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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 19 August 1920, Page 4

GENERAL ITEMS ERADICATING WILD OATS. K. S., Canterbur, :—Will you kindly give some information as to how to clear wheat land of wild oats ? The Fields Instruction Branch: — To eradicate wild oats the land should be ploughed shallow or disked immediately after an infested crop i? harvested, the best method 'being: for the disk to follow behind the binder. The purpose of this is to cover the seeds of wild oat?. Some of them will germinate in the autumn, the remainder will htart in the spring. As soon as plants appear in the spring the ground should be ploughed shallow to destroy them and to start another growth. This should be followed in about two weeks' time by deep ploughing to bring up the seeds lying at a greater depth. Harrow after each ploughing to start growth. During tho remainder of the summer wild oats should be kept down by the use of the disk or broad'shared cultivator, The next season stray plants should be hand-pulled, or, if they are still thick in a few spots, they should be cut or burned. Instead of continuing the summer fallow, sow in November, after the second ploughing, a crop of green feed. This crop, however, mutt be cut or fed off before any of the wild-oat seeds approach maturity. Seed is often allowed to ripen on the edges of the paddocks and fence-corners, and thus the object of much work is defeated, Finally, care should always be taken to bow clean seed -grain in cropping, PRESERVING BUTTER. Mrs J. Archboi/d, Avondale; — Will you kindly let me knosv how much boracic per pound is required to keep butter for three months, for home use. The Dairy Division ; —We do not recommend the u&e of boracic acid for the preservation of butter. If the butter i? properly mad• from cream which has been handled in vsseels which have been kept thoroughly clean and scalded with boiling water, and the same principle followed in respect to the milk from which the cream is skimmed, the addition of i oz. to 2 oz. of salt to each pound of butter should be sufficient to ensure the butter retaining its keeping* quality for a reasonable length of hm«. It may be mentioned, however, that butter-preservatives which consist largoly of boracic acid are fre~ quently used to the extent of 35 grains to each pound of butter. Clearirg Sale at Strearalands Tuesday, August 31 We have received instructions (in conjunction with THE N. Z. LOAN & M. A. COMPANY, LTD.) from J. H. HUDSON, Esq., who is giving up dairying for family reasons, to sell the whole of his Live and Dead Stock, Consisting of— 7 Pedigreo Cows and Heifprs 8 Grade Springers 3 Dry Cows t Heifer in Milk 1 Heifer Calf 2 Bull Calves 2 Harness Maros 1 Hack 1 Colt FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 1 Tip Dray, 1 Disc Plough, 1 Oliver Plough, I Set Tine Harrows, Tripod Harrows, Saddles, Collars, Harness, Cart Saddle, fSwingletrees, 1 Separator (Alpha) 4 Cream Cans, 1 Steel Churn, 1 Babcock Tester, I Bottles QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE I Sewing Mil chine, 3 Tables. 2 Couches, 1 Organ, I Piano, 4 Easy Chairs, Wash Staud, Chest Drawers, 2 Bedsteads, 4 Wire Mattresses, 3 Lamps, Carpets, Hearthrugs, Ice-chost, WashTubs, Copper, 2 Galv. Baths, 1 Trap, Trap Wheels, Tools, Sundries, etc., etc. Auctionors Note : We wish to draw the attentiou of Dairy Farmers and Pedigree Jorsey Breeders to tais herd as being carefully bred aud selected for many yeai-s Sale at 12 o'clock Luncheon Provided, North Auckland Farmers' Co-op., Ltd. Auctioneers, Warkworth. Kaipara & Waitemata Echo IMPORTANT NOTICE. OWING to the i-evieed postal rates, doubling the present postage on newspapers, an increase of 2s per year will be made on subscription rates for posted papers, commencing on August Ist, 1920.