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THE FARMERS HANDBOOK. 



A PLANTING TABLE— continued. 



Crop. 



Drilled. 



Purpose for 

 which grow n. 



Distance Quantity 

 drills seed per 



apart . acre. 



Quantity 



seed per 



acre. 



Period of 

 growth 

 of crop 



(approx.). 



months. 



Northern Tableland -continued. 



May be fed -off or cut at any 

 time. 



.Should not be fed until nearly 

 mature and should be cut 

 24 hours before feeding. 



Two crops in 12 months may 

 be obtained by cutting 

 before plants an- too fully 

 in flower. 



Central Tableland. 



Artichokes (Jerusalem) 

 Barley 



Canary grass 

 Cowpeas . . 

 Lucerne 



Maize 



Melons 

 Millet 



Oats 



Onions (from seed) 



Potato onions 



bulbs) 

 Tree onions 



Potatoes . . 



Pumpkins 



Tubers 

 Malting 

 Green winter 

 fodder. 



Bird seed 

 Grain . . 

 Fodder 

 Hay .. 



(from 



Rape 



Rj e 



Scarlet clover 

 Sheep's burnet 



Sorghum .. 



.. 

 Turnips (Swede) 



Wheat 



Ensilage. 



Market . . 

 Grain . . 

 Fodder 

 Grain . . 

 Hay 

 Main crop 



Domestic 



Main crop 

 Early crop 



Fodder 



cut). 



Pasture 



3 ft. 



7 to 8 in. 

 7 to 8 „ 



4 ft. 

 2 ,, 

 7 to 8 in. 



4 to 5 ft. 

 3 ft. 



10 x 10 ft. 

 18 to 30 in. 

 18 to 30, , 

 7 or 8 „ 

 or 8 „ 

 ..15 x 6 „ 



15 x 6 



(to be 



Grain 

 Green v 

 fodder. 



Pasture 



Grain 

 Fodder 



Grain 

 Hay 



15 x 

 3 ft. 

 3 „ 

 10 x 



2 ft. 



2 ,, 

 7 or 



7 „ 

 7 „ 



6 „ 



10 ft. 

 6 in. 



6 ,. 

 8 in. 



6 cwt. 

 50 lb. 

 40 „ 



6 1b. 

 20 „ 



6-8 lb. 



6-8 lb. 

 8-12 , 



1-1* .. 



8-12 „ 

 8-12 „ 

 40 1b. 

 40 „ 

 10-12 oz. 



3-5 cwt. 



H „ 



8-10 „ 

 8-10 „ 

 2 lb. 



3-4 ft. . 

 2A-3„ . 

 2"ft. 

 3 „ 

 7 cr 8 in. 



7 „ 8 „ 



60 lb. 

 50 „ 



20 „ 

 10-16 Yb. 



Not recom- 

 mended. 



50 lb. 

 50 „ 



4-8 lb. 



50 lb. 

 50 „ 



8-10 lb. 

 20 lb. 



45 lb. earlv, 

 45-50 lb. 

 late. 



. . Plant like potatoes. 



5 (second 

 growth, 

 August 

 till De- 

 cember). 



6 .. 

 6 .. 

 6 .. 

 Perennial 



summer 

 crop. 



5 (Decern 

 ber till 

 May). 



5 (second 

 growth 

 till De- 

 cember) 



7 .. 

 Perennial 



7 .. 



On uplands drills should be 4 

 or 5 feet apart, and plants 

 about 18 to 24 inches apart 

 in rows. On irrigated 

 flats distances can be re- 

 duced to 4 feet and 12 to 

 16 inches respectively. 



Seeds sown in beds to be 



transplanted. 

 Bulbs are planted. 



Bulbils from tops are planted. 

 ) Plant la inches apart in 

 j drills. 



) The wider sowing permits 

 ) of cultivation. 



