AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Shannon News, 10 March 1925, Page 4

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

' The hay stack should be secured from rain as sooh as completed. Early lambs should now be weaned, as they will do better without their mothers than with them.

The mangel plants will now be ready quick growth, millet is very valuable in crowding out weeds, and thus cleans up weed-infested paddocks. The centre of the well-built stack should be exceptionally full before for singling out, and the distance between plants should be about 12in. Owing to its sturdy habits and commencing the top,' so that the outside courses of the top will stand almost upright. Chou Moellier requires at least six weeks longer growing period than does rape, and when given this time can more than hold its own with the other crop. Velvet beans produce twice to three times the growth of cowpeas, where the season is sufficiently long, such as on the far northern coast. For this reason alone they are to be preferred to the latter, where the crop is grown for green manuring or soil improvement.

It is impossible to estimate the national loss that takes place annually owing to land not being able to carry the number of stock it should, and would, provided it received better treatment. It is a grave mistake to assume that the droppi'ags of stock without further manuring or attention is productive of maximum results.