FARM CALENDAR FOR JANUARY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1794, 5 January 1884, Page 4

FARM CALENDAR FOR JANUARY.

Upon every propeily conducted farm a flock of well bred sheep should be one of the indispensables, and those should " be turned into the stubbles immediately after the crop has been removed. If it is intended to follow with another ceieal crop, the sheep will prove effective clean era of the land, while at the same time converting themselves from stores into fat sheep for the market. As soon as the work of cleaning by the sheep has been effectively performed, it is good practice to give the land a skim ploughing in order to conserve the fine mellow mould that exists on the suiface after the removal of a crop, and prevent th.it breaking and cracking of the soil which ensues under the hot summer's sun. After the surface has been thus treated, and the work can be inexpensively peiformed by a lad driving a pair of hoises, in a scarifier fitted with bioard cutting shares — a good sprinkling of rape may be scattered over the land and lightly harrowed in. This w ill spi ing with the iirst showers together with the weed seeds of any objectionable vegetable that it is desiublo to get lid of, and upon this the sheep cm bo turned in to gia/e before the regular seed tune amves. If it was proposed to sow the stubbles down with grass seed instead of a crop, this same practice will bo appiopuato. The benefits which follow the nnging of of timber ate admitted by all who ha\c experimented in this duectiou, whethei as vespects the improvement of the natutal grass or the piepaiation of the land for tilla<_'f purposes Anout January is oonsulcicd the best month as a, mle for what is called sap unging. Sapringing is eoiiMdoied the best plan where it is proposed to ultimately clear the timbei fiom the giound, astheticcs being quickly Killed ciacU and gene willy open better .so that Hie can opetate upon them most effectively. In sap-ringing the norkmen cuts a mcho right tluough the baik and sap wood into the haul wood, in a ling lound the tiee. The by.stem of bai-iingingliov\cvci , is pi cf cued w liuie it ib not pioposid to cleat the land fiom the timbei, but leave it peimanuntly toi gwi/ing puipo-3 ■> To ring in this way moans the iunov.il simply of a stiip of the bai k about a foot \\u\v, and by thib plan, although the ticc talub Jongei to die, ,\n advantage is gamed in the fact that the bi audits do not become biittle, and lets tioublc aiibiib fiom the glass being intoiicml with by ialliugr/' 4m. \Vlnlc the middle of suminei howuvei, is tlie best season iui sip-iinguig, tho eaily spi mg stabuii will be iound moot suitable for the buik-iingiug pioceesb. — Milvoi 'b Annual.

