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THE FARMERS IIAVDBOOK 



Centzal Coast. 

 Crops to sow— 



wh 6 t i for green fodder and ha y* 



Barley | 



Rye >for green fodder. 



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Field peas and vetches — for fodder alone, 

 or with cereals. 



Tick beans — for fodder and green 

 manure. 



Mangolds. 



Lucerne — probably best month for sow- 

 ing on the lower rivers. Little early 

 for the Macleay. 



Clovers and winter grasses — good month 

 for sowing. 



Onions — plant seed in seed-bed. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, French 

 beans (in frost-free situations), beet, 

 carrot, cabbage, kohlrabi, turnip, 

 herbs, leek, lettuce, onions, parsnip, 

 peas, radish, silver beet, spinach, 

 turnips, rhubarb (also divide latter). 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 eschalots, leek, lettuce, onion, silver 

 beet. 



Other work — plough under all stalks, &c., 

 and cowpea crops sown during summer. 

 Let them decompose by leaving the 

 land under fallow for spring crops. 



Hawkesbury-N epean. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat — sow late varieties for green feed 



and hay. 

 Oats — sow largely for hay, and with peas 



and vetches for green feed. Too early 



for river flats. 

 Barley— for grain for pigs and poultry, 



and for green feed, either alone or 



with rape. 

 Rye — for green feed and grain. 

 Turnips, swedes, rape, and kale — may 



still be sown. 

 Mangolds may be sown on rich ground 



for stock feeding. 

 Lucerne — make main sowing in well 



prepared soil. 

 English grasses and clovers — sow either 



in well cultivated land or in roughly 



scratched-over pasture, if weather be 



favourable. 

 Field peas and vetches — may be sown 



for pig feed or green manure. 



Tree planting — for shade, shelter, and 

 ornament— should receive attention 

 this month. Non -deciduous trees, 

 such as peppers (very early in month), 

 pines (various), kurrajong, silky oak, 

 camphor laurel, river oak, juniper, 

 carob bean, and bunya bunya may be 

 planted out. Hedges should also be 

 planted out. The seeds of such trees 

 as pines, cedars, oaks, walnuts, and 



chestnut.-, should be sown as soon as 

 possible after ripen : ng, but not later 

 than April. 

 Vegetables — sow broad beans, carrots, 

 parsnips, leeks, onions, lettuce, parsley, 

 peas, eschalots, beet, radish, silver 

 beet, spinach, and herbs. Winter 

 rhubarb may be planted out, also 

 cabbage, cauliflower, celery, leek, 

 onion, silver beet, herbs. 



South Coast. 

 Crops to Sow- 

 Wheat, oats, barley, and rye, with field 

 peas — for green winter fodder for 

 stock. 

 Clovers and pasture grasses. 

 Lucerne. 

 Vegetables — sow seed of beans (broad), 

 beet, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, 

 celery, leek, lettuce, onion, parsnip, 

 peas, radish, silver beet, white and 

 Swede turnip. 

 Transplant cabbage, cauliflower, celery, 

 eschalots, silver beet, and tomato. 



Other work — harrow the pastures — it helps 

 to freshen the grass, it breaks up the 

 cowpats, and disturbs insects which 

 might be harbouring in the grasses. 

 See that the pastures contain a per- 

 centage of clovers. Harrow the lucerne 

 patches after every cut. See to the 

 maize-sheller. 



Northern Tableland. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat — the end of the month is a good 

 time to sow wheat, especially sorts 

 that take a long time to mature. 



Barley, rye, or oats may be sown for 

 green fodder. 



Lucerne may also be sown, although it is 

 getting late. 



Tares, vetches, &c, may be sown in 

 combination with rye or barley. The 

 former are good for ploughing in in 

 orchards during the winter months. 



Vegetables — sow broad bean, beet, eabbage, 

 herbs, leek, lettuce, onion, radish, 

 silver beet, spinach, and white turnip. 

 Transplant cabbage, eschalot, leek, let- 

 tuce, onion, and silver beet. 



Get land ready for main crops of cereals 

 and hay, and spring crops. 



Central Tableland. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat — as much as possible of the main 

 crops should be sown. Sow the late- 

 maturing varieties first upon the 

 poorer portions of the farm. 

 Barleys can be advantageously sown 

 towards the end of the month for the 

 main crop3. 



