AGRICULTURAL BREVITIES.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 6 October 1880, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL BREVITIES.

$. j\Tr (Iraur, a JNew Zealand farmer, puts 1000 loads of manure annually on bis fur.n ; thirty to the acre. In (lifi r.ew wheat di>Hiets ot Crinac 1 ; 1 - WV's', Hip lli'Tmnin^liv 1 hi 4 winter wits do'.vn (o 47'l''fl. i'olow Z'rr; Cinchona p Lint inn: in Ceylon i- 5 i^o-t |iroini<in,T. Coukl it not n'so be made as promising in Queensland ? luiil lib. ats nic in one callon wa f e;\ odd five ff.'illon'J cold wafer, and sprinkl ■■ t'-e vntlis, if. w^i lull Jill weeds. The elec ric li^lit is heinsj used in En^'and, durin » t'to wnnnr months, for tore* in : j vines nn 1 strawberries. Her Mi\jfisty still keoin un the lafe Prince Consort's {arm ; the last annual sile cf slock realised £'2G'K). The Live Stock I'eeord sppairs of a now tint h is never been dry a sin»lo day durinjj sev 'ntcen years of niil-riner-From America we hear of part in 1 fni!u r <? of l ho winter wheat crops, in certain states, owin<r (o severe weather. Kniilis'i fox ss have incron«ed so rnueii iii (ho W-rribt'e district. Victoria, as to have li.viomn a general nuisance. Vive hundred thousand more bales of jv-lfon wrre produced in the Southern Stntps of America in 1879 than in 187 S. During 1 87S (jieeordirar to MiemiUans 1 v Ia::^;n«) 301.171 000,000 e <i-: s w.>re im-p'-rl"() \\\\o V.v.«\\\\\& from the Corilinent, l'i'uie Fq'i'd iiKinure to the color of rnin wa er iu-'orn Rpplyinsr. Eelter apply often and wi'.-.lc ; you will then do no liarrn. Slims h we b'cn more than usually fi'oubl i s.->me to V'ctoriati garden.ers t^is Miiivimn; so haye citcrpiil rs to "Qtt etis-< Oioi'iftr rni'ie m-inn"acf«ve — i.hnt is. i'ie aii.kin:; <,[ iVesh halter' of fat — h nt><»' q'lite a K-n:.o and thriyiog industry in rjctli liuro;:!? and iiiisrica, *•'*'

The rubb't nui-jance h-.is now spread io the LowiT M-n'-ruiiibid^ci? district (N.S. \V.)» or some 'i'iO ,'uiles from its starting point, I'arwon park, near Gotdong. J'olled Anuus cattle are coming into favor with Americans; they are found to be liardy, q net, aud proliQe; to mature early, nttain great siz>; and they are easily finished oT for the I^iglish murkct. The United States produce annually 800.000.0001.5. of tobr.co. Purely there is room for Q. icensland, farmers to grow more of this universally used ' weed.' European horticulturists have suffered greatly from the late very severe win'or. In Belgium, especially so: pars, pluais, peaches, grape vines, aud nut trees are dead to Hie rools. The batter factories in America nre now adopting the plan of col'ccting the cream from forni'Ts. itiS'p"! of rrquiriua the fresh milk to be delivered. This plan would well suit the Queensland climate.