PLOUGHING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1340, 30 March 1883, Page 3

PLOUGHING.

Ploughing, although a very simple process, yet in order to secure a good result the land must bo in. a proper condition as to moisture. If the soil is too wet the process of ploughing will compress its particles together so that it will dry in hard lumps, impenetrable to the roots of plants, and remain in this condition throughout the season. In this way one-half the soil may be left in hard lumps, which are practically useless and in the way of growing crop, Consequently not half the yield will be realised which otherwise might have been obtained. The soil should be dry enough when ploughed so that when the furrow is turned ora- it will tumble and fall to pieces. Then there will be no lumps formed, and when the harrow goes over it, it will be made made line and mellow, suitable for a seed-bed. 'ln such a seed-bed the fine, delicate roots of the young plants will find no difficulty in penetrating in all directions, and the stores of plant food contained therein will be available for thegrowing crop. The object in ploughing is to lighten and pulverise the soil. The plough which will most thoroughly accomplish this object is the best implement. All parts of the soil should be stirred so that the roots of plants will meet with no resistance in search for food. Sometimes it is desirable to stir the subsoil - also, so as to enable the roots of plants to extend deeply,

The consumption of food in Paris during the last three months show some figures which are perhaps, larger than would be supposed. During the period mentioned the inhabitantsof Paris have drunk 34,021,025 gallons of wine in casks, and 173,787 gallons in bottles. They have eaten 81,532,6861b of cheese 1,323,0001b of eggs, and 88,783,8041b of oysters. The latter delicacy, Avhich has reached almost a prohibitive price in England, is fortunately somewhat less expensive in Paris. Oysters, both fresh and of the finest quality may bo purchased at the Hallos by the hundredweight at a reasonable price. A correspondent of the Taramki Herald writes:—My children have suffered from whooping cough for the last three months, disturbing our rest night after night. A neighbor advised me to try blue gum steam. The first night we were not disturbed once, and they have got rapidly well. Others whom I had advised to try the same remedy, have also improved. Some sensation has been caused in Hungary by the publication of a pamphlet, in which the writer maintains that Mussia has been bent on war with Austria ever since the Berlin Congress, and. that hostilities arc ultimately inevitable. ' "