THE CROPS TO GROW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 8

THE CROPS TO GROW.

%:■■ '- "; :\} "EXPERT'S; ADVICE.;^;;;vO ' ;■' In-vyesterday's issue'Hlere^appeared-■-a: '; reference to.'.tho; opinion •. of "ajTaranaki ' farmer, that'dairymen.should grow;-maize; '■''■ "is: fodder* '.'Speaking; at Danhe'virke Mr. - ;.Bayliss',(Keld. Instructor in;the-Agrioul-; .'.'turallßepartoent)'urged ;the. cultivation ;;of maize arid the; adoption .of {experiments; ito find /but what; ispecies .of maize ..was' :■■ best adapted to 'the soils'/of the. district. ■" v..The king of all fpods.-said.Mr. B'ayliss,.: r;;;waS';lucernejvtbe.;;cultivation !bf ; <;Svnich. .;.;should'be .'more generally : g'ohe,.in. ,:>this.; :.;■' Care ; should;be' ■' taken"-;; to ,-; prepare.-'.the;ground ..well; for.''the. so wing,: 1..'0f lucerne;.':. The ysoil mnst';be 'thoroughly;, ! '^;.cleariiand;iMhsideraDle , .trouble' shbuld.be. /crop ;.was : put' down,'..it'would ,la'st, if: pro-; .'/.perly ,put ; in,' anything from 7:tb 50years.■ yrHeaJ .: swedes,' as:good '.'dairy... feed,V'arid'advocated .-vthe greater: variation ;pf: our.;crops;;"and ', mentioned peas, millets,- and oats' as suit- • : ;able;for i.this' purpose.instead/of ;,adhering; ;. to arid!'turnips,';turnips'an '?:; The manuring -;6f 'crops;.was.next touch-', Kedvupon.' :-He/advocated the■ rotation. |:6f ■■ '//.crops,'- and suggested; that the, : crop which :^''is';'gM\vn. ;, /''isonW;regarbV; to; the! crop';which;:is' to;be'■ ■''gfpw^h'nextyeaf:.;' w;hich ./.should be; grown mpre', ; as it': was ; adapted ': .'t.o:,bbth. r •'sneep/.9nd>.daii^':'catJ;le;. : v'-no.t ;.;' fer, at; tha£ ;time/ ..■'pf; V:>adapted:to "a. great l ihahy;''soilsi;',and~'| it' ;''was;jio.t-:Tery subject:ib;blights' : ahd!:para; ; ; ; sites;.. •■:.There;/was .-;:«■ could anav'tn'at',' was ;.^umpkinIva^';maiz'e.;'i^Hai1 v a^';maiz'e.;'i^Ha i suggested, ; ;.this,:;howeyer,':more>toi'give';;the>lan'd:;.'"'a; , moV6f■'■•'itlie' , ■ V bligfits.whidh thriyo' 6n'rape-ahd turnips.; ;iMarigolds,, too,"could be grown with great; /'advantage,'; tecause';;theyjgave ; ,', a u .'good. -.. 'deal. of'''fpfage,'';'som ;'. .'''times;" as ; much;''asvswedes',.. : and ; .for.;Jthat. ;•;,', reasori':; it ''was';'^^pne':pf,Vthe'cheapest' ; :orpps', : J;'-that ■ : cpuld';rbe;"grbwh,'Valtho'ugh' 'i.t'-'{mig;lit/ 'iv-ndt-.-be ; 'lho^ht.B6.-''.:,&m«;'esp^rim^ntii-Mii { :';',the' Peildirig;district, gave; frpm. 40' tp 1 .60.; ;:!itons.,'^ ;■!^ : hi^ ; .g6t''."as.. i lvigK^a i yield : as^'frdm':s4 : ~ .i : .toiis/:'.'".''s''.'?.'-:: r v'f:■<:■?: ''-■'■-•'. ■■■':?-v'i-o'•■:'■■'. ; :: '; ; ; ; :

,; "Italianrye,;,and;red clover ( ;and;, prairie, '.grass and;retf;clover;wouM;suit;tbe..sheep;:{farmer;(wen,\;andy^ Hrobi;crops : would! lbs-; bf-'greatvadvantageVs vlln'.]uM|''imineßkl:'-nianures':;they. v .w«re i ndt« -igivingj'-it'-that* share- of<.-vegetable 'food ywjii.chv it. heeded,vbut:'by;, growing, leguminons/crops' this 'error.-'■. was rectified.:)']® ::"; the .'matter, of .■ f otatioh. f every - man ••■must'.-' rbe:Ma:own,judge,: but':if .it fwas.desired : i;to,'sow maize,, one of the: dwarf varieties.; onby ■■another leguminous;cropiiand the land so vprepared for;a :crbp :! bf,mangolds/,' 'Such;a series of, crops-would ibe valuablenot. only, v to: dairy 'cattle, 'but-also -to sheep y and ?;lambs.-;;rt,K;-v ~-',: :;/^:;''V;v.;::-jS';V.. ::■',;.-, '.'•: s '-