Farm Notes.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4490, 18 November 1909, Page 4

Farm Notes.

I LATE SUMMER FEED.. ■V'e have to hand from the Depart* ■tfc'ofAgriculture an article dealing |h root crops by Mr F. Giilanders, pager of the Mounahaki experifctal farm. Dealing with the Itter of late summer feed the writer Ees: In the production of all food I the feeding ,of dairy cows, the lin object should be to produce. the Id so that it will be available at the me of the year when it is likely to ■wanted. The period of the year |ich I specially wish to refer to is Im the latter end of February to Irii In seasons like the past, when I have a very dry summer, a scarcity I cow-feed at the time mentioned is Ire to come about. The crop that I Ink the best adapted for cow-feed at Is time of the year is green maize. Lis also is one of the crops which nerves a great deal more attention pm a dairyman’s standpoint than it Its. Maize sown about the end of pvember will be ready for feeding rthe end of February. Any of the roDg-growing varieties, such as plden King, Ninety-day, Horse-tooth Id several others, will produce crops I from 20 to 30 tons per acre. There no other crop that will produce the pne amount of feed at this time of e year.. Maize has also the advance that if not wanted for green feed P can he turned into ensilage at a pderate cost. Maize should be sown hrather planted in rows from 30in p 3ft apart. The: seed should be opped in the rows a few seeds at a me, and from 12in to 15in between e bunches. From 30lb to 40lb of led will be sufficient for an acre. ! ’tiL&AIBLE BY-PRODUCT

I ADJUNCT TO THE FLAX |V INDUSTRY. In interesting opinion has been exmessed by a practical engineer that pe large quantity of refuse that is lit after the dressing of flax at the larious mills, might be used for the reduction of methylated spirits. Exeriments are being made in this irection, and if these prove successful le discovery will be of great importnee to the Dominion. At the present me we are importing large quantities f methylated spirits. If, instead of iis we could send out large exports ]would be a source of considerable Bvenue. ' Not only this, but the )irit would likely be largely used as fuel for motors, if it could be proneed locally at a minimun cost. Any such by-product from the flax irould proye of great value to the flax adustry, and it would solve one of he greatest difficulties hitherto exterienced, namely, that of placing the Iressed flax on the market at a suffiiently low figure to maintain sales. 1 that portion of the flax that has litherto been wasted can be made of lommercial value,, and we feel conduced it can be, we can then put our lax on the market at a reduced price. Lnd the moment we can secure a

■eliable market for our flax, or flax iroducts, we lay the foundation for in enterprise of enormous dimensions, me that will employ a large amount >f labour and assist extensively in the profitable occupation of large areas of and now lying idle. We would like to see the Govern* nent assist in the experiments of the lature indicated.