PRACTICAL FARMING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1026, 18 March 1882, Page 2

PRACTICAL FARMING.

In opening the class of agriculture in Cambridgo University, Professor Wilson ,said there were many points in practical j!fe]s»Jßi which he thought tenants very : largelyJniil failed to ( avail of,, He poiuied out tlie advantages of'ateam ploughing,, which, t ho> saidj cost |d m hour, as against 4(j-an,houflor horse'power, :Iu regard to seeding, he showed , bushel of "wheat might suffice for an acre, whereas three were, geqerajlyj used. Even allowing! t*o hiishela 'pet' acre, ho pointed out that iliere would bo & saving of j.three million bushels in ll the Wwlug of tho three million acres ! p'ut under this crop. As to the quality of the seed, he submitted that if a farmer looked' to his own interest, he would.,take care to pet the very,heal, as good seed might be relied ! on. to yield a much better return Jbs>jVH J "With respect to the mode of sowing, c|rijlipg ; was shown to.bo greatlypreferable tobr/jacj-casling, as.atoncere-. puiring less seed, and ensuring a larger and hotter prop. The necessity' of keeping the crop clean was. next insisted'oh, and the frofesspr,,'t.Qudhing finally on turnip culture',"maintained.that a lr great sayfog miety>, effaced, on iheamount of soJdlusuajly sown for this crop, while the quality mjight bo improved by judicious selection pf plants fi« whicliitlieseed was raised.. , •; f ■' ■ '■■■'■ ; - .i