SOWING GARDENS SEEDS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 277, 30 June 1888, Page 6

SOWING GARDENS SEEDS.

A \\ i:iTh i; truly obscnes Unit it iM»iMakon economy (o buy cheap .«eed.->. fteedi- ma} grou well, and yet the ciop bo inferior; foi -v.va.nf oF the necessary caie in the selection of tho stock. All seeds .should be sown in drills, as a smaller quantity i-> Ihiie required, and there is less labour in thinning and cleaning the crop. Early sown crops should not bo covered bo deeply as those sown later when the sun '.■•> warmth has penetrated the soil. Large seeds like peas may be covered about 2 inches, smaller heeds from inch to 1 inch, some allowance being made for the condition ol the hoil when sown, and the period ot the year. For instance, wjjon .sowing pca.s in June or July, unless the bite i-, very warm or dry, it is better to sow in biirface .soil than to lay seeds iv a wet, cold medium, where the plants w ill be weak and *pindly in their growth; whilst successions! sowings, when hot weather may bo shortly expected, will thrive better in deep drills or trenches, as they are thus enaoled to obtain a greater amount of moisture for a longer period. Showers in summer always water the hollow places, most; .so when artificial waterings are necessary the moisture will be more easily retained around the plants. When dates are given for the planting or sowing they are always subject to the weather and the natural condition of the soil. It will always be found that by waiting and watching, and .seizing a far >u rite opportunity when ottered, a good seedtime could generally be secured. Heavy land in a difficult season will derive great advantage from having a heap of light, rich compost to covei all small seeds. It would be far better to sow hardy annuals in the early autumn, for then the land is warm and every seed will grow ; in September the soil is often wet and cold, and small seeds, if carelessly howd, will soon perish.

To Raise Healthy Pigs.— The artificial treatment pigs receive when confined in sties is not conducive to their full and healthy development. It is not sufficiently recognised, says a writer in the Fidfl, that the pig is a grazier, and that when there is grass or clover, or 9, similar green crop, swine will almost entirely live uppn it; indeed, they will do so if permitted, but the wieer course is to give them daily u fevy old beans or peas, or a feed of middlings or wash. Every pig breeder should have a paddock for the use of his stock pigs at least, am! it should have plenty of grnas. If this is possible, the pigs should still have the run of a yard aud be especially provided with cut grass, clover, tares or lucerne.