The Ashburton Guardian.

Vol xxi. no. 5423

Ashburton / Thursday, July 18, ISOI

Price ; One Penny

Farm Animals and their Treat ment.

By a Veterinary Surgeon.

THE TESTING OF MILK,

Although as yet there Is no legal stan dard for milk, local authorities generally consider milk which contains less than tbout 3 per cent of fat to hare been adulterated, or at least too poor for sale. On this assumption many convictions have been obtained, so that it is now an essential part of a dairyman's educa* tion to ba able to cest the milk he purveys in order that he may know if he is supplying an article sufficiently rich in fat to keep him safe from prosecution. A few years ago, and even yet. many pinned their faith to the lactometer, bat although by its use the Bpecifio gravity is found, ife is very misleading hs to tha

QUALITY 07 THE MILS Again, many mistakes were made even la finding the specific gravity by neglecting the fact that the lactometer only tells the ' exact specific gravity when the milk Is at a temperature of 60 degrees F. It> is therefore recommended that the testing be done by one of the many advertised milk testers, Although they are all more or less simple te manipulate, a person with no experience oan hardly be ex pected to obtain the accurate results of one famillfiE with their ase. The oldest, and probably the most extensively used, is the Baboock method, which Is carried oufc by ■■'■■• THE LI3TEB-BABCOOK MACHINE. The principle of the method depends on the solution of the casein and other solids not fat of milk in sulphuric acid, and on the subsequent separation of the fat by centrifugal force. The pipette or raea* care is filled, and the measured quantity of milk ran into &ne test bottle, taking care that the pippette is thoroughly dratnedi To the milk is then added 17-6 cubic centimeters of pure sulphuric acid of a specific gravity, between 1.831 and 1.834. An aoioilaieter and instructions are supplied with the machine to enable one to make the acid khe proper strength. The milk and the acid are gently shaken until all the curd is dissolved, after which the bottle Is piaced in the machine. The cover having been securely fixed, the madhins is set agoing at the rate of from 700 TO 1200 EETOIUTIONS PJBK MINTTTIt for ten minutes. Hot water is now added to the milk, and a little poured into the bottom of tha machine, when the whirl* ' ing is continued for. two minutes more. The bottle containing the milk and add is now allowed to stand for a few minutes in hot water, when the fat column can be measured. On the graduated scale the divisions are lined out by five short lines, and each division represents 1 per cent of 1 fat, while each short line denotes 2 per cent. After having a few lessons any dairyman of average intelligence can use the foregoing methods and machine. As the whola apparatus does not cost a prohibitive price, it would be to the advantage of the majority of dairymen to have one. In conclusion, it might be mentioned that although some dairymen bold that 3 per cent of fat is high, the Select Committee appointed by the Board of Agriculture recommend that the stan? dard for all milk should be 3.25 per cent.

Jews Flocking to South Africa.

A correspondent of the London Times writes;—-"The British Consul- General at Warsaw states in big last report that when the' war in South Africa began a large number of the Jews settled there returned to Europe* Many of them had become possessed of considerable means, which so dazzled their poorer co-religionists at home that they began to emigrate in large numbers to South Africa in the hope of becoming rich there also* The greater number of these went from Poland and the neighbouring pro* viDces, from which a large proportion of the Jews already in Sooth Africa are drawn. A notice from the Chief Rabbi at Cape Town wai published in the Jewish journals in Poland and Russia warning intending emigranti that they were ooly going to share poverty and misery with the poorer Jews already there if they went out before the war was over. The Consul General, however, fears that little attention is paid to this warning, which is ascribed to a wish to keep the good things in South Africa for the chosen few already there.'



