6^8 Journal of Agriculture. Victoria. [loOcT.. igu. 



REIVIINDERS FOR ]^0VE|V1BER. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses. — Continue to feed stable horses well ; add a ration of greenstuff. Rug 

 at night. Continue hay or straw, chaffed or whole, to gra.ss-fed horses. Feed old 

 and badly-conditioned hovses liberally. If too fat, mares in foal should be put 

 on jioorer pasture. 



Catti.k. — Except on rare occasions, rugs may now be used on cows on cold and 

 wet nights 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. 



Tigs. — Supply plenty of bedding in warm well-ventilated styes. Keep ^tyes 

 clean and drv, and feeding troughs clean and wholesome. Sows may now be turned 

 into grass run. 



Sheep. — Prepare for dii)])ing. Powder and paste di]is are most effective, par- 

 ticularly where lice are prevalent. Ascertain exact conienls of bath before ailding 

 dip. Keep sheep in bath not less than half a minute. Submerge heads. Dip big 

 sheep first, lambs last. Commence early in the day ; ' sheep can then dry before 

 nightfall. Do not dip sheep when heated or full. Clean out baths occasionally. 

 A\oid having to travel sheep too far. Yard over night. Dip early in the day. 

 Avoid filthy baths in dry areas particularly. Merino and fine comeback ewes are 

 in season from middle of November. Join Lincoln and Leicester rams, English 

 Leicester especially for small ewes, thick nuggety type for fat lambs preferable. 



I'ciri.'iKV. — Provide i)lent\- of green food and shade. \Vatch for vermin; s]iray 

 perches with kerosene and houses with a solution of 3 per cent, crude carbolic acid 

 mixed with a little lime and soft soap. Keep water clean and cool. Discontinue 

 ieeding maize and reduce meat ration. Some Epsom salts should be placed in water 

 weekly. Fresh skim milk, if available, should be given. Remove all male birds 

 from the flock. Infertile eggs only should be used when pickling or when placed 

 in cool storage. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm. — Plant main crop of ])otatoes. Cut hay and silage. ^Yeed early poialnej. 

 Sow maize and millets. Weed tobacco beds, and water, if dry. 



Orchard. — Ploughing, harrowing, and cultivating to be continued. Weeds in be 

 kept down. Secure, pinch, and spray grafts with water. Spray frequentl) for 

 codlin moth, pear and cherry slug, and peach aphis. Plant out citrus trees. ' 



Vegetable C.artjex.— Hoe and mulch surface. Suppress weeds. Water where- 

 dry and hoe afterwards. Disbud and pinch back tomato idanls. Sow celery, French 

 beans, peas, lettuce, cuciunber, melon, &c., seeds. 



Flower Garden.— Water and mulch. Cultivate and keep down weeds. Thin 

 out weak wood from roses. Prune early all flowering shrubs that have finished 

 flowering. Lift and store bulbs. Plant out dahlias and chrysanthemums. Liijuid- 

 nianure herbaceous perennials. 



Vineyard. — Cultural work, such as scarifying and hoeing, should be actively 

 pushed forward, so as to provide as good a " mulch" as possible during summer. 

 Proceed with ty.ng up, stopping, and topping. Avoid excessive topping, summer 

 pruning being usually more injurious than useful in warm, dry climates. Cincture 

 Zante currant vines as soon as flower caps have fallen. Apply second sulphuring^ 

 just before blossoming, wherever Oidium was prevalent last year. 



Cellar. — Same as last month. 



