FAKJliatS CALENDAR. 



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MARCH. 



A Coast — Richmond-Tweed Section. 

 Crops to sow— 



Sorghum — sow a little for green fodder. 

 Oats — sow as much as desired for green 



fodder. 

 Barley — sow as much as desired for green 



fodder. 

 Maize — sow for green fodder. 

 Rye — sow for green fodder- 

 Rape — sow for green fodder for pigs and 

 dry cows. 



\ sow alone, or in combina- 

 Field peas ( tion with oats, rye, or 

 Vetches i barley, as winter food 



} for milch cows. 

 Potatoes — plant largely as desired. 

 Grasses — sow cocksfoot, rye grasses, and 



prairie. 

 Clover — sow White or Dutch, and Red. 



Vegetables — sow cabbage, onions, leek, 

 lettuce, peas, globe artichokes, French 

 bean, beet, carrot, celeiy, herbs, pars- 

 nips, radish, silver beet. 

 Transplant available seedlings. 



Get land ready for lucerne. 



Plant evergreen trees for shade. 



North Coast — Clarence Section. 

 Crops to sow — 



Oats — sow for green fodder. 



Barley — do 



Wheat — do 



Rye — sow a small area for green feed. 



Field peas — sow to raise seed supply for 



future combination cereal crops for 



fodder. 

 Vetches and field peas should also be 



sown in combination with cereals. 

 Rape — for pigs. 

 Potatoes may still be planted, but on 



very small scale. 

 Lucerne. 

 Grasses— the best month to sow grasses 



of all kinds. 



Vegetables — sow cabbage, onions, peas, 

 globe artichokes, French and broad 

 beans, beet, carrot, celery, herbs, 

 lettuce, parsnips, silver beet, spinach, 

 turnips (white and Swede). 

 Transplant cabbage, caulMower, celery, 

 lettuce, silver beet 



Central Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — for green fodder only, 

 and Hickory King. 



Learning: 



Sorghum— Saccaline oan be sown in 

 northern portion of district for winter 



ami spring use early in the month. 



Oats 



Barley 



Wheat ^ for green fodder. 



Rape 



Rye 



Field peas and vetches alone or with the 

 above mentioned cereals for fodder. 



Tick beans, clovers, and winter grasses. 



Onion — plant seed, late in month in seed- 

 beds. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, French and 

 other varieties (northern districts), beet, 

 cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, celery, 

 herbs, leeks, lettuce, onion, parsnips, 

 peas, potato, radish, silver beet, 

 Spanish turnip, kohlrabi. 



Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 eschalots, lettuce, silver beet. 



Keep ground well manured. For winter" 

 elevate bed rows so that water will 

 drain off. 



Get land ready for lucerne, clovers, and 

 winter fodders, mangolds, &c. 



Hawkesbury-N epean. 

 Crops to sow — 



Hungarian millet may be sown for green 



feed or silage early in the month. 

 Wheat — sow for green forage. 

 Oats — sow for green feed, in conjunction 



with vetches or field peas. 

 Barley — sow for green feed alone or with 



rape. 

 Rye — on poorer soils where other cereals 



fail to flourish rye may be grown for 



stock feed, provided it is cut before 



the seed is ripe. 

 Lucerne — may be grown this month. 

 Rape — sow largely for pig feed and 



green manure. 

 Turnips, swedes, kohlrabi, tree-kale, and 



thousand-headed kale may be sown. 



Vegetables— sow French beans (sparingly), 

 broad beans, beet, cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, celery, lettuce, leeks, peas, 

 radish, carrot, herbs, parsnips, silver 

 beet, spinach, turnips. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 lettuce, silver beet. 



Get land ready for sowing grasses and 

 make final preparations of land for 

 lucerne, and for planting out shelter 

 trees. 



