AGRICULTURAL. NOTES

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1742, 25 May 1895, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL. NOTES

Green Fodder.— Cape barley, rye arid tares may still be sown, if the weather is mild for Gariy spring soiling; sow . two bushels of tares and one bushel of barley, winter oats, or rye per acre. This crop may be sown on land which has borne a com cx-op, and if not in the best condition as regards fertility, one’or two cwt. of superhosphate or -fine bonedust per acre will produce good results, and the land will bo in fine condition next season for a* crop of barley, turnips, globe mangolds, of potatoes". On good soil, tares have been known to yield 20 tons per acre, half that quantity of green soiling-is a fair crop. Every farm should have a patch of groeri stuff j especially Cape barley, which will be found of great value in the early spring " before the grass begins to grow plentifully.; ’

Live . Fences.— The sites intended •for live fences should now be prepared. Plough a strip three feet wide, and if subsoiled at the same time, all the better; let the ground lie rough till required, either for planting quicks or sowing gorse. Quicks may be planted at any time from the beginning of May till the. end of -August of middle of September, they should be cut well back when.planted ; early spring will he soon enough for tho gorse seed, ; Working Horses should always be fed on crushed corn, as" they usually feed ravenously and bolt much of their food, which consequently yields but little nourishment. Wheat lands-are frequently fouled in this way. Never turn working horses out of the stable till well filled, thoroughly copied and well covered. Better far to keep them under cover during the winter season.

Chicago the World*s Porkopolis. Chicago is the.porkopolis of the world. Last year, the packers of that place handled over 5,00,000 hogs, an increase of 1,000,000 head over the pre yious year, and the porkers .cost 58,000,000dols. What became of all these hogs the American Cultivator Explains thus :■ ■. Exclusive of the 8 or 10 per cent of the hogs used for dress meat and local trade, the manufactured product was 720,000,0001b5, of which 364,000,000 were pofk and sides, 130, - 000,000 hams, 96,000,000 shoulders,, an M 112;C00,000 lard. To produce all this required the work of 20,000 men at the packing houses, in addition to many late and perfected labor-saving machines.’