MISCELLANEOUS.
The fine weather will be welcomed bj farmers, as the almost continuoua rain waa retarding general farming operations, but moro particularly shearing. Where fertilizers or manure were applied in the apring, and the cultivated crop has been cub short by drouth, a summer forage crop may be sown, or autumn barley, rye, oats, or whea*, so bb to utiliee the eoluble plant food thab obherwise mighb be waehed down into the subeoils by the heavy rame. A correspondent of the 'American Agriculburaliab' stabes bhab scours in calves may be prevented as follows -.—Take a piece of salt pork aboub bbc size of two fingers, pub in bhe calf's mouth, and hold up its head by placing one hand under its lower jaw, until it haa chewed and ewallowed the pork, which it will do in a few minutes. I never knew it bo fail. Another plan ia to pubjvitbin .each of a calf a fresh turf of loamfwTiich it will lap, whether sick or not. , , By careful treatment of the cow before calving, the udder can be considerably increased. If the udder of a heifer ia rubbed ten minutes daily for three months before calving tbe glands will be materially enlarged.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 268, 9 November 1895, Page 3 (Supplement)
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202MISCELLANEOUS. Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 268, 9 November 1895, Page 3 (Supplement)
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