The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-05-12
Farm Work for Nav.

The howery May, who from her green lap
throws
The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose.
Hail, bounteous May that dost inspire
| Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;
| Woods and groves are of thy drcssingt
Hill and dale both boast thy blessing
Thus we salute thee with our early song,
And welcome thee, and wish thee long
MILTON.
May is always a busy month, but cold
winds and storms occupied so much Of
April that but little could be done by
way Appropriation for planting and sow
ing. But il the work Of the farm Is re-
duced to system, so that the business
which needs il most shall be attended to
E6rst,a grea, amount Of labor may be &C.
compislicd IN the month by two or three
pairs of stout hands urged by earnest
hearts. Vegetation will undoubtedly be
very rapid. The intense cold through
the winter and its long continuation in
The sprung, has given plants great sensi-
bility, and they will burst INTO life with
wonderful rapiditt. The lateness Of
the season will find the sun running
high and warming the ground so readily
that the seeds will sprout aud be upper.
haps, as carly as in warmer seasons-so
that there is no room for dscourageS
ments, but plenty 10 he up in the morn-
ing with the lark, aud improve each
hour TO the best advantage.
PLowING.-Spht the Indian hills
powing the fields one or two days before
planting or sowing them is better than a
longer time, If the land is ordinarily dry
, Sward land intended for corn is improv.
ed by a good coat of grass turned un-
der, 50 that the longer it is left the bet'
ter, if III season for the corn. The best
! crops Of corn we have seen Of late wears
we're where large portion Of the ma
nure had been spread and ploughed in.
! and before dropping the corn small al
$ mount OF good compost added 10 the
hill this give. the kernel, an early start
SUPP orts them until the roofs find susten
I an ;e farther OF.
I GRAlN.-As soon as the ground Is
sufficiently dry to fall into fine PARTICLES
! upon being ploughed, SOW oats, barley
I and other grains. When il is To he laid
down to grass, be generous with the seed
, we mentioned this last month and now
2 urge IL again-one bushel of red top,
twelve quarts of herds grass and six
. pounds of clover is not too mitch TO the
, acre. The difference III the crop for
7 four or five years will pay more, each
year than the extra cos. Of the seed aud
the thickness Of the grass from the seed
: you SOW will keep out wild grasses and
weeds.
, CoRN.-Some persons are becoming
: dissatisfied with this crop. II can scarce
Iy be doubted, however, that it NAV be
! raised with profit in every part Of New
: England. We ihink the dissatisfaction
. arises from tfe attempt TO cultivate too
much the manure being spread over so
much ground as scarcely TO be fel, by
! the plants The result Of such cultiva-
ton is twenty TO forty bushels TO the
acre, instead OF furiy 10 eighty as il
' should be. We think the fodder on an
: acre of good corn will well nigh pay the
: expense of cultivation; If the fodder 10
/ properly preserved. And with high cul-
iivaiion the land is in condiiion after
the corn crop 10 bring two or three tons
of hay to the acre for some three 10 six
| years, with The application Of slight top
dressing.
, GRAFrING.-The earlier this is lone in
May the better, II you have old healthy
trees they will yield you return for works
: ing them over and cultivating them much
quicker than you can possibly get it from
lOulB lseCr. ~ ia'S'i oouhut o'u app'o
f tree, though producing nothing but crab.ap.
D pies, is worth fifty dollars, if il stand near
home and convenient for cultivation; some
are worth twiae that amount. Now is the
time TO act ulon it. We have seen a lree
from which, we have repeatedly been in
: formed, that twenty barrels Of marketable
, apples have been iaken in a single year. II
is a Baldwin, and bears more or less, every
year-but has every advanInge which high
cultivation affords. The modes ol grating
are well undersiood-we viii only add
what seems not to be fully appreciated yet
that an apple nee needs cultivation just
as much as hill OF coin and will not -four.
ish well without it.
WELps.-Like a bad habit weeds must
be looked after upon their first appearance.
As soon as the crop is in sight, ii there are
any weeds with il they should at once be
pulled up. We heard an experienced CARDS
ener say the ether day thai il II thick crop Of
weeds were allowed 10 como up and stand
with young carro,s for lev siy,, the
latter never seemed 10 recover from the
slloek-;hey were struggling ever after for
a ready and vigorous growth. We have
noticed something like this in all the crops
ofsmall vegetables. One reason ior il prob