FARMERS CALENDAR. 





Turnips — sow extensively. 



Mangolds — small lot latter end of month. 



Field peas and vetches — for green fodder 



and green manure. 

 Winter grasses and clovers — autumn 



a '\\ing. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, beans of 

 other varieties, beet, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, carrot, celery, cucumber, leek, 

 lettuce, onion, parsnip, peas, potatoes, 

 radish, silver beet, turnip, kohl rabi. 



Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 eschalot, silver beet, tomato. 



Keep water going freely, mulch and 

 hoe. 



Get land ready for lucerne and other autumn 

 sown crops. Ensilage making. 



Hawkesbury-Xepean. 

 Crops to sow- 

 Maize — for green feed and silage. 



Sorghum — for green feed and silage. 



Millet — for green feed, hay, and silage. 



Barley — latter end of month sow either 

 Cape or Skinless for green fodder, 

 preferably with vetches or Grey field 

 peas for complete ration. Rape and 

 barley forms an excellent mixture for 

 sheep and pigs. 



Potatoes— plant autumn crop for market 

 and home use. 



Rape — sow largely for pig feed and 

 green manure. 



Turnips and swedes — sow towards end 

 of month for market and stock pur- 

 poses. 



Cabbage and kale — sow for field cul» 

 ture. 



Vegetables — 3ow French and butter beans, 

 beet, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, leeks, 

 lettuce, onions, radish, carrots, and 

 parsnips (end of month). Plant out 

 cabbage, cauliflower, and celery if 

 weather is favourable. 



Get land ready for main cereals, lucerne 

 and autumn sowings of grass seeds; 

 also break up ground where shade or 

 shelter trees are to be planted. 



South Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Japanese millet, sorghum, and mangolds 



— for fodder for dairy cattle. 

 Red clover — it is a wonder plant on 

 cold soils. 

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Vegetable — sow seed of beans (French 

 and broad), beet, cabbage, carrot, 

 cauliflower, '"lory, cucumber, leek, 

 lettuce, onion, parsnips, peas, radish, 

 silver heel, white and Swede turnips. 



Transplant — cabbage, cauliflower, oelery, 

 eschalots, silver beet, and tomato. 



Plant potatoes. 



Get silo ready for Ailing if there is not 



one on the farm, no time should be 

 lost in its erection. 



Northern Tableland. 

 Crops to sow — 



Barley — a sowing of either Cape or 

 Skinless barley for green feed should 

 be made; the latter should be sown 

 more thickly than the former, as it 

 does not stool well. 



Rape, tares (or vetches)— for winter 

 feed. 



Rye — this may be sown for green feed. 



Turnips — a sowing of swedes and white 

 turnips may be made for a general 

 crop this month. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, beet, cabbage, 

 carrot, leek, lettuce, parsnip, radish, 

 silver beet, spinach. 



Transplant eschalot, leek, silver beet. 

 If any seedlings of cabbage or cauli- 

 flower have been raised they should 

 now be planted out in rich, well- 

 worked land. Onion seed may be 

 sown on carefully-prepared land. Sow 

 thinly in drills ; keep free from weeds, 

 and thin out later. 



Get land ready for grasses, lucerne, and 

 clovers. 



Central Tableland. 



Crops to sow — 



Barley, rye, wheat, or oats (the first 

 two for preference) — as the main winter 

 green fodder. 



Rape — should be sown largely. A mix- 

 ture of rape and barley, rape and oats, 

 or rape and rye in alternate drills i9 

 preferable to rape alone. 



Swedes may still be sown. 



Sow kale, lucerne, and black tares in 

 well prepared land towards end of 

 month. 



