dard. MISCELLANEOUS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2967, 21 July 1891, Page 4

dard. MISCELLANEOUS.

A Victorian farmer has discovered that the larkspur poisons locusts, thousands of which died through eating it. Manufacturers estimate that 20 per cent, of the repairs to farm machinery comes from neglect to keep the bearings properly oiled. V\ heat grown on rich soil contains more gluten and nitrogee than that grown on a poor soil, and the short wheat kernel contains less nutriment in propoiv tion to bulk than the long one. In farming just as well ns in any other pursuit, it, is the thoughtful, wide-awake man who succeeds. It does not pay to breed to a stallion because he is cheap. Frequent change ot crops will retard, if it does not prevent, the development of insect enemies of the crops grown.

Tho farmer's bank is his mantiie heap, and every exertion to increase its • stock ' will go a great way in the securing of nu abundant harvest. For breaking heifers to bo milked patience and (.'(-'"Honeys are the only re qnisitcs. if the udder is handled occasionally from acsilf m> to eowdotn, the heifer is already broken. This course works charmingly. Tin; best method of ascertaining tho weight of a st:ick ft h ;y is ;is follows :— Multiply the leu;.'l,h pf lliu el.ick by its breath, and multiply tile it-.sult by the bi-ijrlit, all in feet ; divide tic product by -i, which will irive the ri 11 in I it< i' nf cubic yards; this multiply liy (i, jf new hay ; if oldi-h 8 or !l,and tin; product will be the webrhfc in Ht'iiii:;. In measuring the heiirht deduct, two tliinh of the distance in feet from the caves to the top.