8 Nov., 1907.] Farm Reports. 675 



Heytesbury Farm. 



0. H . Call, Manager. 



PloiigJiing, etc. — As earlv as possible after the land was cleared of 

 growing crops everv advantage was taken to get the ground ploughed and 

 exposed to the weather for as long a time as possible before resowing. 

 In ploughing small (narrow) lands were made and the land ploughed up 

 leaving the furrows between as deep and clear as possible to take off any 

 surplus water. The whole of the gro'und turned up wry well, but was 

 full of roots and grass tree rubbish ; as a proportion of this is still 

 growing it must prove harmful to any crops, besides keeping the ground 

 sour. The best results will not be obtained until the roots and rubbish 

 are all picked up. As the scrub was getting verv unsightly on portions of 

 the farm which had not been ploughed, principally along the fences and 

 drains dug tefore the j^loughing was done, it has been removed and will 

 le burnt up as time permits. Advantage was taken of a spell of dry 

 weather to clean out the bottoms of the open drains which were getting 

 dirty with rubbish falling in. 



Orchard. — On 2'6th Jul\ a small orchard was planted out with 55 

 assorted trees, which are all doing well. Small fruits, comprising straw- 

 berry, gooseberrv, raspberr\-, red and black currant, and blackberries, 

 were planted out near the house at the end of August. They have struck 

 well and promise to^ make good growth. 



Crops. — Weather conditions have not been favorable to growing crops, 

 as with the exception of a few warm days early in SejAember it has been 

 verv rough and ccAd. Manure for this season's cropping has just come to 

 hand, but owing to weather conditions has not vet been used on anv of 

 <:he land. Last week a land of r\e was cut and stacked as ensilage. 

 A small stack 9x9x7 was built and weighted with timber and will 

 be referred to in a later report. Three acres have been prepared for more 

 oats which will be put in as earlv as the weather will permit, and three 

 acres are readv for peas to be sown as soon as the oats are in. Three 

 acres which were sown in rye, barlew and vetches are being ploughed in 

 readiness for potato planting about the middle of November. The growing 

 crop of Algerian oats is locking onlv fairly well, but if the warmer weather 

 comes soon it will be satisfactory. The grass plots are doing remarkably 

 well, but the clovers and lucerne are still backward. 



Stock. — Another horse has been added to the farm stock which are 

 all dointr well. 



NOTICE TO IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS, VENDORS, 

 AND DEALERS IN ARTIFICIAL MANURES. 



Attention is directed to Section 18 of the Artificial Manures Act 1904, 

 and Section 2 of the Amending Act of 1905 which prescribe that samples 

 of manures which are to be offered for sale during the coming season must 

 he sul)mitted during the months of October or November to the Chemist 

 for Agriculture, together with the usual declaration, and regulation fee for 

 analvsis. 



GEO. SWINBURNE, 

 23rd October, 1907. A/ia/stcr of Agriculture. 



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