300 + QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Ocr., 1897. 
Farm and Garden Notes for October. 
As the warm weather is now at hand, and showers may be expected, weeds 
will be on the increase; therefore the horse-hoe and cultivator should be 
constantly at work in keeping the crops clean. Do not let the weeds get ahead 
of you and seed, as one year’s seeding means seven years’ weeding, but keep 
them down vigorously. Earth up growing crops, and keep the ground loose 
amongst them. Plant sweet potatoes, yams, earth-nuts, arrowroot, turmeric, 
ginger. Sow and plant out tobacco. Sow maize, sorghum, setaria, imphee, 
Kaffir corn, Johnson grass. 
In the Kitchen Garden keep all crops clean, mulch and water when 
necessary. Cabbages may be transplanted, being careful to check the aphis on 
its first appearance. Sow parsley, peas, French and kidney beans, mustard 
cress, radish, lettuce, cuctimbers, melons, egg-plant, pumpkins, tomatoes, 
rhubarb, spinach, vegetable marrows, custard marrows, carrots, parsnips, &e., &e. 
Asparagus beds will require plentiful watering and a good top-dressing with 
short manure. Rosella seeds may be sown during this month. No farm should 
be without rosellas. They are easily grown; they bear heavily, and make an 
excellent sub-acid preserve, whilst they are infinitely preferable to the mulberry 
for puddings and pies. An excellent wineis produced from the rosella, and, in 
addition to this, the bark yields a stout fibre, which comes in handy for many 
purposes, such as tying up plants and trees to stakes and trellises. 
The Flower Garden is now showing the result of the care bestowed upon 
it during the past two months The principal work to be done during this 
month is the raking and stirring of the beds, staking, shading, and watering. 
Annuals may be sown as directed for last month. Plant gladiolus and other 
bulbs, such as tuberose, crinum, ismene, amaryllis, pancratium, hermocallis, 
hippeastrum, dahlias, &c., &e. 
