FARM AND GARDEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 468, 3 April 1894, Page 2

FARM AND GARDEN.

Every farmerand the look but noxionß weeds, and, with. frequent exohaugeof. commodities" different 'parts of the ■ wbrld,tWe : increased tenfold, . Perkps.the mbsl mpn rrieaha of ftansporjation of weed is 'in packing mat Jriai/atirt this requires tO.S;?|BK«f! be closely watched,-. We have hi known-plants springing np'on 'theWe'Blem;£<s|§g plains, and from toe- very. novelty, being allowed to attain tomMurity of S*Sp| before their mischievous oognleed. Bqma'Btnall attd* irflowh^lbokV-sSisiy 'excessive sp'readj' but with new: condlttonß%Lj||| fortune, The more highly plant ; ' : ':?*' ii; jb, 1 the les'a capable is it of rapidly asserting Mvlj-fs itself, whilst a weed, hardy and aggressive .'.; ;; X£l£ maygain a place from whioh ituoannot-ba'. r''l ; !f3> drivenout : except'at enorraona'.'cdst ; .and" -vjfejjf trouble,'. Wopweanythlngbbt' thanks to •?\;?^? ; the patriotic Scnt/yjho 'i s: said to have intra- 1 ;, : 'i''joi ducedhis nationaliemblem, the, thistle; and' •■. V : the black bearded.Capo .pat, .introduced In'";:;';. : j3;» .theearlydays7and,soaltered'broadcast.in; ■'..;••'ss the droppings of paokhorses, will never bo. ■- : .f1 1 ;t4 exterminated,; Weeds ;genei;aUy. come; to ;: :: .-K$J stay.ahd; eternal vigilance is : the' "%■ %o}\ must paytogaird against their lntrodua- : -'■'"'- IW.-A(irMliiriti, .'.'■.. '■•''.'.■.vS i': . ' : ' •'. .• !: :"'.- ■ :•■•'•.'■'. •■.-.• . V.'-.'Sv'

7' A farmer should know the general' ohatv '.--M adteristicsofapiftwhlob.tppay'for breed- \'3-' : and feeding, should haveagpod constitu- •.;/,'.;. i tion, 'be'of a good bie«di andhave a great ' . S;;'y aptitude to fatten! Let him keep his eye on these points—tbe.neek should, be very slwl ■■: i making scaica'attydlvlsibris.'betweeii head .''•■;';!;. and shoulder j the bone'sbonld 'bd /ne, to''7 77/ weigh■lightly-tbig'' shows good bieedin« j ■ .::{V Short.fine'legs'arb also implied';' thopaunoh ; ; S should bd small "in to the""'. -<& i weight of thebody.-Sndtho nig should fat- ■'..,'jjf ten rapidly.'in order 'to ; : giveYthe.^miiokest 1 ,;-.;,■ and greatest amount 0! profit early, The "Poland China." Berkshire," and ". YorkßuuVy|^^^^^H '.• Tho lato cabbage orop round tetton has beea almost, troyed by blight,"' ■' : 7 '^^B : Ah extraordinary'growth of vegetablo '."..■ marrow plant is reported from Auckland. V? Mr Rudd.the'gtower.rpincbed off all runners _y^- : and the.single vineV tba' unusual Y. '?:■;. lengtlfbf three and' a half chains. Each J ■■ joint or axil produced a short side.. shoot,/ lind as these joints were to feel apart'.Mohf • the whole, length of the vino, tho result was. a string of fruit, Buoii as was probably nover seen before. Plenty of manure had something to do with it: tho, seed was plantod ''.■• oh the site of hri old pig stye, ; ■'.<'•

!' ; Hens and. Pullets Whilst,' whero poultry ate kept for. egg' it'maybe advisable to clear out tho old birds, for breeding, it is not wise to trust- to young Btook entirely, siaoe it is-obvious, rays The PkU Inj-Kitpcr, that:! l: the praollce of retaining pullets and discarding the- hens oan : billy result in degeneracy of tho stbok, This fact may not be apparent in one, or even two seai sons, but'.'sootier or later, theeffedts become plain,' Some pullets begin'(o 1 lay prematurely, their eggs showing 'the :V----maturity oi thepullets being small and imperfept, Pr'lets hatohed'in incubators - and raised in brooders are forced ib by'themfalh and extra fooq^H^HHl arm (,ix months eggs that hatch, but the ffloka usually look (' .vitality.. In; the experiment mado byis ■,■■.. * with ohioks hatched from eggs laid by pullets,.andfrom eggslaidby hens, thbre . was as large a number of chicks from the ■ eggs of thepullets aßfromtho'hons; but the loas.from the eggs of the pullets' was much largerthan fromtho eggs of horts,an experiment which plainly demonstrated that," in breeding for tho best results, it will not'do to discard the old hens and-..use pullet*," Theadvloegivensbmetime baok ; to dear out tho oldhens wsb especially dirooted against the ancient creatures that too fiequently encumber sbmo faimyards. In a noteby an eniment Continental; breeder, I saw the opinion oxprcsscd reoently that the hens of most breeders are at their best, i«layers, during their second and. third year;.. Exceptional oases may'bontinuo to lay well, up to. even a-greaterage; bnt it may betaken, rthink, as !av,.'se all-round plan for utilising fowls to weed them bat just prior to thj third moult, '■"' W