420 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Noy., 1897, 
Farm and Garden Notes for November. 
Tue operations, as far as growing crops are concerned, will consist mainly of 
keeping the ground loose and clean. In many districts the early wheat harvest 
will have begun. The crop should be cut when thoroughly mature, but before 
it is quite ripe, as this will insure a better coloured grain, and loss by scattering 
will be avoided. The same applies as to cutting oats for hay. When the crop 
is well in ear, but not mature, the plant is in its most nourishing state, 
Tobacco plants now require constant watching to prevent the ravages of 
caterpillars. The plants should be topped back, so that the full strength may 
be directed into the leaves destined for the crop. Sow imphee, setaria or 
panicum, teosinte, sorghum, maize, Kaflir corn, and, generally, sow and plant 
as directed last month. 
Kitchen Garden.—The benefit of well-trenched ground will become more 
apparent as the season advances. Shallow-worked land will not repay labour 
expended on it, unless it is well mulehed with manure, &¢. In sowing and trans- 
planting during the summer months allow plenty of room, or the crops will be 
drawn and worthless. Good, deep, and constant cultivation will always pay in 
the kitchen garden. Keep the ground clean and open with the digging-fork 
and hoe. Thin out melon and cucumber plants, and loosen the earth round 
them. It is a good plan, and will save much of the crop if the branches are 
pegged down as they extend. This will prevent them being destroyed by high 
winds, and by so doing they will take root, and therefore ease the main root. 
Tomatoes should be treated as recommended in Part 4 of the Journal. Sow 
cabbage, French beans, melons, lettuce, radish, pumpkins, cucumbers, rosellas, 
&c. Transplant for succession in calm cloudy weather. 
Hlower Garden.—In many gardens dahlias are well above ground, and 
should be staked. Bulbs which were put away in a moist spot may now be 
planted out. Reserve the weaker bulbs for later planting, so as to ensure 
flowers for autumn. Bulbs that have done flowering should be taken up and 
stored for the season in a dry place. The flower garden should now be in full 
bloom, and will well repay the trouble bestowed on it, and a little fertiliser of 
any description given as a top-dressing will assist the plants to bloom and look 
well for a longer period than with ordinary treatment. 
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