JfW^wM NEW ZBALANB J^^K.-. 1:'"' H'* SHIPPING OO.'S LINE ROYAL MAIL STE4MERS Fon. LOWOOJf, via Moube Vlfa*. TS«wlf?<s A P»ynsoath, Steamer*, I'ars. Port. Data. ffekoa 4050 Wellington ftuly Papannt 6372 — Taly 25 WaJkato 1767 — *ugls Rcfipehu* 800G — To follow Rimufcaka* 7765 — 9 , Wakanal 5706 „ Waitmte 5610 Rakaia 5623 * I'win Screws. ■ S>? fvjrbhar particular* apply fit COMPANY, 'LIMITED,. FOR LONDON. A 4 "CUOYAL MAIL STEA fPvIIIK. A* »S3, with pqperlor O? ■p»Bf«6T),B'ST.-R, C»3.Hb£ &t onte Video or Rio, Teaerlffe *,nA Ply. oath. Vessel Ton Commander From Data. K&tamea 5563 Burbon Sepb Kumars 6034 Scotland BepC "~" "OAROO"" STEAMERS, ~~~ . . - -_. Waiwera 6257 Stuart) Weli'n Aug 8 Pdkeh&f 4331 Prnaseb i Aug 29 Aotea '6364Evana j Aug 31 f Via South Africa For further particulars, apply NICOLL BROS. UNION ST.EAMSHIP~O"OMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Limited STEAMERfc 8 Sin FBCMLITTBLTON ASUKOER: For Wesbport and Greymouth—Weekly Wellington— Monday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Saturdays NOTE—-For extra sailings see advertise ment in Ohrietchuroh papers Daaediß — Mondays, Fridays and alternate Tuesdays au<t Saturdays Nelson and Pictom, via Wellington— Tuesday and Saturday Sydney, v!-a A-aokland — Alternate The abcm< are aabject to alteration; eference ishyald therefore be made to Jhrlatchurch daily papers foie dates aud hoar of sailing " For farther particulars apply to F FERRIMAN, Agent, Ashburton grHTGRAVES; SHABBBROKER AND FINANCIAL AGENT, 185 HERTCFORD STREET, CHRIST OHURCH & AT GKKYMOUTH. BELIA^LE Information on Dredgto ■ Stocks. Correspondence Invited. Dopes : Bedford McNeJU'f, Morelng and Keal's, A, B.C. Oo (fonrth Edition. yllV: : F MfiKEIC, Aahbarton Representative Tkmgkafbio Addeess: GRAVES CbrlstchnYch. Greymontb—Brownlie, Greyinouth W H Ukt-'Rili, B Undetil .T H UNDRILL & CO FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS IDAKfORED STRBEQ 1, ASHBUBTON EVIRY REQUISITE ON HAND. PoUßhed Coffins a Specialty A Choice Aasortmeot of Artificial Wreath 1c Stock. —— Private Address, Peter Street, directly behind Oddfellows' Hall; aleo oars ef Mr T. Anrirawa. | 'A ITIU.S NTSIII JIG T rNDKRTA EFR S * DBHISHIKG ti HDIRTAEBIRS DIRJbJOT Inaportesrs cf Besfc and Latest Designs In FUNERAL FURNISHING?j FUNERALS ooadaaied wlfch the greatest csre and satisfaction, -it most ressooable charges. Oornev of Wakanul Road and Gael treats, and Baker and down's Ooach factory. HENRY STlrilfiNßON, {oaccefssor to Alfred Kivrrl^^u.) Established 20 years. AUCTIONEER, LAND ESTATE AND 30MMI8SI0N AGENT AND VALUER WEEKLY BALES of Live Stock Produce, Furniture, etc., EVERY SATURDAY, at 12 o'clock. Olaaricg Sales of Stock, Household Furai t«ro, etc., as per arrangement in any part of the county. Advances made on all goods placed In my oands for Sale. Begular Conaignmeiats of Colonial Grown and Island Fruit Bold privately through the week, and at Auction on SATURDAYS. Ageks: Norwich Onion Fire luearance Company & Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company. PJANOS and ORGANS on time pay meats from J3Os per month. HENRY siIIPHINSON, AUCTIONEER. SMOKE ' NOSEGAY TOBACCO The Latest and Best Manufactured by T G WniUMs & Co . Rtclmond ?a.*:



