The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-22 00:00:00

FARMING OPKRATIONI.

CtoVett FIELDe clear of every antra:lotion
mowing machine. Top-dress whets Deces,.7.
11016 is naturally deficient in the soil, sYor,orn,
rate of 6 to 8 owl. per sere, is a good. manure for Co;
but it is better to delay the applicanou uotil
weather, about the end of April, for it is only
white powder forms a thin crust upon the
its fertilising mitten is most beneficial. But thtre
arbitrary rule of •ppliastiou as to time;
',maimd rule is to apply gypsum in moist we..
whenever the Clover berns to grow f,pidiy."
it March, April, or Iffay,, and Dot sootier.
Saterrois. Sow on oalc,reous and seed, v
adapted for it. It is sown successfully both is
richer elms of such soils,
.erlien the Clorer hemu,%,
„do. the pewee arben almost nose of th.. other (N,..
will grow. It requires • clean seed-bird, free
weeds, or rather the seeds of weed', and thtrefort
genitally drilled across oats or barley, after •
crop, as turnips ; or it may he drilled in across
or sprng wheat or rye, 8 or 9 inertias beteeen the -1.,
When minfoin is laid down for • period of yeses.,
corn stop should be sown thin, purposely to puree:,
young plants until they are established in the
Fresh sound seed only should be sown, about i„.
bushels iif the rough unshelled used per acre ;
place of the common sort the French and giant rand;
may be selected.
MANOltrt(e LIOBT DIY LAND for turnips is
dime at this season, so as to retain sap in the ers,,,
and thos avoid scorching at the time of row,s, ,
May and JIM.. The practice is, perhaps, 'owe toes.
I. MA North, where the lend cannot be Wowed,:
manured in the autumn. Such soils 1110111 frselv at.;
season, being easily smashed up from the winter fart,
&slob should always be deep, and afterwarlo borr.,tt
cleaned, and mattered in the usual way. The tansy,
manure is also easily got into the land at this see.
without much lose of sap, either nn the partfr
manure or laud. It is common to apply half limn,
manure, half bones, or superphoenhate, 4 cwt per.,
and to these may be added 5 to 10 CW1.14 commute:
To leave out the salt, as to too commonly di.es,
overlook the peculiar manure wants of the tot,
which by nature is • seaside plant, anpi light 101 l hf
kind in question requires more salt than h•svier
The salt, too, induces a healthy deoweposition
inseam, and its rapid incorporation with the so.; dee,
the ensuing mouth of Ago:it, so that by t e is,,
sowing the seed brairds rapidly. and the you, t
find • plentiful and continuous sum ply of f., 4
them into rough leaf beyond the ravages of the 5,,
the scorching influence of the weather 611.,1eglre:
The salt also cheeks insect Ide in the manure, ar,J
thus a ton.teney to prevent Asbury and
THU LAMBING Season is now very general thr.ligt,-,:
the breeding districts in Fsiglaud, save in a few oft,
arre elevated northern sheep-walks. Dry fr -sty 'a
winds and snowstorms like those exereriene lot a.,
are trying for ewes both before and after 'ambler.
in exposed situations ewes mai lambs ate very nob.:
be "drifted before the weather away froin the
provided for them." Shepherds should title toe
this in time. In such weather ewes and lambs st,r,:
be kept close along the fence side. A rainy My 1..
lowed by • frosty night is another ebony to et
shepherds ; for, if • ewe or :a.nh is allowed to cc. v.:
to the akin, and then to be exposed to frost, t
sequences may prove fatal, and a wet skin •ithorlo.:
is • very serious cahmity in a ewe flock at ,sioei,
time. Is follows that there should be hovel-n.. 0. It
the whole flock in bad weather, the shepherd's E
being close hy. This, however, Is aeldoo per
hurdles wattled with straw (i.e., two hurdles withers,
between) being set up in vsrious wisp, forming rictaro
pens, to siffurd ebelter to the main body of the f st.
hovel-room being only provided for ewes taltro it
lamb overnight. Lsr‘e badly-ventilated hovels the:
do not like, and they do better under the temporal
shelter afforded by hurdle pens than in ouch h etc
Not the least of the labours of the shepherd is to et
that the lambs have plenty of milk, and the prole:
plea to secure this is to give springing ewes
supply of rich food to bring oa m 1k; and after lombitt
to keep up the flow in late seasons like tbe oreseat.
when the growth of spring grass is sever-I ...is
behind, by giving a plentiful supp'y of ablupsalli
carrots, with an extra allowance o! cake end torn is
sold, frosty weather, to keep cp animal heat, If
allowed cabbages and roots rid ii,Pont ewes will eat as
extra quantity in cold weather ; hot this wittiest the
extra calm and corn will do hero in the insiority of
cases to both ewes snd lambs. Atsl en has.- fowl it
better to increase the 111110,61100 of corn rather ir
that of the sake, ea many ewes eat only 1011,16,
limited quantity of mks daily.