"No more lellections, please, ' and the looking-ylasb aitoi it Iwul tumbled down stau s. Quakki.ujau. avails nothing. Esi'ii tlic foity thiev es came to i^iiel b} jai-. WjIAT is the dittciencc between a muscular tiauip and newl> cleaned lamp? — Only this— -one is a well limbed tramp, and the othei is a A\elltiimmed lamp. rnon-s^uj, looking at his -watch : " As mo ha\c a lew mimit'sl shall be glad to answei any questions that one may wish to ask." .Student . " "What tune is it, please .' ' Bkow.N'-on : " Well, I always make it a nile to tell my wile everything that happeno." Snnthknis . "Oh, my deu fellow, that's nothing. I till my wife lots oi things that ne\ei happened at all." Ayocm. lady and her escoit Aveie returning fiom watching an aicliei) mooting the otliei da\. . "Would \ou not lilcetoha-\e a bow .' ' asked the .swain. " If I had one, ] should piefei >ew, ' she an&weied, areh-1) . " Will, to tell the tiutli, papi, I did not think mm li of the close ot the suimon, ' .said a fashonable young lady. " i'lobabh you weic thinking inoie ot the clothes of the eongiegation," leplied hei lathci. Till, batli koopu v. as diawmg a lai <• quantity ot -water foi Akibiadcs " Jle ninst think him a vcij duty t*.ll- > w , - .ml a Spaitan. This is p.ualhled b> a »nl ■wliowent to mvii) loi the in st time, atul mote to hci mother tliat he'l'DiaskT and misttcss wcie veiy duty, foi they washed then hands ever so nianj time- a (lay. .Sciixcl has sustained a loss m the death of M. Wcidoim inn, one of the leading electiiv-ians ol the da\ . Jle was the inu'iitor of the M'nu-nie,indescent hglit which atli acted so much notice at the last Ekctixal Exhibition, and was one ot oui highest authonties upon clectncd .subjects He was .i man of &ingulaily Avide and 'auul attainments. Svit \s v Jvi< aii r#\ ion Disci i'-i \.— The Shaker .Mawhsto lias the following "Halt a tei'p'JOnful ot common table bait dissolved in a little cold water and diank will ms^anth ulieve hcaithuin oi dyspepsia It taken evei\ inoinmg befoie bieaKfast, liKitasing the quantity giadually to .i lia-poontul to a glass of ■\\atci, it will in a I- w dajs euie any oidinaiy cisc of d^pepsia, if, at the same time, due attention is paid to the diet. Theie is no bettor lemcdy than the abo\e tor consti[iation, — no better gaigle foi soie tin oat. lfc is equal to chloiatc of potash, and is entiuly It niav bo used ns often as desned, and, if a little is swallowed each time it am 11 h;i\e a bciiflicial cftect on the tin oat by cleansing ]t ami allaying nutation. In doses ol one to four teaspoonsful in half a pint of tepid watei, it acts piomptly as an Pinetic ; and, in oases of poisoning, is always at hand It is an excellent remedy for bites and stings of insects, and a valuable asti ingent foi honioi l hages, particulaily tor bleeding after the e\tiaction of a tooth. It has both cleansing and healing piopeities, and is, theiefoie, a most excellent application for supeiiicial ulceiation." lM'cniui>rjj!Li, Paim n. • — IVL fl. Mayer, of Pans, has lmenled an incombustible paper which is likely to be of very gieat \aluc. It can bo made of a quality &v. table for deeds and othei impoitant documents, or of a quality suitable for wall papei, theatiieal decoiations, oi, in fact, foi any puipose for which piper is used. He has also invented an nieoinbu-tibl'j ink and incombustible coloui s. The papei notonlv. does not consume uiulci the milufuco i>f oxtieme heat, but its appeal anee is absolute 1> nmlnngtd. At a meeting of ■ilic.Socict^ d EncouiageiiK nt pom 1 industiic Natioiude .V Me\d exhibited specimens ol pa pei inddotuinents which had heen foi ioui liouis in a tcto; t in a pctteiy fuinaeo, and those picsent woie unable to distinguish, cithti by appeaianec oi te\tun'. the l'.ipeis so tteated iiom tli" othus v\ith w hid) they A\eie placed 'J he eolouis a>e mixed and >-old &opaiatel\, so that aitist-., In u>ing them and the papei, can msnie thin Mork against desti action by inc. The gieat value ot such an inwnUon as tins needs nr» roiniiK'nt ]>y employ ing thick eaidboaid of tin 3 mateuai, \wth M. Meyei's jumts, tlioatnc.d manage is cm lender tlicii scnuiy luiinn.unmabk', v> hile fordocuinputs ot nnpoitance, deeds, m ills, and agieeimnts the invention should co;ne into univeisal use. Rats a\d Mk;i;. -If you wish to de<!tro\ tin m j,'i-t a p u k( l of H iiWhui Vi i mi \ XlI ! 1 H 111 p I' kt Is, 0(1, ')'J .111(1 Is, to l)( .)ljt lIX ll nf.ill stnrck( ( pets, oi liuni 1 J5 Uiil bj enclosuif^ -I" i vtra "si imp Ovi: Sinui.x(i — Fianeis J. Slioitib" Popular Art Uniun — 1 en firsi-tWss Oil I'.untinf^s by celebraud aitist-. .'.OltO tv lets at Is '1 he prizes are m. imminent and < ristlj. Counti) subscribers itnuinff st imp-, or o'.hi'iuise will hjve tickets by ictiirn post. Enclose st.imp( fl envelope foi icplv. — Fkancis J. Shout i, 140, Qiioen- C tiect, Aurkl md — [Anvi ] Li*k in THKljUbir— Tjh:n t and Now. — It is generally supposed that in the bush we ha.c lo put up with m.iii} disromforts and pih.itions. in the shape of food Foimcrly it was, so, but now, thanks to T B. llili, who has himself dwelt in ll'P bush, if food does consist chiefly of tinned mf.its In-. Coi ONtAL Sale l {jives to tium a n>ost delectable fl.u our, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead as hard biscuits and indigcslible damper Ins IviPROVFD COIOVIAL I'AKING PoWDI'R IlldkeS (lie very best bread, sconrs, rake-., and p.istrj f.ir superior and tnme wholesome than yeast or leaven. Sold by all stoiekeepers who can obtain it from any merchant in Auckland.