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Agricultural.

To Agriculturists. The Editor of the agricultural pages of tne N.Z. Mail -will be very pleased to receive from his numerous readers any items of interest on matters pertaining to the farm, dai”y, stockyard, orchard, garden, Sea. There are probably many readers of the Mail who have new ideas on some of the above subjects. Such ideas may be of great value and well worth publishing. Intending contributors will kindly remember to write on one side of the paper only, and address all communionions to Agricultural Editor, N.Z. Mail. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. J.B. (Canterbury Plains).—There are two practical modes of killing out sorrel One is to break up and cultivate the land until the weed is thoroughly exterminated, aud the other is to smother it out with Borns larger and stronger growing plant. A good top dressing of barnyard manure or some other commercial fertiliser in spring will usually send the grass forward so rapidly as to crowd the sorrel, and in part if not wholly, smother it out. An application of lime or salt heavy enough to kill the sorrel will also kill grass and other plants, but a moderate quantity of either may strengthen the grass so that it may hold its own with the sorrel, and this is aa much as we can expect in using any of the so-called weed exterminators. Beeeder (Waikato).— The best cross of fowls for table use is supposed to be the Indian Game-Dorking, and next in order comes the Roudan-Orpington cross. For winter laying the Houdan-Plymouth Hocks and Minorca-Orpingtous are about the beat crosses, but any crosa is good when the birds are bred from a good laying strain. , f „ , . B B. (Masterton). —You cannot find anything better for softening leather than castor oil. It will not damage the leather in the least, but rather tend to preserve it. M*T. (Waipawa'* —I cannot tell. You get a 4 vet. *to examine the horse. It. is impossible to tell what is the matter with the animal without seeing her.

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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 25

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Agricultural. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 25

Agricultural. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1037, 15 January 1892, Page 25

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