oury Flour Mills, GIVES SPLENDID RESULTS WRITE FOR PRICES to G. T. PARK, MOUNtE SOMERS



IO THE DEAF—A rich lady, cured of Deafness and Noiseß in the Head by Dr Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave £500 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Address No. 667 d. The Nicholson Institute, Lonpcotb. Gunnersbury London HARDLEY BEOS, Ashburton, supply windmill and stand for £12. Well Sinking moderate rat i.