Agricultural & q.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1239, 25 November 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

Agricultural & q.

;;.".: , l??A NBA*: 'jsAMET.,, ■ >.s«i J' ..., ;.■ iLB. Pierco lias'jiist JBuish&cC ;ia; now vrivie ty _6f My, from v|hich'! he' bbtdmed (a'aurata of. ikbk^' of' gi'hinl'' •' 11*. is' irorri arkribly 'plump, atfoVliiis'tlio appoaranc'o of 'to niiyichWii variety, '.''This grain' l tyas planted 'alongside tlto common variety, and constantly: 'kcpt'gainiiig.miciwtli untilrfullyeripe.'! iM s(raw. -after tlirasliiiig!iwas,:c!igot'lydevoured :l)yi .sioclt inprolbfonco to the ordinary obardod;bar-, loy-linyj auij; is also,,m,uqh 'heaver,; in .-.weight vVupf bw.feifure in 'i'tiy.pcot:.llijs.'kinet of; grata;, is tho ioruiation of,tho licad^boing'Mimlnr. W','6tiier : barley, biit beardless,''tt 'is tnollglit'this will eritfrdly'supors'ctlo Jollier kinds.'— Sanfo \SMira -'•tnuijlMdeht;'-' '■'."■' '>-'■■•■':■'''i. ! ;'i ■■■■< ',, I ~ PKUIT. II( BRITISHCOI/'trpiA'. ,"','.,'."' !Tl!B ; Britisli'Oolutnf)ia''CWora'i''furiiislib« ! the 'follbwingj'wliicli'would l apply 1 in-a measure' to' 'l'i'iiii .!.•:(!; ',;•'■: ,i'[" ; :..•'/;' V;"' '.! '■■ ,< v.;

ihiidii ofAusti'aliaii"lands :-4"tree' overloaded jyitli'fritit can neither perfect the fruit .nor ripen dtswhod properly, and in a severe climate is quite likely tosiiccumb to a degreo of cold which under pi'oper treatment it could have resisted por--fectly. it is safe'to say that■ millions of- trees are annually ruindd;inthis country byj overcrops. 'I he grapo is very sensitive in this respect; if ,overloadoil the fruit will not color or ripen, nor will the wood' ripen',' Experienced cultivators know that in'tho dryesttimes tlibsoilkept well; cultivatcd'will show -a; certain degree of moisture two or three inches below tho surface; and.when. not cultivated'it will bo as dry as a powder several foot deep, Thb influence of culture k this respect'is truly wonderful, and especially when the subsoil plough has, b on employed. This greatly; increases the, power of the. soil to draw moisture from below in a time of drought. Tuo same elfcct lias boon observed in farm crops. When in Ciilil'ornia wo mti told by fruit growers thM'thoflr'st'iinprcssion thiiro wa-'thatf.no fruit couMbo grown without tegation but thoy had aicertaiucd by experience that fc : trees irriga-

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