\Y B aE E GASH BUYERS OF PRIME MILLING WHEAT TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS—SampIes received at Storey West Street, Other days—Samples received at the|Mill. CORNSAOKS SUPPLIED /^"OTOnPTIVr/^ DONE ON FARMERS' VJXiIS3 J JLiN \J AOCOJNT. i CANTERBURY HOLLER .>LOUR MILLSj COMPANY (ROLLITT AND C 0.,),' D. WOOD, Manager BELFAST AND F AIRFIELD FREEZING WORKS MANURES, A-I^ilj _111..t!i 10.^01 TjiOß TURNIP KAPB WHEAT, AND ANY OTHER CROP. SPECIAL MANURE can be niacb for any kind of Soil, or description of crop. SATISFACTION GIVEN EVRBYWHKBE LAST SEASON. MANURE CAN BE SUPPLIED IN I C*t, or g Cwt. S-^CKS Orders recoivsd by JO A VI3D THOMAH, TTMILr JN.Z. FAKMKKS 00-v^J^ltiKA^liriQ i) KSt»O<;iATIOI« OF CAKT.EHBUBY, JL,imited., CANTERBURY FROZEN ■ MEAT ABD DAIRY FBOPUGE IXPO'KT COMPANY* LIMITED. F. WAYMOUfii Seor»t»ry, CURE ilLiiS ITTAGKS, FITS OF DEPRESSION! HEADACHE* NAUSEA, | . QIDDINESSi Ac. They possess three grand qualities, being W IJ» I-h L. < | ft %/ | 4s^ R iL-4 3^.4 kJ I 9 SAFE AS[D_CERTAIN. The Schoolmistress, St. Anne's School, Wandsworcn, writes as follows. KMy mother and eldest sister have takon your Pills for years for bilious attacks and sick headaches, and hav^ ai-.vav- found them most beneficial.** ■ Mtaifactured only at 78, New Oxford Street, J-OMU-m. bold by all Chemists and Medicine Vcnaorft T. H. UN DRILL & CO., OABIHETMAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS. FURNITURE' AND BEDDING OF ALL KINDS MADE ON THE PREMISES. WE ARE STILL MAKING oar Famous Drawing Room Suites In Plush and Tapestry, which beat Christchnrch for price and quality. Oall and Bee them. JUST LANDED—A large assortment of Austrian, American, and Canadian Chairs. These Goods were bought before the recent rise in prices, which enables us to sell at lowest prices. Bedsteads and Toilet Ware—Largest stock b town; at all prieesi LINOLEUMS, T> UGS» ,f~\ILCLOTHS, INOLIUMS, JL&UGS, in New and Chaste Designs; at all prices, DOOR MATS—AII sorts, all sizes. We' manufacture" all odr own Goods on the premises, of the best material and workmanship, so bay from us and encourage Local Indistry j besides, yon may go farther and fare worse than at T. H. UNDBILL & CO.'S. CABINETMAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, PICTURE FRAMERS, ANlf] UNDERTAKERS, TANORED STREET. Next to the Building Society's Office, and^opposite Arcade.) PLEASE NOTE THIS. MR F. N. WHITCOMBE, BUEGBOS DENTIST, PAUNDBRB* BUILDINGS, ASHBURTON, f^ROM THIS DATE is prepared to Extract Teeth for Is. JO If with Nitrons Oxide Gas ss. Stoppings 5s ©ach. Sets of Teeth from «£3 3s upwards. Oare of Children's Teeth a Specialty, Note Addeiss—- F. N. WHITCOMBE, Surgeon Dentist, Sauotlers' Buildings, Ashbirton.



