FARMING NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 5 October 1912, Page 6

FARMING NOTES

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Tiivi-r- are many little tilings ahouL n |':irr,j wiiiv-h ir.i-lit l>t' turned into money, hut which suv oiten r.etjdoet-e-d. The .most prominent i-, perhaps. ~1,1 .implements ami machinery, which arc ; nmotimcs nllr:to cumber up the sheds for the liens to roost- on. or allowed to rot and rust oir-ido. If these are very had they may he broken up for fire-wcod and old iron, while, if passable, they he sent to a sale somr where and fold. There are alwavs purchasers of old imploiuents. such as a small iarmer who can make shift with such orslovenly me.*i who arc satisfied to vrork away with, anything so kn<i it can he iied together with' a piece r.f wire. Such old implement.; are taking up useful shed room and mi.nht wei! he converted into money. Then, there 'are sundry articles, such as hap.'s t which have a saiaole value, i'hnpty Lotties, jars, etc., are often returnahl-e and cash i-ofundwl; horsehair, old iron, or metal of any description have always J-.OWIO .n.oiiis: 1 '" value in sonic districts, though not so much as in the olden day.-. All tlic.se things gatherer] up and sold somewhere. Or soui'ehew render tinfarmstead much tidier alUl more orderly, while leaving more room for other things,- and at the same time hrinij; in a few pounds of ready

money. A SUB.-TTTUTK KOtt E\">TLAGE. Tin's is a method of :,tacking up green fresh-cut stuff o.f any kind with intermediate lavers of dry

straw. It is found that if the layers of green stuff are "not too thick — say six inches before compression—it does not lieat or urow mouldy while at the same time it gives much of its taste and flavour to the intermediate layers of straw. Oat straw . is the host for the purpose, hut even wheat and barley straw would do where the mixture was nilisequontl.v chaffed. A green .succulent crop is tlie best for the purpose; clover, tares, eto., are hotter than grass, but any crop of that kind will do. r l he drawback is the weight of the stuff that lias to be carted ; it should not he wet, hut allowed to lie till wilted before carrying, though even then it is heavy for its bulk. A stack of straw must be ready in position beforehand alongside the site of the proposed stack, so that the dry straw may easily bo passed over if required. Another method of obtaining the result would be to chaff up the mixture into a barn; it would require a larger proportion of straw for this method, however, to prevent overheating. but the whole could be well ■saltod ,as filled it). Tn whichever way it is done a quantity of superior '• stuff for chaffing will be made, a!- ) though the extra'eost of labour wiU'i bo a' drawback:.