The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-06-09


best possible order. Provide good fare
for your hands, treat them kindly; but
be sure to superintend their labors your
self, and see that they faithfully do their
duty. After your crop is cut down, see
that it is so cared for as to be placed in
condition to receive no injury from the
effects Of rain, and when sufficiently dry
for the purpose, that it be either housed
or stacked as that the rain cannot harm
it. The value of many good crop Of
gram has been seriously 'essened by the
s!ovenly manner in which it was mana
ged after 1t was cut down. The propri
etor, however, may obviate such conse.
quences, by by personality attending to his
omn interests, ana eXacting justice from
his hands. No man should do anything
through an agent which he eau do of
himself; no eyes exert so wholesome an
influence over the labor OF an estate as
those Of the owner.
Finter 1'mnips. -Have Won selected
your ground for your winter turnip
patcha If yon have, plough ii up, at
once. and, if possible, suhsoil it, that
done, harrow and roll it, and let it Law
until about the Goth of July; then haul
on your manure; plough 1t IN. harrow
and cross harrow it. On orabout the
25th of July, sow your turnlp seed;
spead over 1t, per acre, 20 bushels ofash
es, and 10 bushels Of lime, lightly har-
row in The seed, and roll your ground.
You may rest assured that by giving
your turnip ground two pioaghngs and
one subscribing, you viii greatly increase
the crop; and upon this YOU may RELY.
that 90 bushels OF bones 10 bushels Of
ashes and bushel of plaster, will give
you Just as large yield as would 90 don
bic horse cart loads Of stable or barn yard
manure Ifyon have not manure on
hand, so to work, at once, and procure
it.
BHlwhem-Some time during this
month sow a few acres of buckwheat-
some for sale, and the rest for the use of
your family; for no farmers family should
be without buckwhpat cakes on his
breakfast table IN winter. Buckwheat,
as most farmers know makes a most dee
licious cake, chopt and fed 10 mulch cows
with cut straw or hay, it is one Of the
best substances TO be found to promote
the secretion OF milk, is an alternative f1o
when chopt and mixed with cut straw
OR hay. it forms one OF the most servicea
bic maShes that can be given to horses;
ground into meal and boiled INTO slop, it
Is excellent for hogs; the grain fed to
hens, occasionally in winter, promotes
their laying, and if fed to them while
they are monltlng, aids them in shedding
their feathers, while the straw, fproper
" cured and taken care of, makes excel
lent provender for mich COWS, better tina n
straw, and worth more than half as much u,
the best hIy
A bushel of seed to the acre should be 90 wn
1t will, with the aid Of 10 bushels of ashes and
ofpla ster per aero, yield very fair crop on
even poor light soil; if assisted with 10 bush
els Of ground bones, sueh land will yield from
80 10 DO bushels of grain, and leave the soil in
a condition to bear good crop of wheat, to be
followed by clover.
IhmpeA Tools md Implements, and Myres. Sun
plies.-Among the first duties Of the farmer, in
the early part of this month, should be that Of
attending TO hs harvest tools and implements;
he should make a careful personal examination
Of those he has, and see that those which NAV
need it. are for thwiti', thoroughly repaired. If
on making his examination. he finds tina. his
supply is not sufficient, he should 90 at once
and buy whatever he may need; and be SIRE IA
select the best. as they are generally tho cjioap
est in the long run. While attending to the 70
pairs and purchase of tools and Implements. lot
him not forget TO procure his harvest supplies,
as ones hands work with more willing hearts
and stuwar arms when their fare is good and
generously dispensed to them We are be-
lever in economy, but il is in that economy
which in its aIspcnsation, warns up the .luman
affections, strengthens the lah0rrrs' nerves and
muscles, and inspires them with interest in t,.clr
master Or emp oyci S welfare.