|" The Man «*m^s I 1 with .. I 1 i £% If Vf*!*' H I d. MITVI WOULD NOT HAVE MEN MIAROOKH» B 1 " Jmpet/s fitay Jfppte n\ I Had reached htm la time! ■ THE NEW VEQ6TABLE REMEDY* I Cures Liver, Kidney, and Stomcch Comp!al«t«« *^>i H <*- CHEMISTS and STORES. **> fl/- ' M ■ 80000 - i <™ m ol; Croking' Bangres ': m ■■■ '"^^T* :^ f|he ' bnru Lignite, TroeCoal, or Wood up A n".'^'.aj (fif^ "^^ NO SETTING REQUIRED. ''fEnr^ I •^r^J^di? With Stove Pipe can be worked oub In the ' 5 ' SB^Sb Jl «>^F^ S*j open. Splendid Bread Bakers ff»?^^ k! ®^fjs*|| With oast iron or copper boilere. The J***2"4J I R| "v>b^*/r^*^|| copper boilers «re I^rg© and tin lined iaiide. ' ' HJHkSmI if Repairs are a Minimum, 'v MS^^^Sfi If m^^M^Jlil^ BSftdo in rII size*, aiogla or double pMI St""jJ -jfl WtKPKsSSxk High or low preeeure boilers ißi—Mß^^^B^Hfc'n i ' "~"*^ Sold by all Ironmongers, from whom ».""■" ■■ ■ •«^^="""b i" l^jj|g Opfalognes can be obtained, or fiom the mkers H. E. SHACK LOCK. LTD BOUTHEJND FOUNDKY Pbinokb Stbbbt DUN'BDIN i DAVID THOMAS, j ATIGTIOISEBB, LAKD, IFBDEANCB k ESTATE AGENT* YALUATOB, WOOL & GBAIN BKOEEB, ASHBURTON Loans Negotiated Weekly Sales of I,ive fctock— Tir.wald ard A&lil.nrton altprnately ■Fortnightly Sales of Sbeep Fats, Hides?, etCj on Mondays Sales of Wco! Throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Glaring Sales as per arrangements Arcade Forse and Ftsrnitore Sale hfld en Safcardays Ho»se Fairs Held Monthly AGEKT FOR Matson and Go, Ohrietcharch Booth, McDonald and Co, Obristcburch White's Sheep Dip Walter A Wood Oo Bow ring Bros' Belting London and Lancashire Insurance Company Graham's Foot Rot Composition Wright, Stephenson and Co, Danedin Belfast Manures Vaennm Oil Company's Agricoltnral CDs Planet Jr, Garden and Field Tools LAND FOR SALE < I have For Sale the following Blocks of Land, in tussock, in the Hinds District: 2000 Acres Plains Land intnssock 1500 „ 1900 „ „  6CO  Reclaimed Swamp Land Also First Clafis Farms in Blocks of 100 Acres and upwards to 5600 acres f Several FuriLt, veiious sizes, thoroughly improved, for sale; well worth the money D. THOMAS, ASHBURTON WILLIAM PATCHING. EAST & BURNETT STREETS, ASHBURTON. SADDLES & HAKNESS MAKBB. TI/TY COMPETENT STAFF now Includes FIRST-OLASS COLLAR AND SADDLE MAKERS. Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed, Repairs Executed Promptly and at Moderate Rates



