Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1851-05-28
Farmers Calendar.

SdAcHudEs
- 1t is an error to plant seed from
i States further South. In a cold sea
y son, only the seeds of a colder eli
mate will ripcn well.
Often breaking up a service keep:
a soil in health; for when it lies i'm {
hard bound state, enriching shower.
run off, and the salubrious air can.
, not enter. Weeds exhaust the siren.
!. 9Th Of the ground, and if suffered tc
grow may be called garden sins.
The hand and the hoe are the in,
struments for Graduating weeds, vet
If there is room between the rows for
the spade it is well to use it.
Never keep your cattle short; few
farmers can afford it. If you starve
them they will starve you.
1t will not do to hoe q great field
for little crop, or to NOW twenty
acres for five loads of hay. Better
farm twenty acres well than forty
acres by halves.
Drive your business before you and
it will go easily.
In dry pastures dig for water on the
brow of a hill; springs are more fire.
quently near the surface on height
than in a vale.
Rain is cash to a farmer.
The foot of the owner is the best
manure for land.
Cut bushes hatyouw wish to destroy
In the summer and with a sharp in
strument: they will bleed freely and
die.
Sow clover deep, it secures it
against the drought.
Never plough in bad weather, or
when the ground is very wet.
1t is better to cut grain before if IFS
fully dead ripe. When the straw
immediately below the grain is so dry
that on twisting it no juice is express /.
sed, it should be cut, for then there is
no further circulation of Juice to the
ear. Every hourthat it stands uncut
alter this stage is attended with loss.
Accounts should be kept, detailing
the expenses and produce of each
field.
When an implement is no longer
wanted for the season, lay it careful
y aside, but let it first be well cleaned.
Obtain good seed, prepare your
ground well SOW early, and pay very
little attention to the moon,
Cultivate your own heart Alright:
remember that whatsoever a man
soweth that shall he also reap:' Do
1ot begin farming by building an ex-
DehslVe house, norerecting a spacious
Darn, till you have something to store
n it.
Avoid a low and damp site for a
lwelling house. Build sufficiently
Instant from your barn and stock ,,
yard to avoid accidents by fire.
Good fences make good neighbors.
experiments are highly common
liable, but do not become an babitpaI ,
The depredations of birds are high
y compensated by the services they
'ender in preying upon insects.
a MopEL DUN.-The Stockton Times
'ecommends all its friends to the fol.
owing form for a dunning letter. II
vas sent by a San Francisco LAWYER
% a Stockton townsman, and is a Gu
'iosity in its way:
San FRANCISCO, March 7, 1851.
MY DEAR Sir: Send me if you please
without any delay, $500, the balance
II our fee for professional labors in
Iour service at Stockton in Decem.
'er last. You were kind enough to
mention the first day of February
'ast as the day on which you would
ettle. fyou can't send $500, send
5000, ifnot 5000 then $500. if not that ,
$500, or $30u, or $500, or 500, or
800, or S25, Or $40, or $5.
| haven't a dollar to pay my board :
o buy hat, or pair Of boots. or to
ave my ragged pants mended, and
carcely a quarter to take a drink
With. Nobody will lend me, or paw 4
ne, or trust me; and it is too cold to g
leep out of o'nights. As to paying t
~ debtsl Knight as well try to drink t
II Stockton drunk and keep sober g
lyself! s
10 speak seriously,I am id hard p
P and now is your time if you want il
do me service. D