AFTER HARVEST.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 31, 11 February 1875, Page 3

AFTER HARVEST.

As harvest - is ;- now ; commenced, farmers^ an- Ptago j.wUl. soon have, a large area of stubMeJanjd^of breaklngtip purposes,- and it is, as .well: to f enun«dl . them that the Jast haryest : gatherpd in England, was 'reaped jundpr .auspices very similar' to their prospects here The seeds, hpwfeyery'srjfrri* at home in the-spring^-ir^'li^H^ asetond-fcowiog had to be -made,, an*^: this latter inyolYedra~Tery large conll: sumption of n*ih6taWfeeeaV Italian ryegrass fwct4-&t^ the tugge most^senUal .§esds . for .^utuinn B< #i<F% &£#&& $f^v? n £ an pariv green crop. white* multSrd seed & T ' * n6e P *f eed > as an autnmii c*M*^ ! It mw*ifluis^th§3^ tuie. Jjrodnces the best known autumn i^^wFb^Wm'S'^h^lH^r^ 1 •own for agricuftto#*V6^ 6-9©>OOo--jftwesof wmte mum^^^iii.Jtii^onip-,;^ •187*^^*».^iqt summer.* It is yvtHj a Stolen CTbjj/'iijntf never sown in

"the sprTho-y except for ;_seed my Relief is fh^ exportthah any dther article, as it is ■never yVorth . ,fes§. than lo^pisr l/nsbei at. home, and frequently 143 to 18s. Large props ,are. grown in, California, and exported from San Franciico to London annually. The /English makers also import from Holland and various places in; bbth f Baltic and Mediteranean seas. It is the most powerful vegetable astringent known for. the scour ih sheep, and is looked, upon as the best bloodpurifier, and one of its finest properties in a vegetable state is. irrigative, and renews exhausted soil; if turned, in when about ten inches above the ground, while cleansing the land thoroughly of 'obnoxious weeds. All farmers should make a trial of this article, not ouly as ' a feeder and fertiliser, but as possessing powerful irrigating qualities. Italian Ryegrass. — With cpwgrass and alsyke it suits most soils, and is invaluable during the' lambing season, growing\-s^eadily when other vegetation makes little, or no progress. If seed be chosen, which is guaranteed to be harvested from a crop which is not allowed to seed for three years, a greater yield of grass, and more certain crop, can be depended upon. This latter is called-giarit Italian, and is extensively used in all the home countries for autumn sowing. Another useful and prolific plant is Lucerne, which should he sown as early as possible after harvest. It thrives in Italy and France in the. hottest weather, and produces in England the largest quantity of green fodder to the acre of any known grass. In the place of rape seed, Kohl Rabi, should be sown in early autumn, for the production of juicy food for ewes and lambs during the winter. A fair trial of this article will well repay the farmer, and especially during a moist season.— ' Canterbury Times.' Mr Gilbert, of Burghley, writing to the "Garden" on the Selected Lapstone Kidney potato, says: — "This season I have.had splendid crops of, all sorts of potatoes. *. The American kinds, owing, I suppose, to the dry season, are drier and better flavored than usual. But of all the potatoes, both for crop and flavor, nothing beats the Selected Lapstone, which is so great a favorite with my employer that he eats no Other late variety. The crop of this potato this season, is perfectly astounding, and the tuberis are of good shapti and size." A correspondent in one of our exchanges says :-A?. f Having had! the pleasure of serving out many tons of oatmeal during the conversion of the South' Wkles brknch : ofthe G. W. R., ftjay; 1872, I hasten to give your .correspondent and/ Others of your readers who may take an interest in the sobriety of their .workmen some infor•niation on this subject. The meal was ground very fine to allow of its mixing thoroughly, and was prepared in -. many* w.ays to suit the tastes of the different gangs, but.the most popular mode was stirring it into "the water whilst boiling ; then putting it aside to cool. Making it thin, and", with; a; little .sugar added, it is as palatable as milk. Some of the', me'ri pi*£f6!rred salt instead of sugar. I think half a pound per diem wpuld: be. • sufficient , for .most, men, though * the. allowance by. the .company' was. most liberal*: Allow hie, iii coh'clu-sion, to add tb : my ' testimony" to * the' appreciation shoWn* by the men of its cooling and strengthening: qualities, and. to the absence v of^ecident or, illness during such a trying- the men working froni fsurd J 'm: to ei'frhtp.m , and Sleeping in their clothes on straw." ; Turnips or beets will -bring good results pn.reciaipaed. swamp land' if the muck is well d'ebomjposeS^ but 'will' riot thrive upon raw muck. Potatoes, however, : will- jgrbw; '< upon newly^drairied peat bogs, and farmers in Ireland . get good , crops near by where they are engaged in ! 'digging peal; for-* fuel. ' ' For tiirhips;/ however? - the - top -' should 'be turned over, or a good'.dreSsiag, of.liirie Or ashes-he given**-- Twx> hundred pounds of superhosphate of lioieper acre would help to bring a crop of turnips upon -a reclaimed swamp-that-has already been cropped with oats. Perhaps the, best bourse to follow in a newly cleared swamp twbiiui (beLto take; a> jqrop of bats then , potatoes, then turnips, and then without oats. An : account 735 " "in . Bil^s Messenger, Londdh*/of *a suggestive test with laf^-eahd heavy seeds as compared with those of- poor and shrivelled qiiali^ltf^'ilfromA quantity *gf /H^ipary/ white wheat, as bought from a seedsman*, hetextraetßdabDut arifrarth of tha- , Whole, regarding the three-fourths thatfdfd -&dt'^ds6^fitdugh^h'e'fscreeni.'as-thie idedted seed. l,ioo, large seeds' were dibbled,;and' oh; plotifTo! 2ji: ; 400::smal^8eed8 nf -the ; sasner wheat, each,.pjps i^-Noj .1 :^ave -316 plants and.l 6/2 ears, which wdg^ipa *«mn- ;;M^|B plahts and 6Qq eaTSj^which weighed 62 ounces. The jjespecture wei^its included the' : slMr l bYW£ dk&^The game gentleman made experiments with oats, : A. horn ?hat ,has been knocked off from a young IcaujMn grow again. ' The part lost is mefi^y the extremity of '- tjhe JjornA isQecasgary to ifjlone is to. spply a plaster of tar to^qte^ part to kem^e f£>ni contact with the -jeifsUive surface untu it has be-. domahar^«a a 7^^^'rXnrrm