NEVER TOO LATE TO PLOUGH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 10

NEVER TOO LATE TO PLOUGH.

;; ; ;Pn{rMnrlfMmSi;th^ ;grain'4for'ms-'a 'most .convenient time for thesowing of /stubble turnips, Italianrye-': grass, ;crimson r .clov«r,aad; also .vetches maed with' rape,- barley,.'oats,'arid other !<jereal plantsitflr • green -forage■ later on. - ;little;)mustdrd, amorigv also '.beijeficial.'tt.There is'alwaysi'ia gain*.in:iiii:bludii^:::a;:'leguminous'''planr among the cereal -SOTO: for. green ieed.i. The : vetch is:a .good grower, -gives -ai nutritious feed, and.is bnp.of -that classof /plants which .•■■ft*'-.soil with- nitrogen gained from ithe;:air:; ; Sown alone,;itis : apt'.to/lieytoo close ,to! thp!;'gjburid.'^!.Oais. tare;usually sown ; to. give;-it/support/.';'!■, ; ■■■'',};■■ ■'■."■ AVhero the showery'-■\seatter has' caused delays'! in. the'harvesting !;of'the 'grain . crops as :has. happened' often, yiis 'season'; good use might, be.'made-'bf; the .'idle intervals' , by. setting :'the ; ploughs '.to work even -whiio tho'grain.;.is: still :in. stbok. ; Speed. in "this operation isimpprtant as the earlier -the seed is sown' the heavier will, bo.'the- crops! obtairied./;. Showers ~ that . would be l ir!ritatirig/-.:in' respect to the harvesting,.;'W«uld'?beT.verj>;;useful.:to the «tarK^xqfi'.-th^.;i!c^B:pro^r;<^d,;.aftßr' 'aU; ; a;goM':farmer;is:;oie:,whb,,makcs thb best use,''pf,!aUH'hi9::cirbuißstaices;!// •'•-'.'!-"; ! ,

■/. .'Wherojcatch ./brbp's'Jwillj.v.hbt;'■ now ...bo, called; intb/Juse to<!.saye:overstocking (the strike^'happily,;,is'.j"ofF"),'/they /may stall 1 ':be'.;majde;:'a. : sonrce2p.f;''profit:';by./!the pur-' chasei farid/. fattening!; of /store;;sheep. and. /from favourably.situ-' atedh : oiv',by.;th« - -ißetter.: feeiling.? of .dairy,/ -sfbck'.when! the;;.l;".past^res';-pare• ■ getting brpwriv'r/Ths'growing'Uenderibv/of, dairy-' ; farmers :'to. wi ntbrV , 'their ?'■ hVrds : ,; at-home;:. sending;-theni','toVre'nted! 'Das-'-indifferent .maintenahc6 ; !capacity/ pyes'an .increased.!:infprest':tb'..'the:!.siib-. jeCt/of,'late Catchicrops.-!■ Ensilage,, other .'outlet,, for ;such -surplus/ crops as hiavbe grown, is not to/be .despised. "...-. :/It.there is ariythirig in'the. theory, that better /feeding! produces /better cows, an increased .activity!! with. the. plough, and tho...silo may prove a useful ally.-to.the Daleneld;and any other'yield-testing associations in 1 improving the averago quality' of the.New Zealand : cow..;-Therefore, by all means', keep tho/stubble plbughVmov-:iDg.-j'r'i;-;'ii-/'"':;.-. /- : #;;-,';•...■ !/','> : . : - .'■,!''/;■:/