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THE FARMERS' HANDBOOK. 



( enttal- western Slopes. 

 Crops to sow — 



Lucerne — sow early on well prepared 



land. 

 Potatoes — plant after the middle of 



the month, and cover lightly with 



straw if possible. 



Vegetables — sow broad beans, beet, cab- 

 bage, leek, lettuce, carrot, parsnip, 

 turnip (white), peas, radish. Plant 

 tomatoes, capsicum, egg plants, in 

 seed boxes or beds, under cover. 

 Transplant cabbage and cauliflowers. 



Cultivation — continue the preparation of 

 land for summer crops, and for fallow- 

 ing. Get land ready for maize. 



South-western Slopes and Riverina. 

 Crops to sow — 

 Lucerne — sow early in month in well 



prepared land. 

 Potatoes — commence planting. 



Vegetables — sow peas on small scale, and 

 tomato seed; cucumbers. 



Get land ready for millets, sorghum, maize, 

 pumpkins, melons, and other summer 

 crops. Plough land to lie fallow for 

 wheat, barley, oats, &c. f to be sown in 

 the autumn. 



Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas. 

 Crops to sow — 



Lucerne — if the season is favourable 

 Paspalum and Rhodes grass may be 

 sown, but iisky, as frosts may kill off 

 the young shoots. 



Vegetables — sow celery, leek, potatoes, 

 sweet potatoes (in hot beds), beet, 

 carrots, herbs, lettuce, peas, radish, 

 silver beet, and, with protection, 

 tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, mar- 

 rows, pumpkins, and squashes. 

 Transplant herbs, lettuce, silver beet,, 

 cabbage. 



Get land ready for maize, sorghum, millet, 

 beet, mangolds. 



North-western Plains. 

 Crops to sow — nil. 



Vegetables — sow carrots, lettuce, radish, 

 peas, spinach; also, tomatoes, mar- 

 rows, squash, cucumbers, pumpkins, 

 and Cape gooseberries if they can be 

 sheltered at night from the frost. 



Get land ready for planting next month by 

 harrowing to reduce soil to fine tilth. 



SEPTEMBER. 



North Coast — Richmond-Tweed Section. 

 Crops to sow — 

 Maize for grain— further sowings of early 



or main crop varieties may be made. 

 Sorghum — for green fodder and grain. 

 Millet — for green fodder, hay, and grain 



for pig and poultry feed. 

 Broom millet — may be sown this month. 

 Mangolds — for summer feed for dairy 



cattle. 

 Pumpkins, squashes, grammas, pie 



melons — sow in odd corners and in 



special plots. 

 Peanuts — for pig and poultry food. 

 Cowpeas — for fodder and pigs (grazing), 



also for mixing with maize in silage, 



and for hay. Useful to renovate soil 



of worn-out maize paddocks. 

 Buckwheat — for green fodder, and for 



grain for poultry and pigs. 

 Sunflowers — sow in odd corners and 



around sunny edges of maize crops, &c, 



for poultry feed and for mixing with 



cattle rations. 



Vegetables — sow all - kinds of beans, Jerusa- 

 lem artichoke, beet, lettuce, tomatoes, 

 cucumbers, melons, asparagus (seed), 

 carrot, herbs, leek, parsnip, peas, 

 radish, rhubarb (seed), silver beet, 

 turnip. 



Transplant herbs, lettuce, silver beet, 

 sweet potato, tomato, capsicum, egg- 

 plant. 



Get land ready for further sowings of maize,, 

 sorghum, millet, and cowpeas. 



North Coast — Clarence Section. 

 Crops to sow- 

 Maize — further small sowings of early 

 varieties of main crop may be made. 



Sorghum — for green fodder and grain. 



Millet — for green fodder, hay, brooms, 

 and grain for pig and poultry feed. 



Mangolds — for pig feed. 



Pumpkins, squashes, grammas, and pie 

 melons — sow apart in special plots. 



