PIGS AND FERN LAND.
To clear fern right out, the best ploughs are hogs. Intelligently handled, they not only eradicaie the fern, but make good bacon in the process. Hurdled, with plenty of water and a little molasses, they are slow at first and top much must not be expected, until they get trained to " Root, hog or die ! " When thoroughly trained under intelligent management, they dig down about three feet, thoroughly trenching and pulverising the soil suitably for any crop. After the hogs have eaten all the roots, shift them on to the next patch, and when all the land is rooted up harrow to an even surface. To grow turnips, drill in I cwt. of basic slag, and I cwt. of Maiden Island guano or I cwt. of sulphate of soda. After sowing, run an lßf t Cambridge roller over the ground. For orchards or vineyards leave the hogs on the land a little longer, until absolutely clear of fern. If it is desired to fatten off the full grown hogs, sow peas in a portion of the rooted land and beans in another. First, on ripening, turn the pigs on to the peas, hurdling or netting off as with sheep, and when these are finished " top off" your pork on the beans, and it will be the best on earth.
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 26, 14 July 1911, Page 4
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