FARMERS CALENDAR. 



951 



Vegetables — sou French bean, lieet, cab- 

 bage, carrot, cucumber, Lettuce, melon, 

 parsnip, potato, pumpkin, radish, 

 Squash, tomato. 

 Transplant oabbage, lettuce, silver beet, 

 tomato. 



Central Tableland. 

 Crops to sow — 

 Sow early maize, sorghum, millet, cow- 

 peas, pumpkins, melons, potatoes, 

 sunflowers, and buckwheat. 

 The residues from rape and other crops 

 should be turned under a? quickly as 

 -ible. 



Vegetables — sow beet, radish, peas, pump- 

 kins, melons, cucumbers, squashes, 

 sweet corn, potatoes, beet, and French, 

 Lima, and butter beans. Sow in seed- 

 beds cauliflowers for main crop, cab- 

 bage, and Brussels sprouts. 

 Transplant cabbage, lettuce, kohlrabi, 

 Brussels sprouts, and tomatoes. 



Southern Tableland. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — -for green fodder. 

 Potatoes — main sowing. 

 Japanese millet — if the season is favour- 

 able. 

 Pa*palum dilatatum for pasture. 



Vegetables — sow artichoke, French beans, 

 cabbage, carrot, lettuce, melon, pars- 

 nip, peas, potato, pumpkin, radish, 

 tomato and turnip seed. 



Transplant artichoke, cabbage, lettuce, 

 silver beet, and tomato. 



Keep ground well worked to check weeds 

 and conserve soil moisture. 



North-western Slope*. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize, sorghum, Sudan grass, cowpeas. 



Vegetables — sow beans (French), beet, 

 melon, New Zealand spinach, pump- 

 kin, radish, squash, sweet potato, and 

 tomato. 



Cultivation — Work the land between the 

 rows of growing crops, and where 

 maize and potatoes are sufficiently 

 developed, shallow or deep hilling, 

 according to the nature of the soil, 

 should be carried out. The balance 

 of the rape and early-sown cereal 

 stubble should be ploughed under to 

 prevent seeding. 



Cutting for h.i\ and baj making will be 

 corrrpleted tins month, ami harvesting 

 of the grain crops m full s« Lng 

 rally the grain crops are fully matured 

 early in this month, the late-sown July 

 portion coming in in the latter part of 

 the month. 



( 'entral-wesU m stupe*. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize for grain — early varieties may 



still be sown. 

 Maize and sorghum — for greenstuff and 



ensilage. 

 I ■ i\\ peas — for grazing and greenstuff. 



Vegetables — sow silver beet, French beans, 

 tomato, radish, marrows, squashes, 

 and pumpkins. 

 Transplant sweet potatoes and tomato. 



Cultivation — as opportunity occurs culti- 

 vate the growing crops that are in 

 drills : feed off and harrow the fallows. 



South-western Slope* and Riverina. 



Crops to sow — 



There are few crops, except sorghum, 

 maize, and millet for green feed, that 

 can be safely sown this month, and 

 these only where irrigation is possible. 



All drilled crops should receive attention 

 in the way of cultivation of the soil to 

 retain moisture. 



M urrumhidgee Irrigation Areas. 

 Crops to sow — 



Maize — for grain, medium early varieties 

 may be sown towards the end of the 

 month 

 Sorghum — good sowings for late autumn 



and early winter feed. 

 Millet, cowpeas, Sudan grass, Rhodes 

 grass, and paspalum. 



Vegetables — sow French beans, cucumber, 

 marrow, melons, pumpkin, radish, 

 squash, tomato. 

 Transplant tomato, sweet potato. 



North-western Plain*. 



Crops to sow — 



Maize, pumpkins, and sorghum — if they 

 can be irrigated. 



