ON THE FARMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 637, 14 October 1909, Page 10

ON THE FARMS.

.> . THE WORK OS 'ME MONTH. • During' the / month many. North; Is-. . land farmers will' be.sowing 11 breadth of soft turnips.- : Veiy,iiii{o ;^.tilth 'is-.requisite; foi\tur--; , \-,nip ( sowing.,\ For.ono .thing, it. enables tho seed to; ; be 'sown:less': deep., tlrnn ,is the caseon- a, rougher,:.surface;..-..'iiiruip, . seed, . cannot .1 be. /covered.too-'fchinly. so.loiigas itiscovorcdat .lu' manuring* the .usual practico- is to uso. choice, of'.this i..'.duo to : (the desiwi' to .rush-.the^young .plants'. b'.V.Vy, into .-their; 'Vrough'-leaf y inorder: that, they may. pass' the. daflger..zone ;of- tho chief of- all .turmp's mlanutiles ailments—tho ■ ."fly"-: (haltica nonioruin). :;/- ;, Oncetho', littla turnip plant gets its'/rough'-' leaf • itrisV.siifo.7-froT)oi l ;tljo"i'ffly;: :^SoiriHg /should ini-, f mediately■"follow-* the 'last workmg-of tho.soil. • ■ Tho object of -promptness in this is obvious - ,v- /.-for • loss •: of moisture:. from now onwards- may -/be lookod for in all soils, alid if sowing be delayed after / th<? - last cultivation tho seod is V liable: to fall luto a dried ;soil, and bo thus in 'its -, development. While .fineness of :/ : 6ul-fac(f-i3:important,, that: surface 'must be : llcoso . -and 1 notv: caked ..down . solid by suchy\, -methods,as. rolling .or .crushing when damp.' ■. From li to 2lb.' of seed, per .acre 15 usually- . Bown, allowance; ;is • -from 1 to 2. cwt.. * - .-./ Mangolds:, may. still;..bevsown, - and . by. all. means;driU them. \Asian alternative to superv ; l)hosphhteuse ■: "blood and .bona" manure- (2 ;r / cwt.), and drill it in* with; the seed.; Cultivate tho asxoou afterwards as possible; to .'stgp .tile. enormous evaporation -.of •: moisture..which; though invisible, goes on incpssantlv.: It occurs ..0n,.a11" soil; .-but thero . ' is: at" least ,n hundred times moro loss ifroni. fc!;(vv? :E oirvW.hose;Surfacbasnot-kept; loose..OThe. loose : i-;. cultivated inch of top-soil, should cover the ; surface a/complctely as -/a 'carpet, so that the y. : .. sun or> wind .-haven tas much, as a hope of ' ".I'cetting .'Gveh a, peep at. any,', of. the; firm,' soil ::..ibtlow. fiWevwant.-..t0 remember, all the time £:;.V/;;jthat -moisture isVtep : times more valuable than, 'manurcto tho, plantsalthough in.iroality . the *... / Imoistura. comes up so automatically from' down. ■ Z : 'below. that-.we-iarp'' apt "to \:forget; h'o'wv m'uoh, . .wo owe to lt.'-jßut. sow/some seed.in:a shallow :1 ..;-V ;.- box. of :'jnoist; 501b and 1 stand 'it in tho . sun, mid _=re how long it ..takes -for tho. soil. to. loso. : :>jts and'/thel .^seedlingsto fall- • .- down dead. On- an ordinary day jt-will- hap- ■ pen in about 48. hours. . The steeping .of tho • '.eeed..water for two days beforo v sowing ' : causes^a. quicker.germination. : ; : .v .Carrots. oti: ! loose, . deep,, rich . . soil,' deeply .•ploUghed,;;aro a' valuable crop; when thi lab;r ;' v:' 0f" cu|tlvating and -.weeding 13. not': objected to. ; HeaVy 'shallow soil' is/not: suitable:- The deeply as , / Maiiqnng^iis; best substitute is thorough-'tillage. sur;/AO'!VV:V^ueeirlte!t;niay 'instill: bo ; soVn. '•/ ..'Rkally.vno: farm'eri'|iirh<j jcultivatesr^particularly":th£ d&iry'. anyJqngar, i 1 v.i^;;iugS^ut ; whether lud'e'frie: performs; :£' ;■ < r him.' that'it has 'pb'rfoi-fted; .■; thevAmerijijiii'it:' aindthe : fioursej-' ; just : 'oxactlycwliat>;it;' : has:dono: ; .'; . V; : ,;elsor'-herp.j s And . thtre aroj inany;; farineri who. -are proving it.'-When dairy fanners,talk about 1 ' r^.-./Aythe':^trefliendonspricet'ith^.:rp f aid."."Jpjr^Jiair;."|jiiid'. : - .::;;V ,to carry, ihoro'-stockvor' ;y;- sonifetoJyii .'Should; s:(r ':-ffeet:iiip;iwid;vsugg^t c ' acre bf 'hiberno.:.. Tho .-successlof...tha!t"acre will' SI"-J-^;'»ptobablyV,roshlt5ih^srio'h'-'S5chdiigo!:fof^ ; ;'^.';'. : met.hod9^.t.hat .■tho .'.farm's' stook-carrying.'cap-, Nowr'.'.'thA't* .'■we. i -ayo."';lje-r ginning ,to ;,tako:'..svops.-to- test. out- and. reject ■'! cow ; we: should Vlso. : set -abctut. that .are. un-■::Xpei,n^;.hiay..bo-just' the' thing yy)'*/.to;right;iiijLt£cr.<i, ! .'h.'iicl; there is still-tune : to sow ;■vj-.f-. ifino? tilth, / sweet soil (rich or .v..:- .".poor),tt: -deep.; soil, and and;a certain, amount;of coaxing: ;i. '' , fQr/thQ-.-u'i i ,st season. After that. its yield of ; ; v : forage: is -snornious. With winter dairying in ?iri.:Vr;^."'tHe'-;aii:^>%"jgp^VstftoK*<if/;liii!boriie Jiygilßißrowill be sure to como;-in-;handy. ; . . " k ; >^,'o':' : !i MaizeAisj i|Whpn -the ;apple trees :; . itennvblossom. 'That .is.now. .. . "■ •- • Kobbßitbi .is to recoive more at-: -.-...ifelltioh'. .case,, audvpro-" turnips ;;' ~: , the'.sheop; farnis; , : . Tt ,is,; of course,' related .-to the t.arnip; -.tho iabbago, jape, -kale; -and .mangolds,-, all: of+whrch 'ai-s'inemberS-pf'"th?'.bras-. ■ sicastribe.'? It'.yiejdsvan atrunilanco- of t.leafage,. ;'as .Well- yalii!ible:(e]ilar{;cd 'stem, which ; may stored ;in. the winter or fed like manV 5 'golds,^[or.swedes: 6t turnips;:-The yield of .these •. . stems g'oci :higji'i'a's,2.V.'+ofis: , ,to--the- acrfclt . \ . is a great feeder,."and 'Will eat up lots ofr^l)rill jii'^theCseed'; 111 rows 2ft. apart, ,?• ! moro_, of . "blood and - bone"?,manure• per, acre/ . ' r '. .-