FARMERS CALENDAR. 



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South-western Slopes and Hirerina. 

 Crops to sow- 

 Potatoes — planting should be completed. 

 Pumpkins and squashes — sow and pro- 

 tect seedlings from frost. 

 Melons and cucumbers — sow and protect 



seedlings from frost. 

 Sorghum and millet — sow for green 



feed and silage. 

 Maize — sow for green feed and sijage. 

 This is also a better time to sow for 

 grain than a month later, in order to 

 avoid hot summer winds during 

 tasselling. 

 Vegetables — in localities not very subject 

 to frost and later hot winds sow beans 

 of all kinds (except broad). Trans- 

 plant tomatoes, and shelter from frosts 

 with a few twigs of pine. 

 Get land ready for main sowings of sorghum 

 maize, and millet, including broom 

 millet for heads and seed. Finish 

 ploughing land to lie fallow for autumn 

 sowing of cereals. 



Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas. 

 Crops to sow — 



.Sorghum — for green feed and seed. 



Maize — early varieties may be sown this 

 month, but there is a risk of damage 

 to the setting of the grain from the 

 hot, drying winds of midsummer. 

 Green fodder maize may be sown. 



Millet foi L'n-i ii feed ami seed. Th< ■< 

 1 1 1 ; i \ also in- grazed oil, and then 

 allowed to shoot up for seed for next 

 year's planting. 



Sudan grass — for green fodder or hay. 



Mangolds, beets, cowpeas, paspalum, 

 Rhodes grass, may all be sown. 



Vegetables sow tomatoes, cucumbers,, 

 melons, vegetable marrows, French, 

 runner and Lima beans, pumpkins, 

 artichokes, asparagus (seed), herbs,, 

 lettuce, radish, rhubarb (seed), silver 

 beet. 

 Transplant herbs, lettuce, silver beet,, 

 tomato. 



Prepare land for autumn crops to be sown 

 end of year. 



Soith-weslern Plains. 



Crops to sow — 



Lucerne, grass, millet, pumpkins, sor- 

 ghum, cowpeas. potatoes. 



Vegetables — sow French beans, cucumber, 

 and marrow. 

 Transplant tomatoes. 



Get land ready for cropping in December 

 with maize, sorghum, cowpeas, for - 

 silage and green fodder. 



OCTOBER. 



North Coast — Richmond-Tweed Section. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — late varieties may be sown 



towards the end of the month, but it 



is getting too late for good yields from 



early varieties. 

 Sorghum and millet — for green fodder, 



silage, or grain. 

 Sugar-cane — set out for fodder and 



milling. 

 Cowpeas — sow for seed. 

 Cotton — Complete sowing this month. 

 Pumpkins — sow extensively for cattle 



and pigs. 

 Sweet potato — -set out cuttings. 

 Plant out sets of Queensland cattle cane. 



Vegetables — sow French, runner, Lima, 

 and butter beans, squashes, marrows, 

 and melons of all kinds, beet, cucum- 

 ber, herbs, lettuce, parsnip, radish, 

 silver beet. 

 Transplant herbs, silver beet, leek, 

 tomato. 



Get land ready for later sowings of maize 

 and sorghum for silage. 



Xorth Coast — Clarence Section. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — medium early and mid-season 



varieties may still be sown, but late 



varieties not until near the end of the 



month for best average yields. 

 Sorghum and millet — for fodder and 



grain. 

 Mauritius bean and Florida Velvet 



bean — for green manuring and fodder. 

 Indian cane — plant cuttings 5 feet apart 



for fodder. 

 Cowpeas — for fodder, grain, or green 



manuring. 

 Cotton — Complete sowing this month. 

 Sunflower — for poultry. 

 Pumpkins — sow largely for cattle and 



pig feed. 

 Sweet potatoes — plant out shoots. 



Vegetables — sow all kinds of beans, 

 cucumber, water and rock melons; 

 make small sowings peas, cabbage, 

 radish, lettuce, carrot, parsnip, beet, 

 (red and silver), and onions. 

 Transplant silver beet, herbs, leek,, 

 tomato. 



