НЮ: 
CROPS AND ze ON THE HOME 
FARM. 
B WiREWORM 
One of the ecu woe ts the emm has to 
coni with is orm. The grubs eat the 
stem a Oats and pone immediately above the 
seed, a. онаи & directl 
shove, the 
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ing o 3 ral manuri 
| ке for enabling the plant to grow quickly 
of the stage when it is most liable to 
A an d et © ore fc) i 
leaf, as after 
m 
monia per 
likely to be ‘attacked, E the 
ood prev 
Un through the soil, is a entive. 
st ДР up " pas- 
cut this season. 
rface i 
in and preparing an | 
ik holes, which will facilitate the cutting of 
the grass. Afterwards roll the surface firmly. 
MECHANICAL rows: 
cans Aic of purchasing horses except 
high figure is ales mae “farmers P 
pon mec 
he 
the. pos ун ke ror EN рна fields 
and # Tn our case the men were 
take charge and КИҢ УЛ 
after palt. ал lobt s 
s the work 
1 
sid 12 о for an 
c s ps 
inary d from 7 a.m 
ch 
idu n 
ordi P a 
€ aes at 
е per day w 
кыл of Жык for two horses d a 
nnot T this standard is reached 
ploughin Mk distinct Va to the 
Fides d in the saving of time, and "the 
were can be — eter, especially when the 
man in charge ae Роа Both 
men ‘were supplied "with a 
structions. I need hardly say the p ncipal 
is the dignum and emis oiling of all 
tractor; wasteful еа 
- 
Ру of in- 
the Py Mei any 
there is no scanrping af ihe. siti 
year, and one k 
THE GARDENERS' 
. I use a Cockshut plough, with four Hr, 
during three s parte o less 
CH RONICLE. _ 
ior the winter mo as io reduce the 
strain on the Acus ede ee ula a 
This plo 64 rior handled by a and 
the mechani imple. I need Койу вау 
a: the fields teas be коча the longer 
way, thus avoiding as muc uch possible the 
necessity of irequently 1 im- 
plement to pda сете 
vaton, or 
been that of hiring thr 
sack, but eo oming to the I 
I, with others, hav suffered 
venience, So it iue 
Marshall Drum 
fi 
well ne by other methi 
Another advantage hi s Dur ‘the tractor is that 
one se thresh when it is convenient to do so. 
‘The tractor drives the threshing spei ven 
easier x it ploughs. Тһе ordin eel 
elevator is easily fitted iu driving genr to the 
threshin P did wers admirably, jen 
saving р at non straw AER 
ploughman f | the thresher, which is Sn 
portant point to study in the threshing of any 
kind corn. The is fitted with all th 
y e drum 
about where gs roads are reasonably good, 
although its total weight is 5 t 
IMPLEMENTS. 
One of the most seasonable and useful vs 
Шеше 18 Se artificial manure distributo 
his time of the year especially, thoes 
ed for the various crops. Spara ial 
stim re x pu 
looking Wheat, to give better s 
eae “dressin t times ‘required bP 
ari ures 
s machine, one quick 
moving horse, will cover efficiently res 
per day. “The machine being b il the 
uilt low, 
manure is distributed evenly within a few inches 
of the ground, thus enab ing the work to be 
done during ~ windy By a simple 
очами any. ve bom. 1 ewt. to 10 cwt. 
P pecial points to 
eficient nt working of the P Made 
bearin заг thoroughly oiled 
uch superior to tha 
е 
with koe old- tathioned seedli ip. E. Molyneux 
Tue Meapow Hay Crop. 
all get ic eth m this year’s 
he War Oe and the 
most fami 
Ў енды attention 
існа. ап п be done 
to improve re both e quantity 4а quality en D 
‘Ste hight, for instance, 
gs 
ide, to нын the vid | Am 
e la ur X land bigis have bee i 
poverish y a long course nnual mowings, 
followed by g by store stock. "With such 
an application of 1 cwt. d 
of ammonia 'and 25 cwt. s 
soaa ni produce a marked advance on the ы ied 
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te Тараш 26, 1919, — 
С ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. - 
um LOWIAN L. 
ri ilie seed capsu UN hich Ret ud Een. 
€ like st Hy 2 enim the seeds, a sd 
р roportion of w m to be perfectly good 
uld pr ше в ранг in si 
раа іп а use. The better way 
would be to sow some of seeds on the 
surface of the material in which the parent 
plant or some: other Orchid is growing, ! 
which is not lik to be disturbed for а 
year or e ainder may be sown in 
ing w id 
seeds generally шч a long time to g T 
minate, and you must not condemn the 
Уш о mm if there is apparently no sign of ge 
inatio: 
EanLY-FLOWERING  CHRYSANTHEMU M. S 
ood early- уат Сузане for the. 
eiiam din the vari 
Е e Chatil- 
lonaise, Normandie, б нтс: hen Yellow, d 
Caledonia, Roi des Blancs, Nos Draco, Sanctit 
Goacher's Crimson, and Market White. 
Macacory PEARS i suspect 
eb 
ж ays its eggs, sometim 
mbryo fru 5 som metimes 
as 
If were 
tne will be found iia contain 
cocoons of the ачна in moth, which may b 
destroyed XN burn pol 
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pe enabled, as in 
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our time and trouble as you W 
the time was 5 i 
There ar y 
endeavour to meet your requirem! 
you should 
rather than trust to 
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