The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-24
RrRIE EC0.aO.nY.
NN "a
S-st-f.f i ----as.sg ;sS.sssAssss y =, =, -
y@s:se = : ! - : -
---@~-Ss.se..ss :; =, 800 a-LsA--@z'
cALENDAR TOR July.

are arranged o., oStos ~ a'0'S'f - 50
sons. climate and soils, they may frequent.
l. onsser for other months. This Pfecau-
ton the considerable Agriculurist will not
fail to notice and apply in all cases where
bis Judgment and experience may dictate.
Finish hoelng out your corn, potatoes, |
and oil other crops, aud make early prepat.
alton for harvesting. See tina: your tools /
are in order and full supply Of EACH
&c, the best yol Gun procure. \ man may
earn the extsa cos, Of good scythe or cru.
die. 10 q single days work, besides the pro.
motion Of good morals, BY the better humor
he is kept in. Get Takes and Pitchiorks
which you know won't break By fair usage.
By all means prepare horse rako, which
NAV be made as simple as hoe. A man
With steady horse may do the work Of 5
men with ono.
Clover should be cut while just going out
Of bloom, when the heads are partially turn
ed brown. Il ought never to be spread
Let il lie 10 The svath till wifed i they
are very large OF heavy, they may b turn
ed over after the upper side Il sufficiently
dried. As soon as this is done, lei them be
rsked into vlnfows, and soon alter cooked
in small hiah piles. THIS should always
he done the frs, day, and if very hot, may
be done within Q few hours after cutting.
Let i, stand il these cocks ill il has swea!
and become cool, and comparatively dry.
II may then be taken into the barn OF stack.
ed, and well sailed. Lucer1e is 10 be
treated in the same way. Timothy and
red top should no; be cut TIL the seed is
in ful milk, so tina, il will ripen after be
ing cut. 1t ough, never 10 get 30 ripo as
10 she'll when FED out. These may be ex.
posed 10 the sun longer than clover, bat less
than is usually practiced. Our hay is ire.
qnently dried TOO much, and some who ney.
er spread their hay from The swath, much
prefer il thus cured. Il is better 10 ALLOW
II 10 cure in the cock, when il IS always
safe agains. sua, dew and ram. Grass
ought never 10 be exposed 10 the dew While
spread. A few days OF sun and dew while
thus exposed, render il almost worthless.
Hay may always be carried into the nov
or stack sooner, BY using salt freely at the
rate Of four quarts 10 The ton Is our rule.
Besides lesscning The risk from rain, the
salt IS always worth much more than It's
cost for the cattle and manure, and It vii
thus confer triple benefit BY answering
successfully The purposes Of each.
Much Of the wheat cats, and barley may
be harvested the month, The clcanesl
fields or portions Of them, should be seioc.
ted for seed, b., not tho heaviest or largest
growth. Seed is better # grown on mode
rately poor land, than on the best. Prof.
Sprenge has shown from experiments, tina,
grain matured Oh The richest land, though
eminently fitted for food contains too much
gluten for seed, while lha. which is pro.
duced from poor land has greater proper
ton Of starch, which is the natural food for
the young plant. The part thus selected
should be allowed 10 insure the seed fully
while standing the gam intended Tor con.
sumption ought 10 tc cut While the berry
is YET soft 10 the dough state, Such grim
will produce more flour, and Of a better
quality than wheD dead ripe, besides being
much less liable 10 shelliug and waste
After moderate exposure TO sun, rako "
10 bundIee, Or II well riPene3, rake up o.
once, and bind soon after, When If il re
qoires additional curing il. may be FINISHED
10 the shock. Il PIT IN t!acks, these should
be carefully placed beyond the reach O
vofmin, aud SO arranged, as 10 have o cir
cuIaion Of cir upward through the centre
Of the stack, 10 avoid mould and injury ID
the gram. The utmost care in stacking
ali n, ia IN
from rain, and blowing down from high
8inds.
PidatGtiOa.-as general rule, give ,ht
cotton crop its last working this month
some seasons the weeds will 10 too larg
10 work with pows without itjury even be
fore the 10Th Keep the fields clean; II you
intention il either rotation, or cotton t
succeed cotton, i! Will save labor uex
year.
Pay particular attention 10 your Tobacco
II to IA good Iaateiss,, ahfiaas hare acquired tfot
high, beglneto top Them by nlpplng off IL
bud with the aid Of The finger and thum
nail. Take care no. TO destroy the sma
leaves near the buds, for If the land he roc
and The season favorable, tie very to
leaves will in q short tjmo, be nearly {
large, aud rIpen quite as soon q s the lowe
ones, whereby two or four more leaves ma
be saved, thus obtaining from Ii to
leaves in the place Of II or Ii. As II
topping Of the plants is essential, in ordt
to promote growth, and 10 equajtze the r
pening of the leaYas, this operation shou
be commenced The instant that the b.
shows a disposition 10 90 TO seed al
should be followed Immediately by reno
ing The suckers as fast as they appea
which will now put forth at every leaf
The blades from the early planted cor
can naw be stripped FOR fodder. Let Il
shuck or husk On the ear change from Il
green to the whitish cast, then ito q han
iul or so 10 Itself, aud thrust The end of II
ue between the br aud the stalk. L
not break down the stalks, fer 1t viii n
quue more 10 strip the bades, but ia III
end there will be gain; fof il can be et
in sooner If the rain threatens, Or # eausF
in a rain, il viii not be injured so m1cb'-
Corn will ueod p!oalug 10 this mgu,h. An