JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 9

JOTTINGS FOR FARMERS.

• ' Uammitw is said to he more nfc m Southern Tarantki just now than it h» fc«« * mc* dair - vin S was an ,nd ' lß " trt of conaequenco. i —~* J * Chertsey farmer has expressed' the opinion that the oats crops would yi.ld" on an average from SO to 35 bushels P er acre ' nnd wheat Lctwocri - so and 27 bushels.

A farmer in Parkcs district (New South Wales) has had very satisfactory limits from growing peas amongst wheat. The wheat stalks supported the pea vines, which yielded a .splendid crop and now the combined crop has been turned into first-class hay.

Judging from accounts to hand (says the "Jfawke's tfay Tribune"), it is anticipated that some of the Tongoio settlers will have to forfeit their section* before long. It is stated rhat jonic are unablo to make a living from the land they have taken up.

The larvjp of the s?.w fly, commonly fcnmvn as tho pear -lug, has been very noticeable in Canterbury orchards tins year, attacking pear, . ( <<in.e, cherry, and plum t rees N"' 4 " R rea t impartiality. [. is, not a difficult pest to cope with, a» .praying with a solution of holleboi* or ononato of lead, will speed;y lid * tree of the pest, but fruitgrowers will be interested* to know that tho near slug 1S not w i tnnilt « ts natural heroics, MrW. E- Goodwin, of Halswell, Viewed a "Press" representative on Saturday a specimen of a email beetle, about » quarto*, of nn inch in length, which preys »h the pear slug, and he attribtitw the scarcity of near slug in gnraeii to tho attentions of this mefal little insect,