1 Jury, 1901.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 173 
) Farm and Garden Notes for August. 
Farm.—Now will active work in the field be repaid by future rich 
harvests, provided always that seasonable weather is experienced. Early crops 
of maize and potatoes may be planted with pumpkins amongst the maize. 
Plant only such potatoes as have sprouted. In selecting maize seed, choose 
large, flat, well-matured grain. It has been abundantly proved in America 
and elsewhere that, by constant selection and change of seed, very large crops 
are easily raised, as many as five or six cobs being produced on each stalk all 
over the field. Swede turnips, clover, and lucerne may now be sown, but they 
will have to contend with weeds which will now begin to rear their unwelcome 
heads. Therefore, see that the ground, before sowing, has been thoroughly 
cleaned, and thereafter keep the hoe and cultivator going amongst the crops at 
all available times. Tobacco may be sown. Plant arrowroot, ginger, and 
sugar. Rice and coffee should all have been gathered in by this time, but the 
picking of Liberian coffee only now commences. Where potatoes have been 
planted early, hill them up, but not toa sharp ridge, or_the rain will be thrown 
off instead of finding its way to the roots. Plant sisal hemp and fourcroya. 
Krrenwen Garpren.—In the kitchen garden, as well as in the field, August 
will be a busy month. Destroy all plants affected by aphis, and sow carrots, 
parsnips, beets, lettuce, french beans, runner beans of all kinds, peas, parsley, 
tomatoes, squash, cucumber, melon, sweet corn, egg plant, &. Try sound 
-old water-melon seed, and read the article in next issue on the subject. If 
cucumber, tomatoes, &c., have been successfully raised during the month, 
plant them out towards the latter end, protecting the young plants from the 
sun with twigs or some light shading material. Thin out carrots, parsnips, 
turnips, beets, &¢., and set out any cabbage plants which may be ready. 
Support peas, if necessary, by sticks or wire-netting. Plant Jerusalern and 
Globe artichokes. Plough up all exhausted cabbage and cauliflower beds, and 
leave the soil in the rough to sweeten for a month or two before putting in 
another crop. Pinch off the tops of broad beans as they come into flower to 
make the beans set. Keep the hoe going, and water when necessary. 
Frowrer GarpEN.—Ferneries will require overhauling, top dressing with 
a mixture of sandy loam and leaf-mould, staking up some plants and thinning 
out others. Look after the roses, which all should have been pruned by this 
time, rubbing off any shoots which have a tendency to grow in and crowd the 
centre of the bush, or where a fine young shoot is beginning to grow ahead 
cut off the branch which it is replacing. This kind of pruning may be adopted 
with all classes of plants. When the warmer weather arrives in September, 
begin to plant out tropical plants. All such work as trimming and repairing 
lawns, the digging of beds, pruning, and planting should be completed. Plant 
out antirrhinums, pansies, hollyhocks, verbenas, petunias, &c., which were 
lately sown. Sow zinnias, amaranthus, balsam, chrysanthemum tricolor, 
marigolds, cosmos, coxcombs, phloxes, sweet peas, lupins, &e ; plant gladiolus, 
tuberoses, amaryllis, pancratium, ismene, crinums, belladonna, lily, and other 
bulbs. Dahlias, however, should be put away in some warm, moist spot, where 
‘they will start gently and be ready for planting out a month or two later. 
SHOWS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. 
Bowen—Proserpine Farmers and Settlers’ Association—12th July. 
Dalby—Northern Downs Pastoral and Agricultural Association—31st 
July and ist August. 
Mackay—Pioneer River Farmers’ Association —4th, 5th, and 6th July. 
Maryborough— Wide Bay and Burnett Pastoral and Agricultural Society— 
“10th, 11th, and 12th July. 
By Authority: Epmunp Gurcony, Government Printer, William street, Brisbane. 
