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trough as soon as they will take it, and keep tliem fattening from the start to 

 get them off as early as possible. Give a tablespoonful of bone meal per 100 

 lbs. live weight in food daily. If pigs are lousy, dress with kerosene emulsion 

 or sulphur and lard, rubbing well into crevices of skin, and disinfect styes. Pig 

 breeding and feeding should be very profitable for a long time to come, and it 

 should be safe to launch out now. Plenty of water should be available for 

 them to wallow in in hot weather. 



Sheep. — Ewes, after a season such as this, will come in season well to time. 

 Merino and fine comebacks, November and December; crossbreds, January and 

 February; pure British breeds, February and March. Be sure of ample rams 

 running with them. Breed from every good ewe possible. Keep in view wool 

 production as well as lamb and mutton. Meat and wool will be amongst the 

 foremost com.m'odities in demand for several years. Two-tooth ewes, if well 

 grown, can be bred from, but they should be well treated throughout. Use rams 

 with width and substance, and never inferior-fleeced ones. Rams work best at 

 night and early morning. With large paddocks it may be necessary to yard 

 occasionally in a season like this. Purgative drenches, worm pills, &c., should 

 be given to all lambs, weaners, or grown sheep showing unhealthy discharge, for 

 this is the chief attraction to the fly. 



Poultry. — Separate the sexes ; the cockerels should now be fattened and 

 marketed. Grade the young stock according to age and size, otherwise the younger 

 birds will not thrive. Avoid overcrowding. Do not force pullets too much with 

 animal food ; build them up with a good variety of food, but avoid maize, and 

 give but little meat. Increase the green food ; thoroughly spray houses and 

 perches with an emulsion of kerosene and soapsuds, or a solution of carbolic acid 

 1 in 60. Keep water vessels in shady spot, and renew water twice daily. 

 Moisten dust bath. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm. — Get all crops harvested and stacked as soon as possible. Horse-hoe 

 maize, potatoes and other summer crops. See to insurance of stacks of grain 

 and hay. 



Orchard. — Keep the soil well scarified and weed free. Cultivate after 



irrigation or rain. Do not allow the surface to become caked. Spray against 



codlin moth, pear slug, vine caterpillar, and woolly aphis. Summer prune 

 strong growing shoots and laterals. 



Vegetable Garden. — Plant out all seedlings, when ready, from former sowings. 

 Stir and mulch the surface. Dig each plot as it becomes vacant. Sow seeds of 

 cauliflower, cabbage, peas, French beans. Kohl Rabbi, &c. 



Flower Garden. — Keep the soil moist and cool by watering, hoeing, and 

 mulching. Stake tender and lengthy plants. Water and shade young plants. 

 Sow pansy, Iceland poppy, cosmos, aster, &c. 



Vineyard. — Summer butt or Yema grafting may be practised in January, 

 though February is the usual month. This is the slackest month in un-irrigated 

 vineyards — all ordinary work should be completed before Christmas. It is only 

 exceptional operations, such as scarifying after rain or sulphuring in case of 

 odium, that must be carried out. In irrigated vineyards the application of 

 water, and the cultivation it necessitates, require attention. 



Cellar. — Fill up regularly and keep cellar as cool as possible. Towards end 

 of month commence to make preparations for the coming vintage. 



INDEX OF VOLUME XIV, 



The Index of Vol. XIV. will be supplied with the fipst number of 

 Vol. XV., viz., 10th January, 1917. 



