October, 1913. 



THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



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had become sufRciently dry to 

 work readily, he would simply 

 have a puddlinj^ surface which 

 would hake, and not only make 

 later tiHaj^e more dillicult, but 

 actually help it in conducting 

 moistUTC from the soil to the at- 

 mosphere. The same is true as 

 rej^ards preparation of the seed- 

 bed. Workinjif the s>il before it is 

 sullici-ontly dry starts the whole 

 season wrono-. It means a vast 

 deal of extra labour durinjr the 

 cultivatino- season, and more or 

 less unsatisfactory results in spite 

 of the extra laborir. In general, 

 it is a safe rule to cultivate for 

 the purpose of retaining and con- 

 serving soil moistures, using judg- 

 ment as to when the soil is in 

 proper condition to work. If this 

 is done, weeds will not make any 

 troub'e. — Farm and Home. 



♦ 



Stateness. 



Pasture has long been recognised 

 as one of the best thing-s possible 

 for ' " run dpwn " or " stale " 

 horses. When grass will not bring 

 them up there is not much hope. 

 A writer in the London Live 

 Stock .Tournal says : — " The onl}^ 

 remed}- for staleness is to turn 

 the horse to grass for a long^er 



or a shorter period, as circum- 

 stances may require. In cases 

 where the legs of a horse show 

 signs of wear as the result of work 

 on hard roads, much can be done 

 to restore the limbs and to brace 

 them up again by turning the 

 horse oft for a few months or for 

 the whole summer an a soft and 

 spongy pasture. The legs and feet 

 of stabled horses are always great- 

 ]\- benefited by turnimg out, and 

 an occasional run at grass will do 

 much to preserve the limbs and 

 keep them sound. If the legs are 

 much worn, or if there has been 

 an actual sprain, it is advisable, 

 if not absolutely necessary, to blis- 

 ter before turning the horses away. 

 In any case a horse that is given 

 a run at grass on account of leg 

 trouble needs a long rest ij tiny 

 permanent good is to result there- 

 from. The legs may fine down 

 pretty quickly after the horse has 

 h&tn turned away, but this must 

 not be taken as evidence that they 

 are fully restored, nor should it 

 t'empt the owner to take up the 

 anim.al and bring it into work 

 again preir^aturely. iln cases of 

 leg trouble a rest of, at any rate, 

 ten weeks is necessary if any per- 

 manent good is to be effected, and 

 more often than not a consider- 

 ably longer run at grass than this 

 will be beneficial." 



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Retention of Moisture in 

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When it is considered that for 

 the production of one pound of 

 dry substance our cultivated crops 

 required three or four hundred 

 poi'inds of water it is easy to 

 comprehend what an important 

 function the moisture in the soil 

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 to the plants, which, without this 

 dissolving element, are unable to 

 absorb the plant-food in the soil. 



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Deep cultivation in the autumn 

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