10 Aug., 1917.] 



Treatment of I'uxtures. 



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aud the practice of spreading the manure is one that' I think a great 

 many could adopt with advantage. 



In some of the paddocks kangaroo grass and tuesocky erass are still 

 rather much in evidence, and even where they become long and stale, 

 there is a dense mat of finer grasses, no bare spots appearing at all. On 

 tliese parts, there has recently been a second application of bonenieal, 

 which makes a total of 4 cwt. of top dressing ]>er acre to land that has 

 never been ploughed. There is a deficiency of clovers in this herbage, 



No. 6. — Closely cropped sweet pasture. 



No. 7. — Cultivation and Shelter. 



and from the point of view of production the clovers need to be en- 

 couraged by the use of lime carbonate, of which Mr. Jones has not used 

 enough in treating his pastures. 



No. 7 is a. view of a iDeautiful row of guni.s and wattles, along a path- 

 way from the homestead to the dam, which supplies water by gravitation 

 to the yards and sheds, &c. The pines in the distance are along the 

 main roadway, and they extend over the whole front, and join on to 

 Mr. Grindal's. This photograph shows stubble land, from which a heavy 

 crop of oata was harvested, bonemeal again doing good service. About 



