SEASONABLE FARM NOTES. (N Z. County Journal.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2034, 21 July 1885, Page 4

SEASONABLE FARM NOTES. (N Z. County Journal.)

Si'Rivg Wheat. — The vaiietics of wheat know n as w inter \\ licit, such as the pearl, red and white chaffed, and velvet wheats should now be followed by th« spring varieties, embracing the Tuscans. As the season advances, a little tnoie seed must be used ; in the beginning of August, one and a-half bushels may Biifh'ce, but as the month advances, two bushels will not be too much, and e\en two and a-half may he used in light soil. In the piesent piospcet of the w heat market it must become a question whether it is advisable to sow wheat in any land w Inch cannot, be r ciioned upon to produce at least 30 bushels pel acre. Wintkr Wni- vr should be hairowrd this month, and heasily rolled both pic\ ions to ami after harrowing. This is an opeiation winch should not be neglected, it usually has a most beneficial effect upon the young corn. Watch carefully the tune when the wheat plant begins to show any attempt to spindle up into the seed culm, after which it would i be highly injurious to use either harrow j or roller. This applies only to heavy soils which are apt to cake after the winter rains. A dense flock of sheep driven across early sown wheat in light soil will answer better than the harrows. Uaruots may be sown this month. The land should be well pulverized and in fine tilth, to a greater depth than for any other crop, and the manure previously well incorporated w ith the soil. In case the manure has yet to be supplied, it should be well decomposed, and in the state of rich compost. Four pounds of seed will bo required to sow an acre. The seed should be well rubbed and mixed with dry sand or ashes to ensure an cren distribution of the seed. Clovkr Ami Grass Shin. — If the sand i«i under wheat, harrow it well, to raisi 1 enough of loose earth to give the seed a good bed to \ egetate in ; bushharrow and roll immediately after. Most good farmers, however, disapprove of sowing grass and clover seed w ith winter wheats, barley being the most suitable crop for this. If the land is sown, or to be sown, with oats, or barley, sow the clover and grass seeds immediately after the grain is covered ; harrow them lightly in, roll hea\ ily. Farmers cannot be too careful in the buying of grass and clover seeds. Get the best quality available. You thus in as far as it is possible so do so by the selection of seed, ensure a good grow th of meadow or pasture, and run leas risk of introducing weeds into the land than by using cheap seed, (live a liberal allowance of good grass seed, perhaps 2 bushels per statute acre, along with clover seed. hvvt K\ h may bo sown by the end of the month, or beginning of September. The land should be rich, and deeply tilled, and thoroughly clean. By keeping it clean and manuring it, luxuriant crops are produced for nuny yeais. It should be sow n in drills from 12 to 18 inches apart, with or without a corn crop ; but sowing without a coin crop will be much the best, as it can be kept thoroughly clean the fiist season by the horse hoe. Sow 7 to 81b. of seed pei acre. Spki\<; Yrrciii-*.. — Successional sowing of spring vetches should be made next month, one at the beginning and the othei at the latter end. The land should be ricli oi manured. Two or two and a half bushels of vetches with a bushel of oats sows a statute acie. I'lvntim; should be finished next month. Tices of all kinds are now plentiful and cheap, catalogues of which my be had from any nuiseryman, with full instructions as to planting, and the best kinds for each distiict. Gum seed may be sown broadcast, at the i ate of 21 ozs. per acre, and harrowed in, but in addition to the ordinary blue gum, we would stiongly recommend the stringy bark gum (Eucalyptus Obliqua), it is an infinitely more useful tree than the former, it splits freely into palings and shingles, posts and rails, and it is quite as hardy as the blue gum. For a shelter tree we prefer the Cnpressus Maciocarpa ; it is a lapid grower, and its conical from of giow th tenders it well suited to stand against the high winds. I'inus Insignia is also a valuable shelter tice, tin i% ing in some localities better than the former. It is however more liable to injure from high winds than the Macrocarpa. Fjl.a\. — The best time for sowing this crop is from the 15th to the end of August ; but if the weather should not suit earlier, it may be sown up to the first week in September. Its proper place in the rotation is after oats or other corn sown on good rich Ira. Flax does not do so well after tut nips. The best bed for it is land after oats on lea. The best seed bed is what farmcis call a "winter face ;" that is, land ploughed early in the winter and not cioss ploughed. The finer and tinner the bed is, the better. The stubble should be deeply ploughed as soon as the corn is off, to eiiMne the ameliorating elfect of the wintei frosts and thaws. Good harrowing and cross-grubbing, with repeated harrowings and rollings, should complete the work in reducing the land to a fine and clean tilth. Sow the be»t procurable seed at the rate of about H bushels to the statute acre. Cover by a fine grass or chain harrow, and roll the land immediately. If inquired for seed only, sow in drills four inches apart, from 30 to 00 Ib. of seed may be used. Young cattle and stoics should be caiefully tended and well fed. A little extra food given now, and up to the period when the grass begins to grow, will be well repaid, in the full development of bone, muscle and flesh, before the end of the season. Great caie is necessary when young stock are changed from poor keep to luxuriant grass, as it is apt to bring on lnflammatoiy fever, determination of | blood to the brain, diarrluoa, fee. Siiefp. — Kwes will now be coming forword for early lambing, and should be kept as much a* possible out of wvt paddocks, and supplied with n little sweet hay or oaten straw, and a few roots thrown on the grass, or have access for a few hours daily to where the loots are growing. Half a pound of oats per head per day till lambing, would ensure agood dropping of strong vigoious lambs ; it is advisable to leave a few lumps of rocksalt about the paddock for the sheep to lick. To have good early lambs fit for the butcher, it is indispensable to have a paddock of i ape, or turnips, or rape and seeds, ready to turn the ewes into .is they lamb. Sheep kept in paddocks, will require to have their feet carefully looked after and pared, the neglect of which is frequently the parent of foot-rot, and much ultimate loss. It is a good plan to drive sheep across a bed of freshly slaked lime, but the less p wes in lamb, or with lambs at foot are driven about, the better will be the results.

Ay 'entomologist lias reported having found 724 species of noxious insects in trees, shrnhs, and plants of the New York parks this year. These include the cotton worm of the .South, the wood borers of the West, the sugar-cane beetle, many speces unknow n to thr entomologist, and some entirely new species. The most destructive insects of the trees are the bag worm, the tent and web caterpillars, the scale insect, the coccus, and the elm beetle. Of these injects seven bushels of cocoons and egg mosses were removed.

A Beautiful Painting. Mr G. G. Green, of Wood bury, New Jctscy, U.S.A., is picsenting to druggists and others m tl.is country some very fine pic'tiiies in oil of his magnificent house and grounds and laboratory at that place. Mr Green ia the proprietor of Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower, two vciy valuable medicines, which arc meeting with great favour, the fint as a remedy for Pulmonaiy complaints, and the latter for Dyspepsia and disorders of the Liver. These preparations have attainod an immenso sale solely on their superior meiits and are sold by all druggists throughout the world. The price is the same for each, .'?s Gd per bottle, or sample bottles for 6d. The sample bottles enable sufferers to prove thoir value at ft trifling cost.