COLONIAL FARMING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 878, 7 February 1879, Page 3 (Supplement)

COLONIAL FARMING.

I Piuli'rtliu iinsjnotnon of a "'Shepherd," I thv following criticisms are contributed to H tln> JMbeurnw 'Leader : B l»'«t Me advantage, of walking I ovor 11 fW fttrtne since they have )><-en H clwwl (if fcho grain, and hay, t expected H U> find on them: <;oodcompost heaps ready H to spmiil on the ground, fur the prodno- ■ lion ,if tho crops for next year, t ;<m H -wit to say that E have net seen wu;. H ,|%tM>iistitutesa sjood farmer J En my H lit' is a good ftirniff who has a ■ ffimil wiiiip.''B'> llwt'p-ptucod >"■ his ready ■ fur usu. tie >3 <* ft"' better out) win* I irniiMiius Us h.'Wtf his manure applied a.* I fust iw.it is, smile, they h«.vii nut tho adI vimtaKO'hm'e that hat*beeit afforded to the I .\murioun twcKcnlturats, who as soon, sis I (1110 yVv.n>-.f'l>i«i> l>n« t.Bwtl t»s!t!UlSte<l. have I btJim ttlilo to move to another. Even tn I Amvrica Unit system is becoming extinct, [ fur tlmy liuvii got so far from- a market tJmt sltunht they go away further.. th..-y will ten to give any person their gram for tukiiifi J.!away, tn this country the farmers bav.e .''.KjL'n- trying how many , bushels ef . giiaiu tiwy«v"'d grow to the ( iwi'iv without, manure :in VneJ'iture it will bo bow many aeoni jioimds of uu':i.t they , ouit niaku to tU" iwro to maku manure. E WW talkingto 11 farmer tlio other day ; I .•nalmd hwi why ho did not put morn i«w«.»«i into bin hmd ; hia answer wns, *<»"!•,' to am tto get it/" I told himthiv" '* **.'* both lul erroneous and a foot* ton one, us l>" bud plenty of atraw upon tan farm,. ami s" v er:il head of cattle nod pigs ; if ho wiw.t.l k''«'P Ins cattle- at heme and fuftt them in ,!''"' "-ed. ho would then (lave an abundance u' given food- to cut up mid mix with his straw chat!' to keep lus cuttle i» fas butter condition, than they ,w«ro tn by running then; on a povurty' , gtrioktm.cunwnon. t likmvisn toUt him thiM'iiu misjhti hivvoasnmH paadock ftmced in.L'' thuni- to run in for two or tlirw lumr..t a,'tay,. laiddown with fith«?f English m>i» or .p.e.aivio and. when ho had taken thmiL ,hm*. e '» Wlllk iil klu * r iv,l<) " (:t <; Winot'if with »atwlf in bis hand to xpruad .thodimsf *!»«y luwi ii-stfadof Wtt^_!? iU'w to produifo ».rttnii. which tits cittlu would not toucii. Hy sproadui!,' it stout it would" not (Jiiiy owut,u*w hid taruiv hut it would produtfM livxitriaaS In-fbasiw whiilt would prov« b«n«ft«iai to his ntvuk. Whim tho coll«Bto*» of th« »grw.«fturat I statiutios ui thi» colony aro jfotflif *lt«e I rwiiul». it would bt> wall fot? Choia to talce I tidtos <>£ tlt« stato of tlio ftirrtv building* ttpiin tin. farms. E fear that thi-y writ &nd 31'iiin of thum in as ditapidatud a state as th« owners' purse* and pockots. Thety »Wißomoof fch« ftv«nt>r» whoaroaccustoTOtsd tomorrow si«vss, ralt-u, otf' fwtk». to f B * turn tliym in » brokwnstate. Shoutit it k» Uitiiumi thoy will t»ll you ttiat «h» wires "wtntistuit when tlWy &?* it; whon they ' P»t thejrraia? into it and had sifted a lwM« ''hit wi P , s , r|vV i/ way, so that it wa» with th«y «b*niin«d sufficient for a *»np/tt : and tl *&« *"ke or fork; shaft t V-lif i.,. brokenv tshey wilt Celt you that it til* v en- -ked when, moi-wit, and ask the «»n. # \i' ho did not ronwmber thtim "ink, ii C tit, < .-mark at th« tim« : so that **. .j. t «io ( >-» «i* >*► ,lßd P»» r >a*» nitrogen., ox,. «H',»ris rainorvea etahles. thu only *Z "' OIIUI in these' four elements is • freeiy. ai id by deeply tillinir tJu: *'!■ so. u» to adni; it air, and heat, w "llini t which tlieij will reap no beneficial