RE|VIint)EHS FOR AUGUST. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses : — 



Those stabled can be fed liberally. Those doing fast or licavy work should be clipped ; if not 

 wholly, then trace high. Those not rugged on coming into the stable at night should be wiped down 

 iind 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 counteract the purging effects of the yoiuig growth. Old and badly-conditioned 

 horses should be given some boiled barley. 



Catti-E : — 



Cows, if not housed, should 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 chaffed, to counteract the 

 purging effects of young grass. Calves should be kept in warm, dry shed. Those on the bucket 

 shoidd be given their milk warm. The bull may now run with the cows. 



Pigs :— 



Supply plenty of bedding in warm, well- ventilated styes. Keep styes clean and dry, and tlie 

 feeding troughs clean and wholesome. Store pigs should be placed in fattening styes. Sows in fine 

 weather should be given a grass run. 



Sheep : — 



Apply to breeders for rams needed. Ask for good hacked sheep, both in flesh and fleece, whether 

 British brceils or merinos. Fat lambs weighing GO ibs. live weight will sell best now — avoid the rush 

 of the season. Stud ewe Hocks should bs gone through carefully ; put out second-rate ewes, and 

 enter ap]iroved young ewes in stud books. 



PoL'LTRY : — 



When yards become damp and difficult to clean a little lime sprinkled on surface ^vill sweeten 

 soil, and also act as a germicide. Keeji the breeders busy — oaten hay scattered about will make them 

 exercise. As the hens eat twice as quickly as the male bird, feed the latter by himself ; tack a piece 

 of wire netting on a light frame, and place it across an angle to make a small enclosure for him whilst 

 lie is eating. Overhaul incubators ; see that the capsule or thermostat acts properly ; thorougldy 

 clean lamps, egg drawers, and chimneys. Test machine for tvo days before ]nitting valuable eggs 

 in. It is also advisable to have thermometer tested. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm : — 



Second fallow where necessary for summer crojjs. If rei|uired, roll or harrow cro])s. Plant very 

 early ))otatoes in forward districts. Sow mangolds. Apply .slow-acting fertilizers, such as blood 

 and bone manures, for maize. 



OliCHARD : — 



Comjilcte planting and pruning of deciduous trees. Watch for pcicli apliis, and spray with 

 lobacco solution, if present. Prepare for planting citrus trees. Spray for woolly ai)his with strong 

 tobacco solution. 



Flower Garden : — 



Finish digging and pruning of roses, &c. Leave pruning of slirubs till aftt'i' flowering. Kee|> 

 wrc.is in clicck ; weed out seed beds. Divide and plant out all lieibaccous plants, such as phlox, 

 (Iflpliiiiiums, rudbeckia, &.c. Plant out gladioli. Comjilete |il,nitiiig of shrubs. Mulch young 

 plants. 



A'KlMCTAHt.K (JaRDEX : — 



Ti)|)-(lrcss asparagus beds; plant new asparagus plots. Plant lierb divisions, and pot-atoes. 

 Sow (•al)l)age, cauliliowcr, jieas, carrots, be '.ns, radish, and lettuce seeds. Sow tomato seeds in a 

 hot fr.uiic. Fiuisli digging. 



^'J^;l;^ Alii) : — 



August is tlic best month for ])laiiting vines (grafted or ungrafted). This should be actively 

 proceeded witii and completed before end of month. Scions for Held graftintr may still be iireserved 

 as (let liled last UKUitli. They should all be renu.ved from vines i>efore end of nit.ntli. at latest. Coii- 

 cluile priMiiug and tie down rods. Where black spot has been very ])reva]ent. api'l.V 1st acid iron 

 sulphate treatment (see current Jnnni'il). Apply reaiiily soluble uit roi:enous manures (soda nitrate 

 and ammonium sulphate) towards end of moiilh. 



Cellar. — Rack again, towards end of month, wines which have as yet only been once racked (spring 

 racking). Fill up regularly all unfortilie.l wines. Clean up generally iu «ellar and whitewash walls, 



Woo;lwork, &c. 



