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

(Kaupokonui Correspondent Hawera ' i > i^ \Sl4r.)' fh.Vl A few of those who have been successful m burning otl their bush have already started sowing the seed. Others, taking a lesson from-; two; seasons ago, have decided to postpone it for some time. There is, of course, a certain amount of risk , jn ; «pwjng now, but my experience , of the hush has been that it is far safer to sow at the beginning of February- than, at the beginning of March. Thongh only half the seed which is sown now should take, it would far, than repay for the extra amount needed to. Till up. The thistles on grouncUwbich is burnt and not sown for some time-g»-t such a start of the grass that, excepting for some two or three months m the spring, the ihe ground is ren-. Were.l almost useless for at least ft year ; whereas if it can be got uuder grass at once it .means , -fine feed all the winter arid, compariffiively speaking, no thistles at all for i-he next two years. Some are sowing turnips with the grass seed; others are sowing rape. The latter appeals to. combat ,tha thistles better than anything eke. Not that it keeps them down m any way, but by puckiug the thistles, awl causing them to ~£p 'with long, thin stalks; the sun and air find* free access to the grass ; beneath, whbh does not m any way suffer, as is tiie oa-e when the thistles 'aYe Allowed to spread out so as to exclude all -lights Those who are particularly desirong of obtaining good beds of cloyey-in their clearings would do well not to sow it until the rye or other grnssea havo secured a good start, Qfteiy 1 have heard the remark made — It's no good sowing clover m the bush; it never takes. But if those 'who speak like that would only consider for a moment, they might easily ascertain the why aud the wherefore. Clover being the cleaner and heavier seed, lies closer to the ground, and is tho first to germinate. On a firm tfeiuit will bold its own ; ; bub iii 'the loua© soft ashes, such as it falls on m Hie 'msh after the fire!:," it cannot withstand even one day's hot sun, without there m something to shelter it. ; Wait until the other grasses are two or three inchi's high. You will 'then have shelter, «a well as a firmer beti; and, though it is some extra labor, jt is an extra for which tho*>a who try/ it will find themselves amply' repaid 5