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Journal of Agriculture. 



Nov., 1907. 



land in fine order (more if rough), through the fertilizer run with 80 to 

 100 lbs. of fertilizer, bonedust for preference. The bonedust as well 

 as being a fertilizer is coarser and the rape goes moTe equally through 

 the manure run with it. If it is decided to soW' bonedust the rape can 

 be mixed on the shed floor at the rate say of 4 lbs. of rape to 100 lbs. 

 bonedust, and sho\-elled up together into bags ready to use at any time, 

 but, if superphosphate is decided on only enough should be mixed for 

 each day's using; if left long together it has been found to- destroy the 

 germ.ination of the rape. If it is desirous to sow rape in March before 

 sufficient rain has come, bonedust should be used, as the rape can then 

 be left in the ground with it until rain comes without ill effects. The 

 hoes of the drill should be set just sufficiently deep tO' bury the rape and 

 barley &c and then rolled heavily. Sowing rape broadcast on top of 

 the ground is to be discouraged ; the best results have been gained when 

 put through the drill with the fertilizer, and then heavily rolled to set the 

 soil round the seed to keep the air out. 



TONS PER ACRE. 



_ Rape and turnips can also be sown through the manure run of the 

 ■drills with fertilizers, bonedust for preference for turnips and small 

 seed. Rape and turnips have both come successfully through one and a 

 half inches. The finer the soil the better, and the less seed required; the 

 rougher the soil the more seed is needed, for a lot will not germinate. 

 Rolling is verv necessary. 



In some instances it may be found best to sow one bushel of 

 oats_ and _ about three pounds of rape per acre in March or 

 April. This should be fed off all the winter, and just as spring com- 

 mences take all sheep out and give the paddock a good cross harrowing, 

 and the oats, especially if sown on fallowed land, will come ahead and 

 give a good yield of clean seed grain. What rape comes to seed can be 

 cut with the oats bv the binder as it will be fine stalked. In threshing 



