3^8 Joifnial of Agriculture. Victoria. [lo May. 1912.. 



A dressing of lime will be of great value in every section of the 

 kitchen garden. This will especially help to minimize future attacks of 

 insect and fungus pests. 



AH asparagus plots should be cleaned out, cut down, and kept in good 

 order. A light dressing of stable manure may be given to the beds. 



Plantings may be made of all seedlings, such as cabbage, cauliflower, 

 lettuce, onions, &c. ; and seeds of carrot, leek, lettuce, onion, peas, radish, 

 turnip, parsnip, broad beans, &c., may be sown. 



REIVIINDEHS fOH JUNE. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses. — Those stabled can be fed liberalh'. Those doing fast or heavy work 

 should be clipped ; if not wholl}-, then trace high. Those not rugged on coming 

 into the stable at night should be wiped 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 counteract the purging effects of the young growth. Old and 

 badly-conditioned horses should be given some boiled barley. 



CATTLE. — 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 ]jurging effects of voung grass. Cows 

 about to calve, if over fat, should be put into a paddock in which the feed is not 

 too abundant. Calves should be kept in warm dry shed. Cows and heifers for 

 early autumn calving may be put to the bull. 



Pigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in warm, well-ventilaicQ =tyes. Keep styes 

 clean and dry. Store pigs should be placed in fattening styes. .^uu b w fine 

 weather should be given a grass run. Young pigs over two mCAlt]!^ fid should be 

 removed from lucerne run. 



Sheep. — Wherever j)Ossible, castrate all ram lambs intended for export soon after 

 they are a few days old. Leave tailing till later. Ewes should have succulent 

 fresh feed. Class out all inferior-fleeced and ill-shaped ewes; ear-mark and dispose 

 of these. Lamb-raising flocks should be classed similarly to merino flocks. Apply 

 early to breeders for rams required for ne.xt season. 



Poultry. — Forward pullets should now be placed in winter scratching shed, fed 

 liberally, and given fresh water daily. Supplies of shell, grit, and charcoal should 

 always be available. Rest the breeding pens; dig them up and sprinkle lime 

 throughout. Sow a mixture of English grass and clover ; this not only removes 

 taint in soil, but provides excellent green fodder for stock. Where possible, lucerne 

 shou'd now be sown for summer feed. Meat (cooked) and maize are aids to egg 

 Ijroduction during cold weather. Feed hot mash at daybreak. Clean drains. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farms. — Plough potato land. Land to be sown later on with potatoes, mangolds, 

 maize, and millet should be manured and well worked. Sow malting barley and 

 hnish sowing of cereals. Lift and store mango'ds, turnips, &c. Clean out drains 

 and water furrows. Clean up and stack manure in heaps protected from the 

 weather. 



Orchard. — Finish ploughing ; plant young trees ; sprav with red oil or petroleum 

 for scales, mites, ai)his, &c. ; carry out drainage system: clean out drains; con- 

 tinue pruning. 



\^EGETABLE CtARIjen. — Pre])are beds for crops; cultivate deeply; practise rotation 

 in ])lanting out; renovate asparagus beds; plant out all seedlings; sow radish, pe-AS, 

 broad beans, leeks, spinach, lettuce, carrot, &c. ; plant rhubarb. 



I' r.owER (tARDEx. — Continue digging and manurin;^^; dig all weeds and leafy 

 growths ; plant out shrubs, roses, &c. ; pl.ant rose cuttings ; prune deciduous trees 

 and shrubs ; sow sweet peas and plant out seedlings. 



Vineyard. — Thoroughly prepare for plantation land already subsoiled for the 

 I)Urpose. Remember that the freer it is kept from weeds from this forward, the 

 less trouble will there be from cut-worms neM spring. Pruning and ])loughing 

 should be actively proceeded with. In northern districts plough to a depth of seven 

 or e^ght inches. Manures should be applied as early as possible. 



Cellar. — Rack all wines which have not been previously dealt with. Fortify 

 sweet wines to full stren-'th. 



