264 Agricultnral Gazette of N.S.W. [Mar. 2, 1908. 



Glen Innes District — March. 

 r. h. (jennys. 



Green fodders. — Barleys may be sown this month for jjjroen fodder for the 

 winter. Cape and Skinless barley ai-e both ^ood in this connection: the 

 latter stools badly, so seed should be sown tiiickly. Ryes may also be sown 

 for green fodder or for grazing in winter. White Rye and Emerald are two 



good varieties. For grazing on, Thousandfold stools well and stands niucli 

 lonsfer bet'oic (•(Uiiiiiii' into head than tlic ntlicr xarieties iiientii)ned. Wheat 

 and oats may also be sown for green wintei' fee*! ; the former is the sweeter, 

 but oats grow tlH> ([uicker and foi'in a good foddei- fur niilkinij cows. 



Swedes and other turni[is ina\' now be sown \\ itli advantage. 



Zwcerrae may be sown towards the end of the month on deeply-plough' d, 

 well-])repaivd land. See that seed is good, bright, and yellow, and guaranteed 

 iree froni dodder. Cover lightly with very light harrows, with tines slanted 

 backwards towards the driver, or with a bush harrow. 



Ht'd Clover. — This is a capital fodder ]>laiit for New England; it might 

 also be sown towards the end of this month. Planted with any of the grasses 

 in the proportion of two-thirds grass seed to one-third clover will be found 

 about right. It is l)ettei- to sow the light seed of grasses first, sowing the clover 

 aftei'wards, as a more even distribution will thus be made. Small grass seed 

 and clovers should, like lucerne, be only covei-ed lightly Clovers, besides 

 improving the pasture, consei've much nitrogen on tlieir roots, providing 

 nourishment for the grasses they are sown with. 



Rape may be sown yn\ good, wcll-i)repared land. A dressing of 56 lb. of 

 superphosphate to the acre almost doubleil the yield of fodder in our experi- 

 ments last season. The pi'actice here is to first mix the rape seed with the 

 manure with shovels as evenly as }>()ssil)lc, then sow through the manure 

 feeders of the drill only, the seed-feeders not Ix'ing used. 



Kale, Cabbages, Gatdiflotvers, Onions, Lettuces, Carrots, Celery may also 

 be sowji. 



Orchard. — Destroy all fallen fruit by boiling or burning, examine bandages 

 on the appl(>, pear, and quince trees al^out once a week for codling moth. The 

 chrysalises of the moth which HthI shelter in the folds of the bandages should 

 be killed by cutting in halt with a knife, or the whole bandage dropped into 

 boiling water, care being e.xercised not to drop any in the process. 



