Farming Notes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 61, 13 February 1885, Page 2

Farming Notes.

The Kai Iwi correspondent* of the "Wanganui Herald writes as, follows : — Every fine day is being tak^n advantage of by our. farmers to finish threshing their grass seed.. The attention of many is also required m shearing lambs ; and as the grain harvest haa fairly set m, country* folks are having a busy time of it just how. The quantity of grain this' season is small as compared, with that cut for the last few years, but, as I mentioned formerly, turnips are being extensivelygrown. In this crop Messrs Moore and Currie have, I am told, 1,400 acres, which is probably the, largest area sown on the WpsC J3oa.st with turnips np to ttie pr&fent. — A new thistle has made its appearance m. the Brunswick district. ' It appealed m some seeds imported from Canada there is only a small patch at present, and the owner of the soil is determined to get rid of it at . any cost. When 1 1 say that this weed spreads under ground m all directions and seeds, and that every bit of root or stem at once strikes, and forms a new plant, your readers may form some idea of the curse it would-prove if aU lowed to take a fair hold of the country. In Canada 1 hear a penalty of £20 is imposed on any persons allowing one to go to seed on his land,— Cooksfoot, so much neglected for some years! past, is now ;being eagerly .sought for, and is likely to fetch a good price, as it [is found that the thistles which grow so strpngly on newly cleared Imslj, smo'thorthie olher grasses. One Wanganui settler requires sufficient of this to sow 2000 acre's, say 4000 Wsaets?