THE FRAM AND GARDEN (By S J.)

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1425, 20 August 1881, Page 4

THE FRAM AND GARDEN (By S J.)

! , The Farm. > , ; ,in Wi; are now fretting nfiir thejeud of fcltp J wihtetf and' vegetatioV will fio'ofi be'<rni to st.iri growing. Aftei iho late heavy nuns oare should be taken' that d 6 wnter is'nl- • lo'vvrd to lodge on ■ the noil! One of the most jinportant things eonceetad with the ncr^y cttain the n : ijptMmerely.tykipg the \\ ater oir the sui fnce t ,bfjjb j do^vjj,. tq depth of t-ft'P or thr,eq fepjt )6; , deejjer if ppftoible.^jln |he op^nor^.of, hOtnQ,,Q{,tho tnpst jprac^ical: Enjur^ind, the cost of;dr/iifiage is pajd back in ! three, py iit.^p.'utjrnoqt^in ftxejyea^s, and ; tlic crops still continue to.itnpfcpve. Another great advantage i9.t|mt well^raiqed lands can be worked at any time of the year, a mopfc'impojDtai^fciconsideration in. this country, as the plough need scarcely ever atop owing to the^nclemency of the wenther. On dry luna^ small quantity of pofc<itoeB shatfjti'l)& Ranted at once so as to come in/eK/lyy Imtlpare should be , taken that that the -l«raa'ft~dry, for if in- 1 clined to be wet, the rain which is still due to'u's, will Mbti ifot^thV'se'ed 1 . 1 The' mode of planting which seems best ad- j apted for this country ,v 'is ''to plough the , seed in under the turf, using the «kirn coulter as i well.'* The by tak- ) ing off ''tHe ' edge ■ of the furrow i onuses the grass to rot 'sooner, and being' .so much better covered byithe soil, less.'of ' it grows u.p BK§i Q Keep the harrows at work during fine woather,,so as to retain the surface freph and open;» , "When the plant appears above 1 ground • put the scarifier to work, and keep it working until the crop is fit to^ould, up. One of the great seqrets ,of buccess in potato arrowing is well workinsr the soil .among them, and keeping them clear of weeds. On any young grass, , put ewes with lambs, as cattle are too heavy and do much hiirm by poaching it, care being taken that it is not gia/icd, too close.

Garden. Ground should now be prepared for onions. Dig in .some old lottcn stable maauro, work the ground well so that it in quite flue, and towaids the end 01 the month sow the seed in drills. It is the best plan to, adopt drills, as the plant can be kept clearer by means of the hui 1 , and with lesa time and trouble than if they woi c sown broad cast. See that sttawbeds are manured and dig- between the rows. Mulch raspberries with lotten manure and fork in in the spring. The s,i me should be done to the gooseberry. A, 11 ycunu' trees planted this season should bi- firmly staked so as ro prevent their bejng shaken by the wind. Mulch with old straw or loaves ; it keeps them moist and cool, during the dry and warm weather. Continue pruning, this should be pretty well finished by the end of the month. Prepare giatting materials and scissors for as noon as the buds> begin to swell operations should commence, and the greater the success if everything is pigpured. In all operations in f<irm 01 garden ,one important point should be borne in miud : that there is a proper heaaon for doing all things, and if that season is not taken advantage of, it is fur better to leave alone those things which cannot he attended to at the proper time, for success can scarcely to be expected from neglect carelessness, or ignorance.

Baron H, Dn Wohms asked the First Lou] of tbc Treasury svhether ho still adhered to the opinion exptessed by him in his speech at Glasgow, on December 6, 1879, that the purchase of the Suez Canal shines was a. " delusion," and a "financial operation of a ridiculous description;" and whether, -seeing that the present value of the Suez Canal shares was officially sUted to be £8,826,000, he proposed to take steps for renlising by then sale the aceiued profit £4,626,000. There is no question about the value of early education A seven-year-old child lecently lemarked to its mother that she experienced agomVing disquietude in her epigastric region proxiinately geneiated by a want of forbearance ifi the voluntary consumption of gr issularia which were imperfently matm cd. And the mother replied, with a maternal, loving look ? " Sweet female descendant, unblemished progeny aud off-shoot of the house of Brown, betake tliee to thy discubitory couch, whither I will hasten at no long interval and alleviate and assuage thy colic by a decoction of the o)l of the nuts of the Jliriiu/s coiiuiihuis," That's about the time it takes nowadayn for a child to say it has the stomachache and to get a dose of castor-oil. A disgusting discoveiy was made tho other day on the premises of Mr Wiles potted meat manufacturer, Winson Green, Birmingham. Entering the premises Superintcndant Biichley and Inspector Latham found in the " muniifaotoiy" the steam machine in operation, and about 1,300 pounds of diseased horseflesh, mutton, etc., in various stages, from tho "material" to the "finished" potted meat, sausages, saveloys, savoury ducky, German polonie-i, etc. There were nearly 200 pouuda weight of sausages lecently made, and coloured with red ochre to jrive them a fresh appearance. Two diseased sheep dressed but uncut were in tho manufactory, besides quarteis, breasts, legs, and shoulders of diseased mutton, together with upwards of 200 pounds weight of diseased horseflesh cut into small pieces, cans of re-cently-made potted meat, the meat being mostly hor^e-flesh horribly diseased and colored, with red ochre, large German polonies of equally unwholesome if not poisonous material, and a large number of cans ready to receive as potted meat these strange compounds. The borough and county medical officoM immediately condemned the meat, rematking that they had never seen such a disgustinj? collection, A tin of red ochre was found in the loathsome manufactory. Magisterial proceedings will necessarily follow. A Mkxicax " HoTjiU— The Mexican hotel furnishes lodging, that is all. You engage your room by the day or month, and you get' your bed and toilet. Of couise we ring lor the ice water, and the waiter brings us water without ice ; we ask if we can't get ice and' ars told that v> c can if we send out and buy it. Before going to bed my chum bethinks me of his physic, and asks for warm water ; the waiter can't get us any warm water, because the only place to get it is at the bathing establishment, and that is closed at 9.30. We need a spoon and send, a boy for one'; he returns' and reports that the restaurant is- closed .and the cafe wouldn't trust him with a spoon. ( Igo down to the cafe, when the proprietor^ a' very polite Frenchman, says: "I am very borry to give you the trouble, to come down stairs; I am very 'glad* to lend you anything in my establishment, but I have lived too long in this country to take thd^vorUof ;one off ithssJM fellows for a spoon. ' ? » Tne force df 'the hotel consists .of a , sad-looking cjierk, , wbo. writes tli6 of ( fhe gjuests in 'chalk on a black-board, a melkricnbly custodian of the keys, two bare-footed Comanche boys forigeueralitftUifcyjAfid >fciwii<'Vo£lters on each floor. It is owned by the Iturb.es, wild' are the' richest j family in iffexicoV 1 1' Hey are paid §40,000 or a year <4t. 'Theyi own 1 •ilie 'whole block, the Hotel Baza, the Hotel San Cartes? •ah*q[^ I wh6leiblotik^ofo AKoi&feSil. property in theicifcy.i/iTHere are two of them, and their fortunes are estimated at $20,000*000 St Louis Globe- Democrat.