FARMERS CALENDAIt. 



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i itli tares or vetches. 



I i ntral-westei n Slopes- 

 Crops to sow- 

 Rape "~| 



Kale >for grazing and greenstuff. 

 Mustard I 



0ats X 'i 

 Barley J 



Crimson clover foT grazing and green- 



Btuff. 

 Wheat — for green fodder and silage. 

 Rape — early in March is the most 



favourable time for the main crops of 



rape. 



Vegetables — sow beet, cabbages, cauli- 

 floweiB, onions, carrots, parsnips, 

 turnips, swedes, radish, lettuce, silver 

 beet. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 leek, eschalot, silver beet. 



Get land ready — for lucerne, and finish the 

 preparation of the land intended for 

 wheat, oats, and barley. 



South-western Slopes and Riverina. 



Crops to sow — 



Rape — sow as largety as desired. 

 Oats — for greenstuff, hay, and grain. 

 Barley — for green fodder, with or without 



peas or vetches. 

 Sow lucerne on land which has been 



fallowed and kept free from weeds. 



Vegetables — sow cabbage, cauliflower, car- 

 rots, parsnips, beet, turnips, swedes, 

 onions, and a few rows of peas. 



Murnimbidgee Irrigation Areas. 



Crops to sow — 



I'.arli-v for green feed. 



I late for grei d feed and hay. 



Clovers, cocksfoot, prairie, rye grasses, 



Wheat for green feed. 



Tick beans — for green manure crop. 



Vetches— with cereal for green feed. 



Turnips broadcast for a field crop. 



Rape cm still be sown. 



Vegetables bow carrots, parsnips, beet- 

 root, broad beans, turnips (white and 

 Swede), lettuce, cabbage, silver beet, 

 radish, herbs, leek. 

 Transplant eschalots, tree onions, garlic, 

 cabbage, cauliflower. 



North-western Plains. 

 Crops to sow — 



Barley, oats, and wheat for winter feed. 

 Grass, lucerne, and field peas. 



Vegetables — cabbage and cauliflowers sown 

 last month may be planted out if the 

 weather is not too hot, otherwise they 

 had better be left in the seed-bed, where 

 they can be shaded until the weather 

 begins to cool off; sow seeds for 

 succession. 



Get land ready for sowing wheat, oats, 

 barley, rye, and lucerne. By working 

 the surface at this stage, the soil 

 will be got into good condition by 

 April, and weeds, which at this stage 

 commence to grow luxuriantly, will 

 be checked, and the majority got rid 

 of by scarifying. 



APRIL. 



North Coast — Richmond-Tweed Section. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat, oats, and bailey— sow for green- 

 stuff and also wheat and oats for hay. 



Rye — sow for greenstuff. 



Lucerne — make main sowing. 



Rape — sow for winter feed for pigs. 



Field peas — sow for cattle feed, and seed 

 for pigs. 

 Vegetables — sow broad beans, peas, onions, 

 turnips, beet, carrot, herbs, leek, 

 lettuce, radish, silver beet, spinach, 

 and, in frost-free situations, French 

 beans. 



Plant out rhubarb, cabbage, cauliflower, 

 celery, leek, silver beet, onion, lettuce. 



North Coast — Clarence Section. 



Crops to sow — 



Wheat and oats— for greenstuff, and also 

 for hay. 



Barley and rye — for greenstuff. 



Wheat — for grain (poultry feed only). 



Vetches and field peas should be sown 

 in combination with cereals for green- 

 stuff. 



Field peas — sow for pig feed. 



Lucerne — sow largely. This is the best 

 month for this orop. 



Rape — sow for winter feed for pigs. 



Thousand-headed kale and cattle cab- 

 bage — in drills :j feet apart, for pig 

 and cow feed. 



Swedes — sow for market and stock. 



Grasses and clovers may be sown. 



Vegetables — sow French beans (in frost free 

 situations), cabbage, carrot, onions, 

 peas, herbs, beet, radish, leek, lettuce, 

 .diver beet, spinach, turnips. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 leek, onion, silver beet. 



