478 Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. [July 2, 1920. 



sowing, 35 points of rain were registered, and the rainfall after sowing 

 was 15 points on 26th September, 22 points on 28th September, and 

 333 points in December. The crop was fed off, thirty-one horses and eleven 

 head of cattle being turned in on 7th January, 1920, and getting six weeks 

 solid feed in it. Indeed, they have been grazing on it ever since, as it keeps 

 growing until the frost kills it. 



Both the farmers are of the opinion that Sudan grass is the best summer 

 fodder they have yet grown, and that — while belonging to the sorghum 

 family — it is not poisonous at any stage. 



An Improved Method of Wiring Bbe-hive Frames. 



A METHOD of wiring frames that is well worth the attention of the local 

 apiarist is described by E. R. Root in a recent issue of Gleanings in Bee 



Culture (from which the accompany- 

 ing figure is taken). Bee-keepers to 

 whom the improvement appeals 

 have a good opportunity of apply- 

 ing it during the winter adjustment 

 of material. 



It will be seen that the only way 

 in which the method of wiring 

 differs from that usually practised 

 is that a fifth (or in shallow supers, 

 a third) strand is run from the hole A, through a staple at B, to the hole C. 

 This reinforcement prevents the foundation from stretching near the top bar, 

 with the consequence that in many cases the queen is induced to lay right 

 up to the top bars of the frame. The queen does not care to lay in cells 

 that are stretched, for they are neither drone nor worker cells. — W. A. 

 GooDACRE, Senior Apiary Inspector. 



Soil Analyses for Farmers. 



It must be pointed out that, as a rule, the analysis of an isolated sample of 

 a soil that has been variously cropped and manured for a number of years is 

 of little practical value. It [the analysis] cannot be expected to yield 

 results which can be used as an accurate and infallible guide towards 

 supplying rationally and with an expectation of profit the soiPs manurial 

 requirements. Agricultural chemists are unanimous in the opinion that the 

 results of such an analysis are in no degree commensurate with the work 

 involved in obtaining them. Trials on the field itself can alone furnish 

 the desired information. — Frank T. Shutt, M.A., D.Sc, Dominion Chemist, 

 Canadian Department of Agriculture. 



Boiled Wheat for Poultry. 



The palatability of wheat is increased by boiling, steaming, or soaking in hot 

 water, but this treatment does not increase the food value in any way, nor 

 does the fact that the wheat becomes more bulky make it the more economi- 

 cal as a feed.— James Hadhngton, Poultry Expert. 



