392 Journal of Agriculture , Victoria. [ioth June, 1912. 



REIVIINDERS FOH JUliY. 



LIVE STOCK. 



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

 should be clipped ; if not wholly, 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 purging effects of young 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. The bull may now run 

 with the cows. 



Pigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in warm, well-ventilated styes. Keep styes 

 clean and dry. Store pigs should be placed in fattening styes. Sows in fine weather 

 should be given a grass run. Young pigs over two months old should be removed 

 from lucerne run. 



Sheep. — The general classing of merino and lamb-raising ewe flocks should be 

 commenced; none but roomy thick ewes, carrying a bulky fleece, 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 bv those who think any ram good enough. Deep 

 and narrow forequartered rams are responsible for many carcases dressing and 

 freezing plainly, 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 possible, send lambs weighing 60 lbs. live 

 weight to market. Early prices are always best ; avoid waiting until the rush of 

 the season. 



Poultry. — Mating of birds intended for breeding purposes should receive im- 

 mediate attention. Ten second-season I.eghorns or Minorcas, or six of the heavier 

 birds, such as Orpingtons, Plymouth Rocks, and Wyandottes (preferably in their 

 second year), with a vigorous unrelated cockerel will be found satisfactory. Tab'e 

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

 A tonic in drinking water as a preventive against chicken pox and other ailments is- 

 advantageous. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm. — Finish sowing barley, peas and beans, and late white oats in backward 

 districts. Trim hedges. P'allow for potatoes, maize, and other summer crops ; in 

 early districts, plant potatoes. Graze off early crops where possible. 



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

 Continue cultivating and pruning. Spray for mites, aphides, and scales. 



Flower Garden. — Plant shrubs, climbers, and permanent plants, including 

 roses; also annuals and herbaceous perennials. Gladioli, Liliums, Iris, and similar 

 plants. Continue digging, manuring, trenching, and liming. 



Vegetable Garden. — Plant out seedlings. Sow seeds of carrots, parsnips, cauli- 

 flowers, onions, peas, broad beans, and tomatoes. Dig all vacant plots. 



Vineyard. — Proceed with pruning, burning off, and ploughing. Complete, as- 

 early as possible, the application of manures other than nitrates and sulphate of 

 ammonia if not already done. Mark out land for new plantations. If ground is 

 in good order and not too wet,' proceed with plantation of young vines (unpruned;. 

 Remove cuttings or scions from vines previously marked, and keep fresh by burying 

 horizontally in almost dry sand in cool, sheltered place. Permanently stake or 

 trellis last year's plantations. 



Cellars. — Rack all young wines, whether previously racked or not. Rack older 

 wines also. For this work choose, as much as possible, fine weather and high 

 barometer. Fill up regularly all unfortified wines. This is a good time for 

 bottling wine. 



