REIVIiriDERS FOR JUliY. 



LIVE STOCK. 



HOKSEfi , — 



Those st:il)led can be fed liberally. Those doing fast or heavy work should be (•li)>ped ; if not 

 wholly, then trace high. Those not rugged on coining into tiie stable at night should be willed down 

 and in half-an-hour"s time rugged or covered with bags until the coat is dry. Old horses and weaned 

 foals should be given crushed oats. Grass-fed working horses should be given hay or straw, if there 

 is no old grass, to coiuiteract the purging effects of the young growth. Old and badly-conditioned 

 horses should be given some lioilcd barley. 



■Cattle : — 



Cows, if not housed, sliould be rugged. Rugs should be removed in the daytime when the shade 

 temperature reaches 60 degrees. Give a ration of hay or straw, whole or challcd. to counteract the 

 purging effects of young grass. Cows about to calve, if over fat, should be put into a jiaddock in 

 which the feed is not too abundant. Calves should be kept in warm, dry shed. The bull may now 

 rim with the cows. 



Pigs :— 



>Su])ply plenty of bedding in warm, well-ventilated styes. Keep styes clean and dry. Store 

 pigs shoukl be placed in fattening styes. Sows in tine weather should be given a grass run. Young 

 pigs over two montiis old should be removed from lucerne run. 



Sheep : — 



The general classing of merino and lamb-raising ewe flocks should be commenced ; none but 

 Toomj^ thick ewes, carrying a bulky Hecce. should be kept. Class rams ; keep only the best in shape 

 ■and fleece, castrate all others ; do not allow them to go entire to be used by those who think any ram 

 good enough. Deep and narrow forequartered rams are responsible for many carcases dressing and 

 freezing ])lainly, although often good sheep from a wool point. Sell aged or barren fat ewes from 

 breeding flocks. Clean filth from breech of ewes of British breeds now commencing to lamb. Wherever 

 l)ossible, send lambs weighing (iO lbs. live weight to market. Early prices are always best ; avoid 

 waiting until the i-usli of the season. 



Poultry : — 



-Mating of birds intended for breeding pur])oses should receive immediate attention, ten seconrl- 

 season Leghorns or Minorcas, or six of the heavier birds, such as Orjimgtons, Plymouth Rocks, and 

 Wyandottes (preferably in their second year), with a vigorous unrelated cockerel will be found satis- 

 factory. Table birds bred in July and early August will pay handsomely prior to the Cup Carnival. 

 Do not forget Douglas Tonic in <lrinking water as a preventive against chicken pox. 



CULTIVATION. 



F.\R.M : — 



Finish sowing barley, peas and beans, and late white oats in backward districts. Trim hedges. 

 Fallow for potatoes, maize, and other summer crops ; in early districts, plant potatoes. Graze off 

 early crojis where possible. 



Orchard : — 



Continue to plant deciduous fruit trees, bush fruits, and strawberries. Continue cultivating and 

 pruning. Spray for mites. a])hides. and scales. 



P^-OWER Garden : — 



Plant shrubs, climbers, and jiermanenl plants, including roses ; also annuals and herbaceous 

 jierennials, dlailioji, Liliuras, Iris, and similar plants. Continue digging, manuring, trenching, and 

 liming. 



Vegetable Gardes : — 



Plant out seedlings. Sow seed-; of ciiiols, parsnijjs. laulilloweis, onions, jieas. Iirnad In-.iiw. .uiil 

 tomatoes. Dig all vacant \>h>\>. 

 Vinkvard : — 



Proceed with ])runing. burning oil, and plouiiiiing. ('om]>lete, as early as ])ossible, the application 

 of rnaimres other liian nitrates and sul]>hale of ammonia if not already done. .Mark out land for new 

 jilantalions. If groinifl is in good order and not too wet, ])roeee(l with iilantation of young vines 

 (nn])ruTU-d). Remove cuttings or scions from vines previously marked, ami keep fresii by burying 

 horizontally in abnosl dry sand in cool, slidiered ])lace. I'ermanently stake or trellis last year's 

 plantations. 



Cillfiri .— 



Rack all youiiL' wines, whetlicr previously raekuil or not. Rack older wines also. For this work 

 choose, as much as possible, line weallicr and high l>aronu'ter. Kill u|i nuularly all unfortiliid wine>». 

 This is a good time for l)ottling wine. 



