TL Aprin, 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 325 
Farm Notes for April. 
SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND. 
Tae ripened maize crops should now all be got in, and the land not yet ready 
for early wheat should be got into order as soon as possible, as sowings may be 
made this month. The main potato crop planted during last month will be 
ready to earth up. Where- cotton is grown, the pods are now bursting, and. 
picking should be carried on as soon as the night dew has evaporated. Sorghum 
seed will be ripe, and should be gathered in as it ripens. Watch the tobacco 
crop and gather the leaves as they ripen. Lucerne may be sown, and what was 
sown last month must be kept clean, although the growth of weeds has now 
slacked off. Sow oats, barley, rye, wheat, mangolds, and Swede turnips. All 
vegetable seeds may still be sown. 
NORTHERN QUEEN SLAND. 
Tire weeds are still troublesome in the tropical portions of the North, especially 
since the late heavy rains; therefore every endeavour must be made to 
keep them in check. Sugar-cane must be regularly trashed. There are some 
planters who do not believe in trashing, but there can be little doubt of the advan- 
tages to be derived from the work, as the sun and air are thus enabled to gain | 
free access to the canes to their manifest benefit, and noxious insects are not 
afforded cover under which to carry on their depredations. Cotfee-picking 
will now be commenced. Tobacco should now be growing strongly, and a good 
look-out must be kept for insect pests. Transplant all healthy plants from 
the beds into the field. Make sowings of peas, English potatoes, French 
beans, lettuce, carrots, in cool spots on good soil. Egg fruit (Solanum 
ovigerwm) should now be ready to gather. ‘The planting of coffee in prepared 
nurseries may now be commenced. Sow opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), 
using plenty of manure from the piggery. Cold nights may now be looked for ; 
the minimum temperature at times may reach 54 degrees Fahr. ‘I'he leaves of 
some of the earlier varieties of tobacco should be gathered. Kohl rabi does 
well if planted this month. Make sowings of cow pea. Seeds of Spondias 
dulcis may be sown. Extract the fibre from Hibiscus sabdarifera, and 
plough in cow pea. Some wheat may be sown as well as oats for crops of 
green fodder if favourable weather ensues after the rainy season. Water all 
vegetables with diluted kainit. Uhe buds will be developing on Theobroma 
Cacao. Commence the distribution of coftee seeds. 
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