Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-11-24
From the Cultiyator.
WORK FOR THE MONTH.

WORK FOR THE MONTH.
Some good natured Frenchman has spoken
OF this month, as ''the gloomy month of Nov
ember, in which the people OF England hang
and drown themselves and surely, if there
Is any month that deserves the appellaton OF
gloomy" it is usually November The
bright sunny days of summer, the clear calm
mellow weeks of autumn, the golden DAYS of
peerless Indian summer, have departed; and
the falling leaves and the moaning winds are
signing the requiem of the years foliage and
flowers, and ushering in the storms of winter.
Such is the law of nature, and the change
which is ceaselessly going on with us and
around us, is a wise and Beautiful provision,
which Is admirably adapted TO our comfort,
and of which the man who understands his
true interests, Will be sure in many respects
to profit.
No great amount of out door work belongs
to November; what has not already been done,
with few exceptions, must be left to another
year. Still there will be found many things
to which the attention may be we'll directed.
and deserving the notice of the husbandman.
In travelling about the country, on many
farms we see the plough standing in the fur
row where it was used a month ago; the horse
rake exposed to weather and storms in the
neadow; the harrow at the last turn of the
fall snow wheat and the other farm imple-
ments scattered in about the same condition
We can assure our former friends, that this is
a very bad practice. Exposed to the wealth.
err no tool or implement will last near as long
as when properly housed; and tool house or
place where they can be safely deposited, is
one OF the most necessary n out buildings -
When an implement Is done with for the sea.
son, put It where It can be found when want
ed; and much time and expense will be event.
ually saved.
In taking care of farm, all repairs should
be made at the time; but there are some things
that require attention at the approach of win
ter; tohegiect which, would be TO incur a Sc
iious loss. The csliar in particular, should
be well looked to, and the most remote dam
ger oil freezing, prevented by suitable precau-
non. Frozen potatoes may make tolerable
"sehndp," but they are certainly wretched eat
ing. Many farmers bury few pits or holes
OF potatoes or other roots, as they are far su-
Perior IN tire spring to those kept in cellars.
These pits should he examined; the holes
which are sometimes necessary 10 let off the
heated air at the top Of the pit should be clos
ed, and additional mold thrown upon them il
required.
Draining is one Of the most decided i'm
prosements in modern agriculture but we APP
prehend the expense incurred by many far
mers is nearly or quite lost, by neglecting to
secure them against the access of surface wa
ter, or by not seeing that the outlets of the
drains have clear and unobsiructed flow IL
the drains are INSTRUCTED the wash Of them is
deposited, and this increses until the throat is
choked, and the work rendered useles. One
OF the last things Therefore the farmer should
do, before the setting in OF winter is TO see to
his drains, as 10 their effectiveness, much OF
the comfort Of his springs work and the profit
of the crop is depending.
There are some operations of gardening
which are better performed as late as the sea
son will admit. Thus cabbages should stand
until there is danger Of hard freezing; light
frosts producing no injurious effect. They
may be set in trenches, and covered in such
manner as to be kept dry, or set in cellars
connected with their roots, in which case they
will keep well. Those who have no beds for
forcing plants early in the season, will find an
advantageinp preparing beds ofclean rich EARTH
as late as the frost will permit. and sowing in
them such seeds as give plants capable OF re-
sisting those fros,s of spring, that will be liza
ble TO occur after their termination. Lettuce,
sPinage, tomatoes, and in general, all those
seeds that self sow, as il is called, in the gar
oen, may oe sown in the fall, if 50 late rs not
10 germinaie before Tie spring, and il the soil
- VIZ NoohaAf tOfuc IOfMdTI earlier,
and arrive at maturity soonerthan spring sown
seeds. The seeds Of the apple, pear, and
ounce, and the stones Of the peach, plum, &c.
may now be put into the earth, IL il has not
been done before; and the planting Of almos,
any Of the hardy trees msy now be performed.
The raspberry, currant, flbeu and goosebery
shrubs, may he set with safety, II the roots
whil" on, OF the ground are protected from
frost
There are some men who never have any
wood Al their houses, except such as is drawn
drag al a time from the wood lot, through
the gravel and dirt. Such men generally grind
their axes on their neighbor's griodsione, and
think him unreasonable il he does not furnish
mug Of cider and boy TO turn. This mode
Of ee,iing FIRE WOOD, they deem saving; bot
reader, be not ye one OF this class or saving
men.
There is stil an important duty remaining
ailer all the implements. field, bookings and
docks and herds ofite fsrmeg have been cared
Tor. snd thai belonss ~, tho naking PROVISION
for The mind There must ts intelligence,