HINTS FOR MARCH.
j Crops.—The harvest being now secured, tjie land intended for whpatf should bp ploughed without delay in. prdtir to- give time for the soil to sweeten jbefore thq next .ploughing ,is given. WeaFr%qu4esi M She mellow ■oil, which is best secured by good. ~.«8«-\^eekB a 9f t W hit§S9W^W % sown th 8 month ¥or earw'ifeedipg f <bft ; ' stubble and that has been welf "scarS fied with a cultivator. Although these turnips are not so profitable for the main |crjop as mangolds- or ■ s'ftedes; theyhave their place d"n aI firm system'1 tha^epqnomises labor; s by /its uniform distribution 'throughout, the: season^, and will be fouh'd useful in feed-, ing to stock especially, iavmaking a. gradual! change from grass tQ the, dry feed of jwinter: I „ , i • »' -;; Potatoes Should/ be banest'ed ias soon as they are .ripe, otherwise the tubers | mayiUprout, especially after raiD. jThe other roofc>crops,;mangolds, swedes; etc., need frequent cultivation through March, ah/el/as ' long as the foliage will allow it, to kill the ?w,eeds, and hasten tbe growth of thfe>bujk;,.<; i
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Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3095, 25 February 1882, Page 3
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174HINTS FOR MARCH. Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3095, 25 February 1882, Page 3
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