REIVIIflDEHS FOR OCTOBER. 



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LIVE STOCK. 



Horses : — • 



Continue to feed stabled horses well ; add a ration of tireenstiiff. Rii^c at night. Continue hay 

 or straw, chaffed or wliole, to grass-fed horses. Feed old and badly-conditioned horses liberally. If 

 too fat, mares in foal should be put on poorer pasture. 



•Cattle : — 



Except on rare occasions, rugs may now be used on cows at night only. Continue giving hay or 

 straw. Give calves a warm dry shed and a good grass run. Continue giving milk at blood heat to 

 ■calves. 



Pigs :— 



Supph' plenty of bedding in warm wcll-ventilato:' styes. Keep styes clean and dry, and feeding 

 troughs clean and wholesome. Sows may now be turned into grass run. 



■Sheep :— 



Well-bred fleeces sliould be skirted carefully — the better the class of wool the greater the need. 

 Where the wool is burry, take the heaviest off, keeping bellies and pieces, &c., separate. In country 

 free from burr, only the heavy fribs from arm and (lank need be remo^'ed. It is better management 

 to have ample table room, and extra men skirting carefully, than to hurriedly tear off unnecessary 

 wool and then employ men at the piece table to sort what is known as " l)ioken fleece " or " first pieces." 

 All stains must come otT fleeces, and weather stains from bellies. With crossbreds, separate all 

 coarse fleeces from the finer sorts ; and, with merinoes. the yellow and mushy ones from the shafty 

 and bright. Skirt off any rough thighs from crossbred fleeces. Press in neat bales; avoid" sewdowns." 

 Brand neatly. If any likelihood of lambs not going for export before dry feed comes, shear at once. 



Poultry : — 



Incubation should cease this month — late chickens are not profitable. Devote attention to the 

 chickens already hatched ; do not overcrowd. Feed a little lightly- boiled liver, choy)ped finely and 

 mixed with mash. Also add ])lenty of green food to ration, ordinary feeding to be 2 parts jJoUard, 

 1 part bran, a little dry bonemeal, and plenty of finely-cut raw onion. Mix with the gravy from liver. 

 Give a little three or four times a day, according to the weather. Feed crushed wheat or hulled oats 

 at night for a few days ; whole wheat may then be given. Avoid whole oats. Grit (broken crockery) 

 sliould be available at all times. Variety of food is important to growing chicks ; insect life aids 

 growth. Remove brooders to new ground as often as ]iossible ; tainted ground will retard development. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm : — 



Plant main crop of potatoes in early districts and ])re])arc land for main crop in late districts. 

 Fallow and work early fallow. Sow maize and millets where frosts are not late, also mangolds, beet, 

 ■carrots, and turnips. Sow tobacco beds and keep covered with straw or hessian. 



ORfllARD : — 



Ploughing and cultivating to be continued, bringing surface to a good tilth, and suppressing all 

 -weeds. S])ray with nicotine solution for peach a])his, with Bordeaux mixture for black spot of apple 

 and pear, and with arsenate of lead for codlin moth in early distrit-ts. 



Vegetable Garden : — 



Sow seeds of carrot, turnip, ])arsni]), cabbage, peas, French beans, tomato, celery, radish, marrow, 

 and ]iiimpkins. Plant out seedlings from former sowings. Keep the surface well pulverized. 



Flower Garden' : — 



Keep the weeds down and the soil open by continued hoeing. Phint out (lel]>hiniums. clirvsan- 

 themums. salvia, early dahlias, &c. Prepare ground l)y digging and maniuing for autumn tlahlia3. 

 Sow gladioli tubers and seeds of tender annuals. Sjiray roses for ai)his and mildew. 



\inevard : — 



This is the best month for field grafting. If stocks bleeil too copiously, cut off 24 hours before 

 grafting. Field grafts mu'it be staked, to avoid subs('((uent straining by wind and to insure straiirht 

 stem for future vine. Stakes are also lu-cessary for grafted rootlings for same reasons. Temporary 

 stakes :5 feet long will suffice. Keep a sharp look-out for cut worms. (See .foiinidl for July.) Disbud 

 and tie \i\) all vines, giving special care to young plantations. Beware of spring frosts. (See Jonriud 

 for September, lillO.) 



Conclude spring cidtivafion (.second |iloughing or scarifying and digging or hoeing roimd vines). 

 Weeds must be mastered aiul whole surfai c got into good tilth. Sidjihur vims when shoots 4 ti> 

 <) inches long; this j)recaution is necessary after last wet seas')iL 



Cilliir. — -Taste all young wiiu's ; beware of dauyeroiis sym))toms in uufortilicd fruity wines, which 

 may need treatment. I''ill un rcu'iilarlv all luifortiticil wines. 



