HINTS TO FARMERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1430, 1 September 1881, Page 4

HINTS TO FARMERS.

Cat.vi s should have a run in a yooil piece of syia'.s. The value of a cow depends so much upon tho first year's growth that the o.ilt should have the bet oi feed, that the mature aoimal may bo the most profitable. An Indiana farmer tried four different fertiliser tor melons — poultiy droppings, w ell rotted cow minnrc, barnyard manure, and old bon<\i (githtied upon tlio farm and loduced by placing them in alternate l.iycis with ashes the previous year), mixing- all liberally in the different hills, which were ciprht feat apart each way, and he .says :—": — " Such a crop of melons as came f 10m the hills that had tho bonedust I never saw before." Statistics show that the annual consumption of eor^s in the United Stales is about 10.600,000 barrels. The poultry maiketed or consumed ia estimated at 680,000,000 Ib , valued at 68,000,000 dollars, and yet old farmer Jones, not knowing of the above, says :—": — " Chickens don't pay me, no how." Supposing that to be the case, some people must be losing a lot of money in disposing of the quantity of chickens and eggs used in the United States. ' * A compost heap containing 1 animal matter of any kind should be made aa follows:— A foot depth of soil and s^ds or vegetable matter mixed ; a layer.of ; animal matter well sprinkled with lime and, lightly covered with soil; 'a foo^of horse manure ;■ a layer of the <anirii£ll., matter sprinkled with lime aa before, and then a foot of earth sods and vegetable matter. Thebeap should, b« well{mck«ja/ and , ttiatnpled and made flat and hollow to hold the rain And, preserve moisture. .■■<