430 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Oor., 1899. 
Farm and Garden Notes for October. 
Farm Notes.—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, arrow- 
root, turmeric, ginger. Sow and plant out tobacco. Sow maize, sorghum, setaria, 
imphee, Kafir corn, Johnson-grass. 
Kitchen Garden—French or kidney beans can now be sown in all parts of 
the colony. Lima beans are a first-class hot-weather vegetable. The hotter the 
weather the better the Lima bean likes it. Sow the dwarf kinds in drills 8 
feet apart, and 18 inches between the hills, and the climbing kinds 6 feet each 
way. A few rows of beetroot may still be sown. Cucumbers, marrows, squashes, 
melons, if not sown last month, ought to be planted at once. If attacked by leaf- 
eating beetles, spray with Paris green or London purple. Chilies should now 
be sown in a seed-bed or box, and planted out when large enough. Set out 
ege-plant in rows 4: feet apart. A few rows of peas may be sown, except in 
very hot districts. Tomatoes should now be ready’ to plant out, and this work 
should be done at once. Plant not less than 33 feet each way, and provide 
some means of support, such as stakes or trellis, for the es Rosellas, if not 
already planted, should be set out without delay. Weeds grow very fast now, 
and the hoe and cultivator must be kept constantly going. When watering is 
necessary, do as much of it early in the morning or late in the afternoon as— 
yossible ; and always stir the soil with the hoe the next day, to prevent baking, 
Nearly all kinds of plants will be benefited by mulching during the hot weather. 
Flower Garden—Plant chrysanthemums, and see that they do not suffer 
from want of water; also look out for aphis and caterpillars. Now is a good 
time to plant out palms and all kinds of le and semi-tropical plants. If 
the weather is very hot, water well after planting, and shade for a few days. 
Dianthus, snap-dragons, &c., can still be planted, and coleus should now be 
planted in the borders. Roses should now be in full bloom. Keep free from 
uphis, and cut off all spent flowers. Keep the borders well hoed,, and the grass 
edgings trimmed. Get the lawn-mower out, and keep the grass down. Do as 
much of your planting as possible now in dull or showery weather. 
Cultural Notes for Tropical Queensland. 
NOVEMBER. 
Pranrine of bananas may becontinued. Plant paddy, yams, turmeric, ginger, 
sugar-cane ; apply stable, cowyard, or meatworks manures whenever 
available. Stake yams. Sugar-cane may be planted. Plant sappan seed and 
root plants. Olive hedges may be trimmed. Crushing sugar-cane continued, 
Pineapple crop must be taken off. Bananas and passion-fruit ripen all the 
year; the latter may be planted at any time, seed being used. Pawpaws. 
(Carica papaya) and mangoes are fruiting. This is probably the most impor- 
tant month to Chinese farmers, i 
