Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-03-26
The Farmer.
Work 70 bs done In March.

Work % be done In March.
This should be a busy month tothe far
mer. Manures il not already carted out
where likely 10 be wanted: should be atten'
ded to. Place your manure in convenlen,
shaped heaps. at proper distances apart.
and cover the tops Of the heaps slightly
with charcoal dust, pulverenl muck or
peat, or a slight coating Of plaster Of paris.
Enher Of these will prevent, in part at
least, the ammonia escaping with the frsi
warm day. Prepare ground as early as
possible. and spread no more manure at
the time than can be plowed in within
few hours. II you can not obtain any Of
the above named articles 10 cover the ma.
nure heaps until required for use. throw a
few shovels full of soil over each heap.
General Farm Work.-H fences are
not in good order see them attended 10.
Cut, pile snd prepare fuel for summer
repair buildings; whitewash stables ; clean
out old litter and sprinkle with plaster,
having everything removed to the COM
post heap that can make foul air during
warm spring days, and thus preserve the
health Of both men and animals +; clean
and whi,ewash poultry houses, clean hog
pens, &c. Look TO your tools of all kinds,
if not already done, and see that they are
in good order. Repair harness, &c. Look
well 10 your stock. Iflhey are not prop
erly cared for at this season Of the year,
they can not be expected TO do The heavy
spring work. If you have pursued the
barbarous custom of leaving manures ex-
posed all winter in cow-yards, without
protection from the atmosphere, cart it out
Immediately. as directed in the beginning
of this article, and thus stop The greater
wastes arising from warmer weather. If
YOU have any manure more than will be
wanted for spring use, make it into COM
post with muck, peat, pond mud. or even
headlands, rather than lose the more val
liable parts of its constituents by leaving it
unprotected. II you can. put 1t under
cover and If you have no manure sheds,
cover the heaps with any Of the absorbents
Of ammonia before named. An occasional
sprinkling on its surface, Of water, in
which one one lhousand,h OF its weight Of
suphuric acid has been mixed, will be
serviceable by changing the carbonate Of
ammonia TO the sulpha,e. and thus pre-
vented its evaporation. and consequent
loss.
All that we have noted above should
have been done in February and early
March but as we know that they are or
ten neglected, we name them thus late.
Meadows and old Fields" If you
have any meadows or old fields that are
sward bound, or which bore but Indifferent |
crops of hay last season, give them a
thorough narrowing as soon as The frost IS
out of the surface, while the ground is soft,
then SOW to each acre four quarts of tlmo'
thy seed, ten pounds of clover seed. one
bushel of plaster Of paris, five bushels oil
wood ashes, and FIVE bushels of newly
slaked lime, all well mixed. and finish Oft
by roilng."-C American Agricul'vrist.
Irafier the above, you will sprinkle the
surface with 100 lbs. Of nitrate Of soda,
(cubic pe,re) in solution, much benefit will
ensue.
Fields occupied by winter grain, il par
TALLY winter killed, should be narrowed
the bare spots sowed with spring grain or
clover, and suitable top-dressings, and then
the whole rolled. Any roots disturbed by
the harrow will be partially restored by
the roller to the soil. and the abra'ion will
cause such roots to tiller (throw out ne"
shoots from the first joint.) and thus give
full crops.-(Working Farmer.