DectMnlMT. 1913 



THE (JAKIJI'JI^ AND FIELD. 



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HORSE COLLARS. 



'I'lii* '-ind that fit. 

 Wo »rc oxperlH in HorRe C'ollars and 

 all other liarii' sh. AI) niir Harncnii 

 is nmdo from »pccially Mulocted 

 li athnr and m itorinlu throiielioiit. 



Collars from 15/6 each. 



Satisfaction gii;irantced or your iiionoy 

 rufundfid. 



Write to-dav for our Catalogue C of 

 Collars and Uarness. Free by return 

 of mail. 



O A T H M » S 



64 HINDLKY STRKI-yP, ADELAIDE. 



" Where the Good Harness in made." 



l "., inch wa.sheT«. 



Two sh'oet.s 72 in. hv in., jjal 

 \iiui/.c(I plain iron, 24 }iau};c. 



4 lbs. J iiu'h, ? ll>s. viiuli, wirr 

 nail.s. 



Post.s of any si/f lan he inaili.' 

 in the mouldiujr machine by block- 

 inp off at either end, and the fast- 

 eninji holes for each post Ciin be 

 rejjnlated accordin{r to Pe^luirc- 

 nients. 



— Concrete Fence Posts. — 



The manufacture of concrete 

 fence posts is yet in its infancy, 

 l)ut such posts undoubtedlv show 

 superiority o\er the wooden ones. 

 They are usually made 7 feet lon<r, 

 5 by 5 ins. at base, tajiering to 

 5ins. by 3in. at the top, with 

 holes placed at suitable intervals 

 for either plain or barbed wire. 

 To these concrete posts timber can 

 be bolted to carry sjates and any 

 cla.ss of fence. Plain wire, barbed 

 wire, or wooden pickets can be 

 readily attached. 



The machine for moulding the 

 posts is constructed of steel 

 throughout, with collapsible sides 

 and ends, so that a man, with the 

 assistance of a lad, can make 100 

 posts per day of eight hours' la. 

 bour. Reinforcing is recommend- 

 ed with some form of metal 

 (old fencing wire, either plain or 

 barbed, or hoop iron will answer 

 the purpose). The superiority of 

 such posts over wooden ones is 

 is self-evident. Thev are fireproof 

 and rot-proof ; weeds, leaves, and 

 rubbish which usually accumulate 

 around the base of fence posts 

 may be burnt without the slight- 

 est injury to the post. It is 

 practically everlasting, and in 

 many localities pro\'e equally as 

 cheap as a wooden post, since it 

 must be remembered that the first 

 cost of a wood post is not the 

 only one ; a wood post may rot 

 away or be burnt, and the cost of 

 maintenance must be considered. 



COOI^ ROOFS. 

