Farming Notes for May and June.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2103, 12 May 1898, Page 3

Farming Notes for May and June.

Potatoes should now be got out of the ground, and if not required for ' .immediate sale, should be carefully pitted in a dry place. • .- v . Carrots should be raised and pitted, if Lf tin the ground they will make a f .fresh' growth,’ to the injury• of their feeding value, and to the detriment of the ground. These remarks do not apply to turnips or mangolds, at least for the next: month or so. ' ' Green: Fodder.—Cape barley, rye and, tares ~may still be sown, if- the %eather is mild, for early spring soiliug • sow two bushels of tares and one bushtei of barley, winter oats, or rye per acre. : This crop may be sown on. land which has borne a corn crop, and

if not in the best condition as regards -' fertility, one or two cwt. of superphosphate, of fine bone-dust per acre will pro duce good results, and the land will be: in fine condition next season for a crop, of barley, turnips, glebe mangolds, or potatoes. On good (soil, tares have been known to yield 20 tons per acre, but half that quantity of green soiling is a fair crop. Every farm''should have a patch of green stuff;, - especially Cape barley, >- which will be found of great value in the early e'pispg before the grass be-, gins 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 timef, 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 or middle . of September, they'should beout well back when planted; early spring will be sooti enough forMie 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 fiourx-shiheat. W heat lands are |V* fri queutly fouled in.this way. Never turn working horses out of the stable till well filled, thoroughly - cooled and well covered. Better far to keep them under cover during the winter-season* y Flax.—Ground intended for this crop, whether lea or stubble, should now receive a deep ploughing, and be • allowed to remain so till early spring, when it should be cross ploughed and grubbeJSL ■ ■■' ■ Wheat Sowings—Notimeshould be : lost in-getting in the remainder of this crop, always remembering that ..the - •early Bown: wheat in - favourable' soils has often two chances to one over the late sown.. . : . Drains* should be-put ip to draw superfluous water from lowlyingparts .. of the farm. ‘ - . . - : V ' Manure from the piggeries, oowsheds, and stables; etc, should now be spread over grass or stubble land r /to be. ploughed in for root crops j or, better still, use it for top-dressing the ... lucerne patch. ’ - The plough must be kept constantly at work in suitable weather* . Ye generous Britons, venerate the plough,. And o’er your hills and long withdrawing /• ;',vales ■ 1 Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun. Luxuriant and unbounded 1