

THK FARMERS' HANDBOOK. 



JANUARY. 



Not Ih i 'oast—Richmond-1 w* < d S< ction. 



Crops to sow — 



Maize for green fodder; for grain 

 blight-resistant varieties may be sown, 

 but -odd yields cannot be expected. 



Sorghum — for green fodder: may also 

 provide grain for poultry and pigs. 



Millet — for green fodder, cut before seeds 

 ripen for hay for horse-feed; provides 

 grain fairly useful for poultry. 



Sweet potatoes — small planting. 



Pumpkins — sow on small scale. 



Marrows— -sow. on small scale. 



Grass — after scrub tires paspalum grass- 

 seed may be sown this month. 



Vegetables — sow French beans, Swede and 

 white turnips, red and silver beet, 

 cabbage, lettuce, peas (a few), radish. 



Get land ready for oats, bailey, and rye 



for green feed. 

 Ensilage making commences. 

 Sugar-cane — keep down weeds by 



chipping and scuffling. 



North Coast — Clarence Section. 



Crops to sow — 



Maize — for green fodder and silage. 

 Early varieties may still be sown for 

 grain to mature before frost, but good 

 yields can never be expected from 

 the late sowing of early varieties. 



Sorghum — for green fodder and silage. 



.Millet (Manchurian and Hungarian) — for 

 green fodder — useful as a cleaning 

 crop for foul land. 



Pumpkins, grammas, and marrows — sow 

 on small scale. 



Sweet potato — plant on small scale. 



('"wpeas — sow for seed, fodder, or 

 green manuring. For grain, sow 8 to 

 9 lb. seed in drills 30 inches apart. 

 Broadcast for green manuring, using 

 20 to 30 lb. seed. 



Vegetables — sow French beans, swedes, 

 lettuce, cabbages, cauliflowers, silver 

 beet, peas, (light sowing), cucumber, 

 squashes, and marrows. 



Potatoes — plant tubers, preferably uncut, 

 and of medium size, so as to provide 

 3eed sufficiently shot to plant in July. 



Get land ready for autumn cropping. It 

 will generally prove profitable in this 

 district to put a catch crop of (say) 

 millet in land intended for autumn 

 cropping. Tins will serve to clear it 

 eeds, as well as to provide some 

 useful fodder. 



C( ntral < 

 Crops to sow — 



.Maize — for green fodder and si 2 

 Rather late for grain, although 

 varieties such as Fitzroy and Learning 

 may be tried — the former owing to 

 its " blight" resistance. 



Sorghum — saccaline and other varieties 

 may be sown this month for winter 

 use. 



Millets— Manchurian and Hungarian may 

 still be sown for green fodder. 



Potatoes — small sowings for autumn 

 crop, late in the month; use early 

 maturing varieties. 



Pumpkins — a small sowing early. 



Cowpeas — in the maize or sorghum plots 

 or alone. 



Tomatoes— plant out for late crop. 



Turnips — sow swedes late in month 



Grasses — after scrub fires, paspalum 

 and Rhodes may be sown. 

 Vegetables — sow seed of French and other 

 beans, beet, cabbage, cauliflower, 

 cucumber, leek, lettuce, parsnip, 

 radish, silver beet, sweet corn, turnips. 



Transplant tomato and other seedlings 

 from previous sowing, choosing cool 

 weather. 



Mulch, hoe and water freely. 

 Get land ready for barley, oats, rye, field 

 peas, turnips, lucerne, mangolds, 

 grasses, and clovers. Aim at the 

 destruction of weeds and the con- 

 servation of moisture. Ensilage mak- 

 ing commences this month. 



Hawkt sbui y-Nepean. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — for green fodder and silage. In 

 sheltered situations a quick-maturing 

 variety might mature grain, but risky, 

 and areas should be small. 



Sorghum — for green fodder and silage. 



Millet — when hay is scarce, the rapid 

 growth of millet affords a ready means 

 of replenishing the supply. Hungarian 

 is best for this purpose. 

 Vegetables — sow French and butter beans, 

 silver beet, cauliflower, cabbage, leeks 

 and green bush marrows for late crop; 

 plant out celery and tomatoes. 

 Get land ready for autumn sowings of 

 cereals, legumes, rape, lucerne, and for 

 autumn crop of potatoes. The land 

 should be left open to catch any 

 rain, and cultivated whenever a crust, 

 forms, in order to conserve soil- 

 m< list ure. 



