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the surface rubbish is not well covered. Another objection is that on the ie 
lying in ridge and furrow the notched soil hinders the water from running 
to the water furrows; also, when cross ploughing or turning the furrows a 
‘subsequently, the ledge left has to be cut, and this adds materially to the wort 
besides, a raw piece of soil is brought to the surface, which is objection if 
because it will work harshly and tend to spoil the quality of the seed bed. i 
the same time the crested furrow is far better than a compressed furroW © | 
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turned by the digging plough is the most suitable form for all but a very Tim 
aumber of purposes. On very light soils it is desirable to consolidate the © 
bed, and generally it is advisable to consolidate a seed bed to be sown with W) 4 
At present there are many farmers who, basing their judgment on the expen 
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obtained with flat furrows made by the common compressing plough, do a 
favour the digging plough for winter fallow ploughing, but their number 
wapidly decreasing, as they see how well the dug furrow turns out in the spy 
For all other seed beds the digging plough is far superior to the common plows. 
as the action of the digging breast is to loosen and disintegrate the particles” 
-soil, and so produce a kindly tilth easily affected by frost, rain, and sunshine 
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Dairying. 
DAIRY CATTLE AND YOUNG SORGHUM. 
“We have, on several occasions, received information from various parts of 
colony of cattle dying from the effects of indulgence in Kafir corn, &e. t oot 
-supposed that the animals were poisoned by some plant, but, as the GoverB™ 
Botanist, Mr. F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., has repeatedly pointed out, there is 2° rat 
a thing as a sorghum possessing poisonous qualities, and, further, no true g t) 
of any description is poisonous. Grasses, wheat, and maize are subje.4, 
“ ergot,” which is extremely poisonous, but no active poisonous principle ° shit 
‘in them or in any of the sorghums, and Mr. Bailey is not prepared to Say" 
-ergot is found in sorghums. ‘oy 
Again, a Toowoomba correspondent wrote corroborating Mr. Bat sist 
-opinion, stating that twelve of his horses got into a field of Kafir co! a 
coming into flower. They remained in it all night, and in the morning, P® i, 
looking considerably blown out, no evil effects were observed, nor did the a” il 
suffer in any way. All evidence goes to show that no animals are poison’ 
-over-indulgence in sorghums, but that, in some cases, “ hoven” may rest 
A correspondent at Wynnum, Mr. R. Woolcock, writes on this subject: ie 
“As a dairyman of over thirty years’ standing in the colony, I deplor af 
‘repeated reports of cows dying from the effects of eating young sorghum. vt 
-observations will be the means of saying some of the dairy stock in the f “| 
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