1 Jury, 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 103 
Farm and Garden Notes for July. 
Farm.—Land should now be prepared for potatoes, maize, oats, barley, 
vetches, tobacco, sugar-cane, field carrots, mangel wurtzel, swedes, &c. There 
is no better time for sowing lucerne. The most suitable soil is a deep, 
calcareous loam, where the roots can penetrate deep down into the subsoil in 
search of moisture. Should the subsoil be at all tough, it should be loosened 
to a depth of at least 18 inches, by the help of the subsoil plough, but the 
subsoil must on no account be brought to the surface. The land must then be 
brought to as fine a tilth as peaaole to give the seed every chance of ger- 
‘minating. After sowing, a light harrow run once over the land is sufficient to 
-coyer the seed. Some prefer sowing in drills, but this can scarcely be recom- 
mended, as the weeds will grow between them and choke the tender lucerne 
plants before they have time to cover the ground. As to the quantity of seed to 
sow, there are great differences of opinion, but the general experience is that 
from 10 Ib. to 12 lb. of seed is the correct quantity to sow per acre. Early 
potatoes, sugar-cane, and maize may be planted in the earlier districts, but 
where late frosts occur it is well to wait until all risk of the young plants 
being nipped is over. During suitable weather rice may be planted in the 
North, where also the coffee crop should be harvested. Cinnamon and kola-nut 
-euttings may be planted under glass. Yams and turmeric may be unearthed, 
and New Guinea tobacco gathered. 
Kitchen Garden.—Put in successional sowings of carrot, parsnip, broad. 
beans, lettuce, and other salads, peas, turnips, beet, leeks, onions, &c. Asparagus 
and rhubarb may be planted, also cabbage and cauliflower. Plenty of watering 
and hoeing wil Papey be required while the drying westerly winds are 
blowing. Pinch the tops of broad beans which are in flower, and stake up peas 
which require support. Ground should now be prepared for planting potatoes, 
and in localities where there are no frosts a commencement of planting may be 
made towards the end of the month. In the same warm districts it will be 
quite safe to sow cucumbers, marrows, and squashes during the last week of the 
month. Ground should now be got ready for sowing I'rench beans and other 
spring crops. Any land which is vacant should be ploughed up or dug and 
left rough until it is required. Harrowing and pulverising ground too long 
before it is sown or planted only encourages the growth of weeds, and also 
deprives the soil to a great extent of the sweetening influences of the sun and 
rain and air. 
