704 Journal of Agriculkire, Victoria. ( lo Xov., 11)19. 



PoxJLTKT. — Add a little peameal to morning mash and give less bran. Feed 

 equal parts wheat and heavy oats at night. Supply plenty of green food — at thi» 

 time, lettuci- is iiivahialjle. Avoid salt meat of any dcscriptioii. Put Douglas 

 nii.\turc in drinking water when r(<|uircd. Keep aniplf supplies of sand, ashes. 

 &c., in pens, and moisten same. This will enable the birds to keep tliemselves 

 eool and clean. Top oil' geese, ducks, and cockerels for the Christmas markets. 

 Hens will do better this month by having free range. Remove all male birds 

 from flocks, as infertile eggs will keep longer and command a higher price. 



CULTIVATION. 



Farm. — Cut hay in late districts. Cut oats and barley in early places. 

 Finish planting potatoes. Put in late maize for fodder, also millet and imphee. 

 Plough fire-breaks where required. Get stackyard and stages ready for hay. 



Orchard. — Keep the surface loose and free. Suppress weeds. Spray a» 

 often as necessary for codlin moth and pear slug. Mulch and spray young 

 trees and grafts with water in the early morning during hot weather. 



Vegetable Garden. — Keep the surface hoed, and allow the plants plenty of 

 moisture. Stake, pinch out, manure, and water tomatoes. Pinch back long 

 runners of pumpkin and melon family. Sow autumn and winter varieties of 

 cabbage and cauliflower. Plant out seedlings in cool weather. Sow French 

 beans. Cease cutting asparagus beds, and top-dress with manure. 



Flower Garden. — Plant out dahlias and gladioli for autumn blooming. Lift 

 and store spring flowering bulbs. Stake, tie, and train growing plants. Sow 

 zinnias and asters. Layer carnations, camelias, daphnes, &c. Water well and 

 keep the surface loose. Keep rose beds fairly dry. 



Vineyard. — Inspect young grafted vines (field or bench) ; suckering and 

 removal of scion roots should be carefully attended to — See Journals for Septem- 

 ber and October, 1917. Tie up young vines. Beware of cut worms on young 

 vines — See Journals for July, 1911, and September, 1913. Tying up of bearing 

 vines, if practised, should be completed early in month. Avoid excessive and 

 indiscriminate topping, far too frequent in Victoria. Scarify, if soil is not suffi 

 ciently loose, and after heavy rain or irrigation. Look out for oidium and repeat 

 sulphurings on first appearance of disease. Keep a sharp look-out for Downy 

 Mildew. 



Cellar. — Fill up regularly and keep cellars as cool as possible. 



Indications are that the two dreaded foreign foes of wheat, flag smut, 

 and take-all will not become widespread in the United States. The 

 United States Department of Agi-iciiltiire announces that the two States 

 where these diseases appeared, Indiana and Illinois, have taken steps 

 that will prevent tlie spread of the diseases from the infected fields, and 

 that .should wipe out in a few years the infection in fields where it 

 exists. 



Indiana officials came to the recent heai'ing in Wasliington with 

 adequate safeguards already placed. Shortly after the hearing, 

 Illinois established similar safeguards. All the infected wheat in 

 both States is under control and will be disinfected before any use 

 whatever is made of it. All straw and stubble are to be burned, 

 thrashing machines ar<' to be thoroughly disinfected, and no wheat is 

 to be gro^vn in infected areas for several years. 



— Sendee and Begulatory Announcements, Unite^r] States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



