Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-02
A G R C u L T u R A L .
THE HAPPY FARMER.

His homes cot EMPOWERED in trees,
A garden filled with fruit and flowers,
Where singing birds and humming bees
Make gay the smiling hours.
A range of meadows green and fair,
And fields which well repay his care.
With Joy he greets the rising sun,
And gladly hastens 10 his toll
In fancy sees the harvest won,
AS covering with the mellow soil
The tiny wheat, which yet will bring
A glorious autumn offering.
The golden hours, how quick they fly!
The happy day, how soon IT'S fed
Then onward doth the farmer HE,
And finds table neatly spread
With many dainty which tie field
And garden plot so richly yield.
The evening too is fraught with Joy,
For lov'd ones cluster round him there
He tastes bliss without alloy,
Which cen king might sigh to share:
Then seeks his couch and finds repose,
Which only he who toiIeth knows.
Work to be Done-Farm-Tf grain crops
be not already sown, they should be attended
to early in the month. Wheat al winter rye
cannot be sown too early, as the roots must
have time to penetrate the soil to sufficient
depth, to prevent their being thrown out du-
ring winter. Corn should now be gathered,
and proper preparations made for fattening of
stock for sale. Root crops require strict at
tention, and if planted in rows as they should
be, the cultivator may be frequently run be-
tween them this month with profit
Potatoes should be dug as soon as their
skins refuse to slide when hardly pressed up
on by the thumb this is better guide for
ascertaining when potato is ripe, than to
Judge by the fading Of the vines. Budding
may now be done with advantage. Stiff, hard
lands, should now be plowed and sub soiled,
leaving the land ridged for disintegration by
frosts during winter. Tie farmer has now
more time for blowing than in the spring his
cattle are stronger, and little work will not
hurt them before fattenng. Timber may be
cut this month, Look to barn yards, and see
them properly arranged for saving their drain
age during winter.
Light sandy soils should not be plowed in
the fall, Select your ears of corn from thrift
ty stalks while standing for next years seed
being careful to take from such stalks only as
bear more than one ear. Save your corn stalks
well, as by proper treatment they make good
winter fodder. Use cooked feed for hogs
and remember that weeds in the hog pen will
save time and produce better results than il
left standing during winter. Large quantities
OF head lands, peat, &C., should be placed
near the stables. barn-yards, &c for all com
posting and proper quantities of bone dust
salt, and other materials Intended to be added
to the compost should be in readiness
Kitchen Garden.-Collect onion-ppes in
tended for re-planting in early spring. Ma
nure grounds intended for spring gardening
blowing, and sub soiling, deeply. Use thu
manures, this month, long and deeply buried
or at least, not merely placed beneath the sur
face, SO that in the spring blowing, by using
the same pillow, the manure will be thoroughly
mixed throughout the soil, instead of merely
occupying the surface, or being then turned
all under, as would be the case with shallow
fall manuring .-Worksng Farmer