FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 208, 2 September 1874, Page 3

FARM AND GARDEN CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER.

(From u Herd :imi l-rett's ..thr..-t,i:ti<."} Fi.owku GAKiiKX.— rroji;sga!,i herbaceous plants by division of iho root. Sew nniHials in tho border:?; propagate tea scented noisette iind 1-huieso roses by cuttings. Plant out pansies, pinks, verbenas, and bedding ami border plants generally. Sow of tine-growing grasses on bare places in linvn.-i. A«.-wly ina.'io Lhhis should bo mown once a wo ok for some time utit.il a good but !•:)!!•, in. obtained. Kitchi:n and Kurrr Garokn. Karlh up potatoes already out of the ground, and plunk other*. If onions have failed make fresh sowings without loss of time. dow eauidlnwer, cabbage, ISrusseh's tmrou'., feathorlog, asparagus, kale, radish, lettuce, pea,-?, beans, beef, nnd salad herbs. Now a few Scarlet Humors. Saw sweet; basil, summer tavorv, parsley, iiutl other pot herbs. Sow carrot and lurnip, also parsnip if neglected lust mouth. New Zealand spi-nadi may be sown now, of in fOinn localities plants iniiy bo obtrdiiod front tin* sea beach. It. is it useful esculent sadly neglected b.ere. Plant out cabbage. Keep down weeds, thin out. previous sowings ; cover sea, Judo with boxes, and pile fresh stable manure over them. Plant .Jerusalem artichokes. All planting should bo finished this month. Secure removed plants against wind waving. Point, cuttings of quince, iilberfc nut, poach, and of any desirable, fruit, stock. Sow seeds ot fruit and other frees Graft fruit slock. I<"ahm:.— Lambing stiH oonthmes. As the lamba are strong enough to travel they ought to be removed into good pasture, the doubles should bo separated from the singles, and the best grass given to I Item. The lambs are not usually tailed until some weeks old, but a good, if not. tho best, plan is to tad them when they are a few days old as they are removed in small lots into the pasture where they are intended to remain. As soon as the ewes recover from lambing they should be I cleaned, and the loose wool removed from about tho udder, as lambs occasionally die from swallowing portions of it. The ewe's feet should id so now bo pared ; it is not advisable to throw them for that purpose when heavy in lamb. Pons, barley, and all kinds of spring grain should bo sown early this month if not in before, and land which does not grow autumn grass well may now he sown. Potafoo land should be well harrowed before- tho patat.ooa appear, and planting finished if possible before tho month is out. Where boy i« to bo mown the fields ought to bo unsfoeked early this month, and stones or whatever would interfere with tho scythe removed.