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THE FARMERS HANDBOOK. 



JUNE. 



Norllt Coast Richmond-Tweed Section. 



Crops to sow — 



Oats — sow for green fodder; not too 

 late for a hay crop. 



Rye — sow for green fodder. 



Vegetables —sow broad beans, peas, parsnip, 

 beet, carrot, silver beet, spinach, 

 tomato (under cover), cabbage, endive, 

 lettuce, radish. Plant chokos, aspara- 

 gus, winter rhubarb, cabbage, herbs, 

 leek, lettuce, onion, silver beet. 



Get land ready for potatoes and for arti- 

 chokes for domestic use and fodder. 

 The latter crop is a useful one to be 

 harvested by pigs. 



North Coast — Clarence Section. 

 Crops to sow — 



Oats — sow for hay and green feed. 



Rye— for green feed. 



Wheat — for green feed and grain. 



Vegetables- — sow peas, broad beans, cabbage, 

 endive, parsnip, beet, carrot, silver 

 beet, spinach, tomato (under cover), 

 leek, lettuce, onion, herbs. 



Transplant rhubarb, asparagus, cabbage, 

 herbs, leek, lettuce, onion, silver beet. 



Get land ready for main crop of potatoes 

 and early maize. 



Paspalum paddocks should be broken up 

 now, if showing signs of deterioration. 



Central Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat, oats — for green feed and hay. 



Barley, rye. 



Lucerne — along upper rivers. 



Clovers. 



Onions — transplant plants into perma- 

 nent bed. 



Tomatoes. 



Vegetables— sow broad beans, beet, cabbage, 

 carrot, lettuce, peas, onion, radish, 

 silver beet, tomato, turnip. 



Transplant cabbage, eschalot, lettuce, 

 onion, silver beet, also rhubarb and 

 asparagus roots. 



Dig up and manure land for spring 

 sowings. 



Other work — plough over weedy fallowed 

 land. 



Hawkesb wry - Ne pean . 

 Crops to sow — 



Wheat — sow only quick-maturing varie- 

 ties. 

 Oats — for hay and green feed. 



Barley — for greenstuff may still be sown' 

 for succession. 



Rye — late crops are worth a trial on the 

 poorer classes of soil. 



Onions should be transplanted. 



Artichokes may be planted from now on. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, cabbage, 

 leek, parsnip, peas, herbs, sdver beet, 

 endive, carrot, spinach. 

 Transplant rhubarb, asparagus, cabbage, 

 herbs, leek, lettuce, onion, silver beet. 



Get land ready for potato (main crop) and 

 maize. Spread all available farmyard 

 manure on the ground and plough in 

 to mellow. 



South Coast. 

 Crops to sow — 



Oats and rye may be sown where- a late 

 sowing is necessary for green fodder. 



Vegetables — trials may be made with seea 

 of cabbage, lettuce, peas, radish, and 

 turnip. 



Transplant asparagus, cabbage, eschalot, 

 herbs, leek, onion, rhubarb, and silver 

 beet. 



Other work — from this month on to the end 

 of October the worst time of the year 

 has to be faced. Ensilage is a great 

 factor in keeping stock in condition; 

 feeding stalls effect a great saving of 

 fodders when feeding stock; good 

 shelter from useful trees is a comfort 

 to stock. 



Get land ploughed for corn and conserve all 

 the soil moisture possible. On the 

 average dry windy weather prevails in 

 the spring, and early preparations 

 should be made. 



