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THE FARMERS HANMfOOK. 



South Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat, oats, barley and rye for green 

 fodder. Field peas sown with any of 

 these crops increase the feeding value, 

 and superphosphate will be found a 

 very useful help to the growing plants. 



Lucerne — now is a good time to sow 

 lucerne, so that the plants may become 

 firmly established before the ground 

 becomes cold. Have the ground clean 

 and weeds in check. 



Winter pasture grasses. 



Vegetables — sow seed of beans (French and 

 broad), beet, cabbage, carrot, cauli- 

 flower, celery, cucumber, leek, lettuce, 

 onion, parsnip, peas, radish, silver 

 beet, white and Swede turnip. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 eschalot, silver b?et, and to nato. 



Northern Tableland. 



Crops to sow — 



Rape may be sown for feeding stock in 

 winter. 



Wheat, oats, barley, and rape may be 

 sown for green feed. Cape or skinless 

 barley, two of the best, may be sown 

 with tares or vetches if required. • 



Rye may also be sown with tares for 

 green food or for hay, if cut early. 



Clovers for feed or hay may be planted 

 end of the month. 



Field peas may be sown alone or in con- 

 junction with wheat, oats, barley, or 

 rye for green feed. 



Lucerne — the latter part of March is a 

 good time to sow lucerne to enable 

 roots to establish themselves well in 

 the soil before cold weather sets in. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, beet, cab- 

 bage, carrot, leek, lettuce, onion, 

 parsnip, radish, silver beet, spinach, 

 white and Swede turnip. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, eschalot, 

 leek, onion, silver beet. 



Plough land for spring cropping, the earlier 

 the ploughing the deeper it should be, 

 except that too much clay subsoil 

 should not be brought to the surface. 



Central Tableland. 



Crops to sow — 



Wheat — the earliest sowing of this cereal 

 for the main crop may be made about 

 the end of the month, if it is intended 

 to graze sheep upon it during winter. 

 The lighter portions of the farm should 

 be chosen for this purposf. Late- 

 maturing varieties should be used. 



Barley, oats rye, and rape should stiU 



be sown early in the month for green 



fodder. 

 Kale, white mustard, clovers, Black tares, 



field peas, grasses, and sheep's burnet. 

 Lucerne — the main crop, may be sown 



this month upon well prepared land. 

 Onions — for main crop. 



Vegetables — sow onions, radish, spinach, 

 leeks, eschalots, Savoy cabbage, 

 broccoli, and white turnips. Make a 

 small sowing of carrots and lettuce. 

 Transplant Savoy cabbage, broccoli, 

 onions, leeks, eschalots, and silver 

 beet. 



Southern Tableland. 



Crops to sow — 



Wheat — for hay, green feed, or grain. 



Barlej 7 and rye — for green feed. 



Field peas — for green feed, sown with 

 wheat, barley, or rye. 



Sunrise oats — for early green fodder 

 might be sown. 



Lucerne, clovers, mustard, rape, and 

 turnips, rye grass, cocksfoot, prairie 

 grass — may be sown now; and some 

 clover should be added to the mixture. 



Vegetables — sow seed of broad beans, 

 beet, cabbage, carrot, leek, lettuce, 

 onion, radish, silver beet, spinach, 

 white and Swede turnip. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celerj-, 

 aschalot, leek, and silver beet plants. 



Other work — keep the cultivator going 

 among row crops and the harrow 

 where it can be used on any broadcast 

 or drilled crops to check evaporation 

 by stirring the surface soil. See that 

 on established lucerne patches the 

 harrow is used after every cut. Pas- 

 ture improvement can be attended to. 

 Keep plants moving. Watch potato 

 crops for sign of the moth — the grub 

 causes big loss. See to the planting 

 of suitable trees or shrubs for shelter 

 and shade for stock. Select native 

 plants, if possible. 



North-western Slopes. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat, barley, and oats — for grazing 

 and green feed, and subsequently for 

 hay crops. 



Rape, clovers, swedes,, vetches, and 

 grasses — for grazing and green fodder. 



Vegetables — sow beet cabbage, carrot, 

 cauliflower, leek, lettuce, onions, par- 

 snip, radish, silver spinach beet, 

 turnip. 



Prepare land — for cereals and luee.iiie. 



