y Mar,, 1900.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL, 239 
Farm and Garden Notes for Mareh. 
Pras Hurm Notes —Continue to plough up land. Sow lucerne, clover, rye- 
ago barley, vetches, prairie-grass, wheat, sorghum, carrots, mangolds, 
wede turnips. Plant the main crop of potatoes, and if the weather be 
: ee get this work done by the middle of the month. The weeds will now 
luce ‘ckening off in their vigour; it is therefore an excellent time to get in 
~ ihe, on well-tilled friable soil. The land should have been prepared some 
® Previously, by ploughing, cross-ploughing, and harrowing to destroy as 
tea cots as possible. If weeds should appear after the plants are well up, 
The | @ field. This will give them a chance to get well ahead of the weeds. 
nd should be harrowed and rolled after mowing. Gather all ripe corn 
ne » and cut tobacco as it ripens, wilting the leaves on the ground before 
Neri up to be subsequently dealt with according to the instructions of Mr. 
¢, published previously in this Journal. 
fie Northern Queensland, plant granadillas for crop; also water-melons, 
ery POPPY, and buffalo-grass ; continue planting sweet potatoes, and make 
Trach, pentings of tobacco. Plant anatto, kola nuts, Jack fruit, cow-pea. 
dlangi Sugar-cane. ‘The work for April in this portion of the colony will be the 
Dotatoee of some temperate zone vegetables: Egg-plants, tobacco, English 
Hany &s, bananas, and coffee. Harvest paddy. Keep the yam patches clean. 
®st Kafir corn. Keep down all weeds. 
ing quitehen Garden.—W eeds will still continue to give trouble, notwithstand- 
ther e fact that the summer will have ended on the 20th of March. Keep 
Marker 2 by constant deep hoeing. This will be a very busy month with 
forven ardeners. Get the soil into fine tilth, and plant out cabbages, eauli- 
White 8, Brussels sprouts, celery. Sow broad. beans, peas, turnips (Swede aud 
all  woue), carrots, parsnips, onions, beet, spinach, and radish. These may 
ta] .¢ OWE in drills 2 to 8 feet apart. In transplanting, be careful to retain a 
earth at the roots of the plants when lifting them. In _ planting 
Salt *ges on a slope, make the rows across the hill. Dress asparagus beds with 
lee 4 ake fresh sowings of beetroot, cauliflower, cabbage, endive, lettuce, 
€cha} Bae and plant herbs of all sorts. Plant potatoes ; transplant 
Tegetabh: Beetroot requires a rich, icles fais soil. Nearly all European 
Tubs «Can safely be sown in March. If the young plants are attacked by 
ike “pray with Paris green. ‘Tobacco water is also an excellent destroyer of 
pad slugs. For the great slug, Vaginula, described and illustrated by 
‘¢ *tyon in this Journal (Vol. V., p. 63, July, 1899), tobacco waste from 
Bdge ores is a certain remedy. It is obtainable at 5s. per load, and in 
°n to its value as an insecticide it is an excellent fertiliser. The tobacco 
May be laid on the surface of the soil in the form of a rig about 3 
Wide round the bed it is desired to protect. 
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