146 
sec. 
been received by Mr. Chas. H. Curtis, 
B.F.F. : 
* Home Office, Y тыг S.W.1 
rch 14, 1919 
Sir,—With reference to your Rd of the at n 
ultimo, I am directed by the Secretary of State 
say that the Өлү Food UR ere 
an assuranc 
acre age of and 1 nid Dear for the 
uthorised suc 
30th Sep- 9- 
The 
will be reconsidered next Sed “should 
t be thought necessary. A. J. Eagles 
CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM 
Cro 
Охе of the most Able crops grona on the 
farm is the Common Broad Clover (Trifoli um 
And 
X 
m than various grasses. 
r, th ass is ofte ge means of obtain- 
Б. $. crop when the Glove er is 
Vhere a Cor op i bes "follow ‘Clover, as it 
схоне of v where the 
land lies wet during the winter, it is s be tter to 
sow spring Oats, та d are ac 
fi. er pinen Rye-grass 
is not a reise aane ЧЫ or Wheat, as it 
ha ше Bie it plant et a » largo pe rid ood. 
Bents, eing: *so gross 
iceders I nalis Нусрет s may tee sown for a 
bie oil be 
Fee den is the pri incipal crop, then ц 
Clover be sown, as it is usually con- 
ceded that the best Wheat crops are obtained 
after Clover. mgst farmers this fact is 
Lanes s known, but the cause is fe ge dete 
unders' The fact’ is that ver, being a 
[кзз lant, it is: ab of the 
bacteria in the nod n its , to 
obtain nitrogen from the air and render it 
available he Wheat plant to follow here 
Clover only is grown the fir t is taken in 
June, ое о tons per acre, and the second 
growth is by sheep folded on the land i 
September. The manurial ssing left is most 
beneficial to the Wheat or Oats which follow 
pecially ugh at once 
allowing the droppings to become dri y 
ng exposure to air. A well-grown crop of Clover, 
, is often rem 
io give either 6 с t basi 
tumn, followed гач 1 ien sulphate 
farmyard m man 
15 to 20 t 
eated this subject Ex о ы 
Уба what а valuable farm 
of Clover, such as Alsike (T. 
White Dutch (T. repens), 
geveral \ 
eeding у; e of р ures, e last, mixed 
with Italian Bve goas ass g an early cut of Land = 
shee i feed in May, nem ather foods are scar 
is valuable, Some farmers sow 2 Ibs. of Sainfoin 
e н season’s crop of 
ay becau ed for 
isis Кешн Tke cionis of Tika sry White 
THE GARDENERS’ 
u Clovers cannot be over- E in 
pastures for sheep, cows, and young stock. 
sic slag appli ш the кл, or 
good dressing of farmyard manure, 
post of roadside refuse, wo! dd. an id 
e or chalk, will do much to increase the 
growth of the а. d: eat Se ї 
Alsike should. be pril a ће rate of 
bs. per ici Moroni liae the surface 
soil with coarse harrows both before and after the 
seed is кы 
method of sowing Broad Clover varies in 
different localities. Almost universally; it > 
ri Б е 
sown along with a cereal crop, b case 
of Oats and Barley the harrowing in of t 
ereal suffices for t over seed. also. When 
sown with Wheat, as is frequently the case, the 
eed is usually sown the first w in ril— 
earlier or later ding to the condition of the 
soil, ich should be dry for h 
‘heat and € ore effectually to bury the 
TUNE seed. is the practice to harrow the 
land Sonic es eat crop in pring, 
o accelerate Му especially where the plant 
is “ thin,” by the admission of air, consequently 
th ort act an son pis ae it} rhe ty 
i ; 
the Mi is wed dom nd the Taid fertile, 
of Clover seed sufficient per 
I find 15 lbs. 
THE LATE THOMAS NEVE 
If s'to be sown with the Clover 
io pon, “he ‘bulk I use half a bushel of 
Italian Rye-g ni 
d.of tlie hand seed- 
r from 
ers do rrow the "i pd ine the 
pin p apis or the roller over the whole. 
In a showery mem this method may answer 
while peior tw n tiu ge but should 
dy weather follow, a as it onan бога DR May, the 
eed 1s a able to — nd bec bre c i 
enemies Clo Te over 
The three 
Pos “Dodder and Бо ‘as 
are remediable. The first is the m 
pecially where only а small са 
had E байы. Clover sick 
too fr 
een qe 
4 d 
| 
er should 
smen нц fs Risers 
done to Clover by this parasitic plant take 
CHRONICLE 
[Marcu 22, -— 
great pains to remove all the 
which rapidly entwines 
lants and sprea p Wise ction all т 
a rule ost vi igorous geo dense 
of Clover is ын о the headland in 
а, то 
ds of the 
itself apnd = Clover 
т0‹ ‘ing medium 
Obituary. 
Tho omas Neve.—We learn with sincere regret. 
of. the death on the 5th inst., at Wolvercote, 
year Охон, after a very brie 
Thom: 
ends, and 
with his fami ily а 
Albert lee. cA a if "Hollamby" s. Nurseries, 
Groomb: 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
GARDENER’s Novice ТО LEAV R. R. See ar- 
ticle on igi ate s Notice, P 143. 
NAMES OF ipee даре No. 
Juniperus as bermudiana SN ‘hard у). Тһе Yew 
is Taxus baccata var. aurea (Golden Yew). 
Н. Coraus Mas. | 
PLUM. шиш. s Grant PRUNE: Notts. This 
American Plum is a late ing , 
Кз grow splendidly in Kentish orchar D 
Trees should succeed quite well in your 
эда har you would be best advis w^ to plan 
Rosas, p AND RASPB о. (1) 
not do better than “clean the Marcha 
pears: 
in autumn or 
good ac 
s that they 
water during dry weat iur 
— 
mm —E. 8. 
Received.—J. M. Н.—Е.. 
со cag i J. M. M.—H. B. e R.—E. 
.—W. Н. E.—A. T.—G. -» 
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