1 Ocr., 1901.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 443 
Farm and Garden Notes for November. 
Frerp.— Under favourable circumstances wheat harvesting may be begun 
in some districts. The splendid growing season of August and September, 
combined with frosts which checked the too luxurious growth of the wheat, 
have resulted in the promise of a most abundant harvest. The total area under 
that cereal this year being far greater than that of last year, it is not 
too much to anticipate a yield 25 per cent. greater than the crop of 
1900. There is much land under malting barley, and we repeat our 
previous instructions concerning the harvesting of this grain. Allow it to 
ripen in the field before cutting, but cut as soon as the grain is hard, in 
order to avoid scattering. Exercise great care in stooking, for, if showers should 
come on during harvesting operations, the grain left on the field will be in 
danger of becoming discoloured. The barley must be thoroughly dry before 
being placed in the stack, and, after stacking, six week or two months should be 
allowed to elapse before threshing. Oats for hay should be cut when mature, 
but not ripe, as the plant is then in its most nourishing condition. Destroy the 
caterpillars, which will now be numerous on tobacco plants, and top the plants 
back so as to throw all the strength into the leaves intended for crop. Sow 
imphee, setaria, teosinte, sorghum, maize, Kafir corn, &c. Do not let the weeds 
make headway. arth up all growing crops requiring it, and keep the ground 
loose among them. Plant sweet potatoes, yams, earthnuts, turmeric, and 
ginger. 
Kircuen Garprn.—Our notes for this month must necessarily be 
somewhat of a repetition of those for September, to which recipients of the 
Journal are referred. For the benefit, however, of those who have only now 
begun to subscribe to the Journal, we give the following :—French or kidney 
beans may be sown in all parts of the State; also Lima beans, which love hot 
weather. Sow the dwarf kinds 3 feet apart and 18 inches between the plants, 
and the climbing sorts 6 feet each way. Velvet beans require very strong 
trellises to run on. The kitchen garden should be deeply dug and reduced toa 
fine tilth. Give plenty of room, both in sowing and transplanting, or the crops 
will be drawn and worthless. Thin out melon and cucumber plants. Sow 
lettuce, radish, cucumber, pumpkins, rosellas. Tomatoes planted out last 
month should be well watered and mulched during dry weather. Transplant 
for succession in calm, cloudy weather. 
Frowrer Garpen.— Winter flowering plants are now going off rapidly. In 
some gardens dahlias are well above ground. These should be staked. Plant 
out any bulbs which were stored in a moist spot, but keep the weaker bulbs for 
future planting. This will ensure flowers in the autumn. The flower garden 
will be in full bloom. Give a little top-dressing of some fertiliser. Sow 
-antirrhinum, balsam, zinnia, summer asters, summer chrysanthemums, calli- 
opsis, nemophila. Give frequent waterings of weak liquid manure to chrysan- 
themums, and syringe them overhead every afternoon. Allow no suckers to 
grow until the plants have ceased flowering. Take up narcissus, but do not 
store them. Plant them at once in new situations. 
