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/ (shell) \ FARM FORUM Questions and by experts for tho man on th. land. 75 * tBB®W wA la.-.-.-; WMI ■nr ■ -Or aWfe ■B’’ 1 Good feed—fat lambs! "Lamb "Fattening Crops Q: I’ve a hill paddock which has been fallow for twelve months after being ploughed out of 40 year old pasture. What is the best lamb-fattening crop to be grown which could be sown early in the season! »> To state what is the best lamb fattening crop to grow could almost start a civil war between the advocates of various crops. You have two or three forage crops at your disposal in this area and I will list them in my order of preference: 1. Thousand-head Kale; 2. Rape; 3. Chou Mouliier. Thousand-head Kale can be sown early and after eating off its second growth is ideal for flushing the ewes, or providing another bite in the winter. Manunal treatment. You haven’t given me any history of topdressing and as it is a4O year old pasture it can be presumed it hasn’t had any super or lime. I think under these conditions it would be advisable to sow 3 cwt. of reverted boarated super to the acre. Parasitic Attack on Carrots Q: Last year a healthy looking carrot crop turned oat to have badly deformed roots, in fact most of the crop was a write-off. This is new to my experience. Would it be possible to determine the cause and how to overcome it in fuluret *'• It would seem that your carrot crop has been attacked by a parasite known as Root-Knot Nematode. Infestation will cause deforming of the roots in carrots. These Nematodes will also attack and retard the growth of celery. Other types of Nematodes will attack numerous vegetable crop* including radishes, onions, lettuce and potatoes. Working both inside anooutside the roots the pests pierce healthy cells with a syringe like beak and suck out vital plant juices. They are so minute in size they are rarely seen with the naked eye. They make up for their lack in size by attacking susceptible crops in their millions. An effective method of control is by Shell D.D. Soil Fumigant. Its use should be discussed with your usual supplier of insecticides. Horses "Eating Bark Q: We have a colt that eats bark in large quantities and we had a brood mare that ring-barked trees. Have you any suggestionst • ! I think this must be calcium deficiency—bark eating is a symptom. The colt will be growing fast and is perhaps not getting enough gcmd oaten chaff or lucerne. Damp good chaff with molasses and on this sprinkle ground calcium carbonate at the rate of 1 lb. to a bag of chaff. Also feed good (ucema hay free from dust. In future with brood mares, see they get good chaff and lucerne hay. Calcium carbonate should be fed if they commence bark eating. Grubs in Tomatoes Q> A plamp, smooth greyish brown caterpillar with spots and stripes on it is eating leaves on my tomatoes. Is there some way of stopping this? Your tomatoes seem to be the victim of a cutworm attack. These are the young of night flying moths and they will be found in the soil near the plants which are being eaten. They go after nearly all plants and most damage is done in Spring or early Summer. Sometimes they cut the plants off near or just below the ground. Some eat buds, leaves and fruit and still others feed only on roots and underground stems. Most cutworms feed at night or on cloudy days and shelter in the soil at other times. Get Aldrex 40% WJP. or Dieldrex 50% W.P. from your seedsmen and use these Shell insecticides broadcast at the dosage stated on the label. Rake the surface of the soil lightly afterwards. *F»rm Forum" is another Shoß sorvica to fsrmors. If yo« / 1 *»»*• »ny qu<ri®», address them to ‘•Farm Forum". Box FF4.* 2OTI, Wellington, and watch for the answer in this column.