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open paddocks, a light covering of prickly branches will safeguard the 

 plants from animals, until they have become sufficiently established. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened wood, about a foot long, may be placed in the 

 ground in the ordinary way during the spring or the autumn months, 

 when the soil is moist. Nearly all the varieties can be multiplied by 

 cuttings, but if it be preferred to use seed, it should be sown in patches, 

 and in distances varying according to the variety sot\ti. Taller sorts 

 . about 30 feet apart, and for smaller sorts about 10 feet. 



In heavy soils it would be advisable to cover the seeds with light 

 loose sand and decayed leaves, so as to offer no resistance to the young 

 shoots. It is practically impossible to get satisfactory results by sowing 

 broadcast, because the seeds, being so light (of some it would take about 

 20,000 to weigh a pound), they would be blown away by the wind and 

 wasted. There is an old saying that " the longest way round is the 

 shortest way there," and probably the more troublesome method, that 

 of raising the seed in prepared beds and transplanting when large 

 enough to handle, would be found to give the best results eventually. 



LIME WASHING OF COW BYRES. 



By J. J. RicJcetts, Dairy Supervisor. 

 The first essential in the production of clean milk is that the milking 

 shed must be kept sweet and sanitary. This may be done at a very 

 small outlay by the use of lime wash. Such attention will also help 

 to keep down flies, which tend to make cows very restive during milking 

 time. In the majority of sheds, the walls only are lime washed, while 

 the inside of the roof is left free to harbor cobwebs and dust, which 

 accumulate to an amazing degree. The roof is no doubt left untouched 

 because of the difficulty of applying the lime wash with an ordinary 

 brush, and the burning propensities of the lime, which splashes the 



CROSS STAY 

 TO HOLD BRUSH \3 



BROOM HANDLE FASTENED TO BRUSH 

 (with nail or screw) 

 ANCLE ABOUT 45' DECREES 



operator. A very handy appliance, as shown in the accompanying 

 illustration, has been devised by a metropolitan dairyman to overcome 

 this difficulty. It consists of a worn-out broom handle, to the end of 

 which an ordinary whitewash brush is nailed, and supported by a cross- 

 stay from the broom handle to the handle of the brush. By the use of 

 this device the liquid, instead of falling on the operator, runs down the 

 brush, and does not reach the hands of the operator, as happens when 

 a short brush is used. 



