crop may be subject. 
July 1, 1909 
Rotation. 
Plants belonging to the same natural 
order should not be allowel to succeed 
each other, Some crops are a good pre- 
paration for others, as, for instance, 
onions after celery. 
Rotation assists in checking the devas- 
tations of insects and fungi to which a 
Deep-rooted crops 
enrich the top soil for the benefit of 
shallow-rooted which may 
follow. 
Different crops require plant foods in 
varieties 
varying proportions; hence a rotation is 
more economical of manure. 
A definite system of rotation affords 
better opportunities for cleaning the 
ground, 
Crops which occupy the ground for 
Several years should be succeeded by 
others of shorter duration. 
Rotations allow cf a better distribution 
of labour during the year. Plants culti- 
vated for their roots or bulbs should 
not be succeeded by others grown for a 
like purpose. 
Rotations may extend from three to 
eight years, according to the size of the 
garden, the quality of the soil, the pro- 
ducts required, the manures available, 
&e, 
Examples of vegetables which may 
Precede or succeed in rotation :— 
Under cultivation —Beans 
Preceding crop—Cabbage, brocoli, par- 
Snips, carrots, potatoes 
Succeeding crop—Cabbage tribe, leeks, 
turnips , 
Under cultivation— Beet 
Preceding crop—Cabbage tribe, leeks, 
Onions, celery, potatoes 
Succeeding crop—Cabbages, cauliflowers, 
Peas, beans 
Under cultivation —Borecole 
Preceding crop—Peas, beans, letince, 
Potatoes 
Succeeding erop—Carrots, beet, parsnips, 
Onions, celery 
Under cultivation—Brocoli 
Teceding crop — Peas, broad beans, 
, kidney beans 
“eceediug crops — Late sowings of 
carrots, turnips, &e. 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Under cultivation—Cabbages 
Preceding crop—Peas, beans, onions, 
potatoes 
Succeeding crop—Celery, onions, beet, 
carrots, potatoes 
Under cultivation—Carrots 
Preceding crop—Oniouns. cabbages, leeks, 
celery, potatoes 
Succeeding crop—Cabbages, onions, peas, 
beans 
Under cultivation—Celery 
Preceding crop—Potatoes, cabbages, any 
early crops 
Succeeding crop—Peas, beans. onions, 
leeks, potatoes 
Under cultivation—Leeks 
Preceding crop—Potatoes, cabbage, peas, 
beans 
Succeeding crop—Peas, beans, carrots, 
parsnips, potatoes 
Under cultivation—Onions 
Preceeding crop — Potatoes, cabbage 
tribe, beans. peas, celery 
Succeeding crop—Cabbage tribe, peas, 
beans, potatoes 
Under cultivation—Potatoes 
Preceding crops—Cabbage tribe, beans, 
peas, onions, leeks 
Succeeding crops—Peas, beans, cabbage 
tribe, celery 
Brussels sprouts require the same 
rotation as borecolo 
Cauliflowers as crbbages 
Kidney beans as peas 
Parsnips as carrots 
Peas as beans 
Turnips as carrots 
prec A al ET 
Dung as a Fertiliser. 
Its intimate connection with the vege- 
table matter is the secret of the dura- 
bility of farmyard manure. It is slowly 
severed, and during the lon3-continued 
processes of decomposition, the saline 
materials are disengaged, and offered to 
the rootlets of growing plants. We also 
_know that the process is arrested at low 
temperature, and quickened in growing 
weather, so that the gradual emancipa- 
tion of fertilising matter from dung is 
regulated to thé requirements of vege- 
tation, and proceeds most rapidly in 
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summer. The bulk of farmyard manure 
—i.e,, its moisture and organic matter— 
is not valued per unit, as in the case of 
phosphoric acid, nitrogen, potash, lime, 
It is not priced out, but 
no one can doubt the value of bulk, and 
of moisture, 
or magnesia. 
The mechanical value of 
probably incapable cf being 
assessed, and depends a great deal upon 
dung is 
the character of the soil-and the season. 
lf applied in a dry state, in dry weather, 
even dung may act injuriously ; but 
ultimately it must be beneficial to the 
soil. Dung is not a special, but a general 
manure ; and cannot therefore be used in 
order to restore a single ingredient which 
may be found deficient, or which is 
required in large quantity by a particular 
crop. It, however, is able to keep up 
and increase the fertility of the soil, 
especially when enriched by foods pur- 
chased, better than any special or fabri- — 
cated fertiliser.—John Wrightson. 
In the North Coast district of New 
South Wales, the French bean industry 
is profitable, The vegetables can be 
raised there earlier and later than in the 
districts close to Sydney. A ten-acre 
paddock at Tintenbar, near Lismore, 
returned this year to a number of Hin- 
doos no less than £700, 
cen ar 
There is an uzusually heavy crop of 
winter strawberries this season in most 
of the strawberry-growing districts in 
Northern New South Wales, due, it is 
said,.to the pleasant mild winter and 
Splendid prices are 
being obtained for the berries, wh‘ch are 
of excellent size and color. 
WILLIAM CARR, 
Furniture Manufacturer 
and Repairer, 
Locksmith, Saw Sharpener. 
recent warm rains 
Carpets Cleaned and Relaid. 
All work artistically and promptly 
executed, 
. Country orders attended to on shortest 
notice. 
Charges moderate. 
20 Hanson Street, Adelaide. 
A trial solicited. 
