398 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Nov., 1898. 
Farm and Garden Notes for November. 
Tre operations, as far as growing crops are concerned, will consist mainly of 
keeping the ground looseand 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 Plante 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, Kafir corn, and, generally, sow and plant 
as directed last month. 
Kitchen Garden.—Vhe 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 mulched with manure, &c. In sowing and 
transplanting 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 planted out last month should be well watered and muiched 
during the prevailing dry weather. Sow cabbage, French beans, melons, 
lettuce, radish, pumpkins, cucumbers, rosellas, &e. Transplant for succession 
in calm cloudy weather. 
Flower 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 
vut, 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. 