HOW TO. BE HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED. '."■■■■■'■ ■■ ■. i '-■' ■■ This is » representation of a , eon ten M,; and hap^y wife, who uses ofcft BOOK GIIT TEA, This lady obtained 61ba of that famous tea at 2s. and with it she Was fcHeu FREE, a copy of Mrs Beejioß's work on Cookery and Household Management:, By the aid of thin Book she was enabled to place each dishes before her buaband that he was always in a good temper. Consequently heirs' is now a happy home, and she enjoy* her leisure and her Pup of tea and improves her mind by reading the good book* that are given away with BOOK GIFT TEA, 00 thou and do likewise, and be a'eo happy. A larger Cookery Book may be had with lOlbsofTeft. Ask for Catalogue of Books. John Git and Co. Agents, Ashburton nicchZTbrok H F Nicole E F Niooix, L A Nioolx* Merchants & General Agents BUYEBS OF FAT SHEEP & LAMBS. 4GENTS FPR — Christchuroh Meat Coi, Ltd Islington Fertilisers Little's Sheep Dip Ocean, Accident and Guarantee Corpora tion, Ltd I New Zealand Insurance Company ! GRAIN BOQGHT AND SOLD ON COM MISSION We shall be pleaded to receive samples rom farmerß who have p&rcels fc disposal. Station Books Kept and Audimd. j We have received sum* of Trust Monies, ranging from £ICO to £10,000, to lend on Freeh-Id Securities atty andS per cent* F E Xfl T. We receive regulsr Consignments from Auckland, Pydcoy, and, the Islftnds ,and have in stotsk Apples, Pears, and Fruit In nelson all the year round* SEEDS. i We etook Clovers, Ryegraan, Bnpe, and Tnrnip Seed bf reliable quality- npHE OHRISTCHUROa MEAT CO, J Limited. ISLINGTON i MANURES Especially prepared for, WHEAT, TDBNIPS, BAPE and any ether crop, and to suit any description of soil. Greatly increased production wherevei used, Satisfaction given everywhere* NiO(ti> Bbos. Btorefive varieties of thin celebrated fertiliser. Price ©n application, Allowance mads for quantities. Letters will reoelve prompt attention. NCOLL BROS, Distriot Agent?. COOKING BANOES. "OARNINGHAM AND 00,. IMPBOVED 2EALANDIA, NEW PATENTi Needs no Setting. Can be used as Open Fire. [ASK ?0B THH IMPROVED ZEALANDIA. Ir^g ASK FOR fT^T" i' K ~- NEW TARIFI -tHAMPION ELEND ■■'■& OTHER PRICES: #• WSBMANBNT buiLDING AND iFfESO^rENO) SOC3IS3DF. T OAKS GRANO3ED FifcOM anc upwards, at current) ratei Foil Pa-Moulars on application. WOE&NG EXPENSES on all Shares re nov aa »nd payable ; Office —Taoored Streets O*oe Honra—9,3o a m till 4pm FMb OCnesday in Month—9 3 3o am till ni< I and 7 till 9pm ALBER'JJ ROBERTS, • ■ _ MaoAgsr