 It often strikes one as strange 

 how few people wear white clothes 

 here in the summer. South Aus- 

 tralia is frequently as hot as 

 .\frica and many Eastern coun- 



tries, hut .\ustrali,ins (h) not si'i'in 

 to ha\e realised how to iiroteet 

 tlu'm.si'hes from the sun. \Vhoc\ir 

 heard of an .\rab in anything hut 

 a white r()I)e ' when the 



temperature is iin in the shade 

 iiere in .Vdelaide y()\t will fre- 

 (|uently see unfi)rtun,ite indixiduals 

 m blue .serge suits ! .\nd again 

 one of the first things noted in the 

 V/Ast is the fact that nearly every 

 building is white. Whv then all 

 this whiteness ? Simjtly because 

 thousands of \'ears ago. i)robably 

 when .'\ustralia was still covered 

 h^• the sea, it was realised that 

 white reflects the sun's rays while 

 colors absorb them. This fact will 

 be fulh- realised by x\ustralians 

 sooner or later, and theti there will 

 be no more painting roofs 'red, 

 which is surelv a most foolish cus- 

 tom, inasimich as it is practically 

 attracting the sun. to the iron, 

 which alone is a powerful conduc- 

 tor of heat,, as anyone will witness 

 who has been on a roof on a hot 

 dav without his hoots. Of coiirsie 

 the difficulty has been to obtain a 

 white paint that was suitable for 

 roofs, all paints naturally would 

 not do as the heat quickly dries 

 out the oil, leaving the, pigment to 

 flake off without its binding. White- 

 wash, until recently, was the best 

 known preparation, but this soon 

 becomes discolored and washes off 

 with the winter rains, so that 

 when " King's Com.po " was in- 

 troduced into this State three 

 years ago it met with an immedi- 

 ate demand. " King's Compo " is 

 put up in dry form to be mixed 

 with water, and when applied to a 

 roof a chemical change takes place 

 and in a fev/ hours it hardens till 

 it practically becomes a solid sheet 

 of pure white concrete on the iron 

 and like concrete, is practically 

 everlasting. The Superintendent oi 

 Public Buildings has realised the 

 remarkable efficiency of this cpm. 

 position since its inception and has 

 tised it exclusively on numerous 

 public buildinp-s and State schools 

 throughout the State, and that, 

 together with the fact that 2ot tons 

 or over, 1,000 tins of " King's 

 Compo " have been sold during 

 the past twelve months, is jhe 

 highest proof of its utility aT^d the 

 satisifaction it is giving to its 

 u.sers. 



Angora Goats in the United 

 States. 



There are a million Angora goats 

 in America, and yet they import 

 annually over rer c;'nt. of the 

 mohaiir used in their domestic man.i 

 ufactories. The banner goat farm 

 of America is located in Texas and 

 numbers 10,000 head <-f <rrade and 

 pure bred Angoras. T,nst year the 

 owner of this ranch realised a 

 nett profit of i drll-^r per animal 

 from his flock. There are several 

 other pretentious sroat farms 

 throughout New Mexico, California 

 and Oregon. The l3re"est goat 

 ranch in the Missls.sinpi valley has 

 2,000 head, but the average flock 

 in this country, is from 100 to .500 

 animals. The custom is to shear 

 the goats early in April. Ordinary 

 hair sells from 35 to cents, a 

 pound. This common <jrade of 

 mohair, which commands no espe- 

 cially high price, is that whose 

 length is less than twelve inches ; 

 the ordinary fleece of one year's 

 growth measures about ten nches 

 in leneth. ' The average mature 

 doe will shear from six to nine 

 pounds of m.ohair each year, while 

 the full-grown buck will vield from 

 TO to 15 pounds. Previous to shear- 

 ing, the flock is graded into class- 

 es of does, bucks, kids and wethers. 

 The fleeces are marketed according 

 to their classification. .The Ameri- 

 can Angora Goat Association, 

 maintains a special mohair ware- 

 house in Poston where the fleeces 

 of practically all the Angoras in 

 this country are marketed. At this 

 depot the fleeces are carefully 

 cleaned, regraded if necessary, and 

 baled ready for consignment to the 

 manufacturing plants, where the 

 raw mohair is converted into 

 clothing, Tues, book bindings, 

 shoes and gloves. One very beau- 

 tiful fleece which was twenty-two 

 inches in length sold for 6. so dol- 

 lars a pound, the record price for 

 raw mohair in this country. Four 

 dollars a pound is about the or- 

 dinary top figure, — Farm and Fire- 

 side. 



IS— I>e|^r»ees Ooolor*. 



An uncovered galvanised roof is tlie best couduotor of heat, 

 but the effect of a hot sun can so easily be 

 overcome by the application of 



«' K I I\ Q ' S COMPO," 



the roof-cooling paint which is us used exclusively by your 

 own Government. 

 48 lb tins (coverins capacity 720 eq. ft., with 2 coats), 7/6 each 

 Obtainable from all hardware stores or 



KlING «& CO., W«ymo«Jth St., ADBLA.I DE 