tarter Wm. Strange Bole [Thos. Covibdals , Partners and Proprietor, ABE YOU THINKING OF Furnishing* OR Re-Furnishing ? Jff So, [you Nat save Honey By placing your Orders with the Manufae* : tnran. We Supply FUBNITUBE FROM FAC t TORY PEOPLE DIRECT. IBy dealicir with a«, therefore, yon avoid all middlemen .and the paytnaat of inttr.medlmftn charges or commission, and Swore Your Furniture at First Cost ONE VISIT Yo OUR FUR NITURE SHOWROOMS (Entrance Opposite Jubilee Clock), Will satiety you that our stocks of FumStnre are irrroenpe, and that better fnrnitnre, or furniture in any way eqoal ftv quality, is not to be prpctsred fn New Zealand. In faot Our Furniture is Quite Fqual to thb Best Imported and Actuax-li Cheaper Wijare also Unrivalled in )his Colony for HOUSE FUBMSHINGS Our Carpets, Floorcloths, Linoleums, Mattings, Mat*. Curtains, Deeoratfve and Upholstering Fabrics, Blankets, fto, are imported direct from the leading mantifae* tnrera of the world, and being very large huyerg we naturally teonre tht moat favonrabta term*, and the benefits arising from Mir uyifcem of boyinq wa. are {alway« reaily to ahare with our patrons. Recently Added: An Up to Date | CBOO&FRY AND GLASS DEPARTMENT This New Department ie stocked with an enormous varie'v of useful and beantlf'il 1 articles—goods, designed for plain, everd&y ÜBP, and goprls fib to adotn drawing room, etudy, or boudoir* ConnoisMuri and all interested in Art China and Pottery are invited to visit this unrivalled collection* ; A GOOD SEWING MACHINE Is now reongnisod as an indi?p«r>Bn.ble article I in every home, and, in fflct, nn home can be ' f"<»td to be oomplefoly appointed withont one. Now there area thousand sewing meohinos on the market, but there ie none battsr— beio&use no better is made—th*n , , . j The B" I Sewing Machine i Which, in spite of its low price, is a perfect marvel of efficiency. It) !« so simple tn construction a child can use it, and «o I excellent ia every way that ib cannot be surpassed. With eire it, will !aet a lifetime, and ifc will save it» cost in any large house | hold in the first six months. Prices i Hand Eldredgb B, $8158 Treadlk Fldrkdge B, £5 15s Since vee were appointed Sole Agents lor New Zn&iand for this wonderful American machine, we iiavn sold (cores, and in every, case the hvyars have bees delighted ! The 1 ELDBEDQE B' may be seen In operation I at oar Warehouse daily. : Estimates for Furnishing Sup plied Free on Application, Mil 111, COMPLETE HOUSE FUB-, NISHEES, OHEIBTOHUBOH Manning & Uo's NEW SEASON'B BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTB AND PINTS, THE BEST IN THI MARKET Equal tc the Leading Brands of ENGLISH ALI& Agents for Ashburton—Messrs Shear '■ ' MAN I'Bros '■ WATOHBB| CLOCKS, JEWELLERY, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATS SEASONABLE NOVELTIES, Etc, go m G. JESSON, Practical Watohmaker and Jeweller, But i.ot!i Street, (opposite Somerset Hofsl —-Bepairs a Specialty.-^ Presentation Committees liberally dealt with. PIANOFOBTE, THEORY* HARMONY Ernest Empson.' 0. Ti A. B. /IERTIFIOAf Mp Teacher of the Ansooia I \J ted Boardof the Royal College of Umi and the Poyal Academy Of Music, London, fa preps»: id to receive pupils for tha above. Booms above Mr H M Johob £»•!> Street "JAMES BAKER. FCBNISHING WABKHOCBK, (Havelook Streets TTE gearantees to sell at Uhriitchaioh prices for OMh or Time P»ynaen6i». Smoke New~?enoT "



Zander & Sons Eucalypti Kxtbaot,— ■ Under the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Italy, awarded Diploma at the International Exhibition, Amsterdam, acknowledged by Medical Clinics and Uni versitioa all over the glebe. That the crtide, resinous oils, which are now foisted upon the pnblio under the name of Euoalyp ; Extracts, may not be mistaken for Sander & 1 Sons 1 Pure Volatile Eucalypti Extract^ we state :—lt is proved by tests mads by the Medical Cliniofl of the Universities at Bonn and Grieiswald (Prussia), that only prodnots that are saturated with oxygen and freed o acids, resinous and other substances adherent to primary distillation, will develop the curative properties possessed by the plant) (To avoid the appalling consequences resclt rsg from the application of substitutes, eta., in croup, bronchitis, diphtheria, dysentery internal inflammation, oto», infltt fn getting Sawjjer and Sons' Pobb Yoi wink Euoa Lxm Extract, and be safe



mHB GOVSKKMENT INSUR ANGE DEPARTMENT is prepared to grant EMPLOYERS OF LABOR Covers against Risks connected with their Trade or Baal ness under "The Workers' Compensation Act,*' "The Employers' Liabilities Acts," as well as under the Coin men Law. Owners of Property and Mortgagees also protected under Special Tables. PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE EFFECTED IN A.VL BRANCHES. For particulars as to Bites, etc; •apply to the Local Office of th Department. J H RIOHAEDSON, Oommiwionec Wellington, 6th lane,, 1901 Smoke Ke eaus