Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-08-12

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'r End POnoK6 10 the orchard gOws,
Her racy fruits now glory In the sun,
The wall-enam0red flower IN saffron blows,
Gay annuHlJ their spicy sweets unfold,
To cooling brooks the painting cattle run
| Hope, the hreiunner OF the farmers gain,
Visits his dreams aud multpl1es the grain"
But we must restrain our Pegasus, and
speak for moment upon what is with most
farmers
A COMMON EaRoR.-EIaying is an excl.
ting, as we'll as an interesting business
All hands turn out early with bright NOR
ming faces and cheerful greetings, for it
is understood that everybody is to be good
naured while haying lasts The mower
times his sturdy strokes to the blithest notes
of the lark, or linear enough to hear them,
TO the merry plashings Of the dasher in the
churn. The women catch the inspiration,
and sing while they serve up the hot rolls
and coffee for the hungry hay.makers. All
there is real enjoyment in this occupation
A good man lives a long while in hay time
And this enjoyment is the reason why he
neglects some other things. While the
men moved, the women sang over the rolls
and coffee, and the boys were milking and
raking, the Notwithstanding they were not
watched-grew tremendously. The gar
den, the corn and potato field, and even the
strawberry patch, have been transformed, il
not as by Midas touch into gold, by some
other potent power into forest Of weeds.
Hasten, then, to exlermlnate; if they seed,
there is crop sown for ages. But this al
ter crop is not the only evil these weeds
make immese drafts. upon the soil, and thus
delerorate your crop. Better suffer the
meadow to remaS uncut day or two,
than let the weeds triumph.
LAYING DOWN GRoUNDs.-There is no
better time than August to pillow and lay
down old grass land or to reclaim swamps
and meadows 1t requires but single year
TO change the most incorrigible land into
productive field, if too much il not under
taken at once, and the right process is
adopted The work is usually attempted
with piows too light and teams too weak
In trying to gain a sufficient depth, one gets
broken and the Other tried, and then comes
the contest of doubts whether it will ever
pay to reclaim an old meadow or deep and
subsol the upIands. Well, this is Just as
the mason operates, who builds thin,
cheap wall, and finds it tumbIing down
upon himself, perhaps, before he is fortu-
nate enough to get away from it; or the
farmer, who erects cheap house, and in
the course of twelve-month goes to patch
ing and altering, and subjects himself to an
expense much greater than it would have
been to do the work thoroughly at first
No. III retaining lands, the first care
should be to put in pows and teams strong
enough to turn furrow ten or twelve inch
es deep and cut all small roots, without
Stralning either team or pillow. There is no
wear and tear of spirit in this, and your
good nature will hold out until the last fur
row is turned in such an operation. 1t is
cheaper, too, than to haggle with it, fret
the team, spoil the furrow, and find the
work at length only half done.
When the land is properly plOwed, roll it
with heavy roller, spread fine manure
freely, and then follow with light, sharp.
toothed harrow, drawn by horses, aud urge
them TO a lively walk. This operation will
cut all immense number of roots, and
bring the surface into fine, deep filth, al
together unlike that effected by a heavy
harrow dragged along at snail's pace by
oxen.
There is one point in laying down
grounds of suficientimportance to merit
separate paragraph-and that tbs The quality
of the manure applied The smaller the
seeds to be sowed the finer should be
the manure. 1t ought to be old, thorough
ly decompOsed and pulverized; and where
such is freely applied aud incorporated with
the delicate tilth made by the quickly.
moved sharP.teoihed harrow, little com
plant will ever be heard of grass being
winter-killed In soil thus prepared, the
minute seeds find all things Necessary for a
quick aud healthy termination and rapid
growth. The air, light, heat and moisture
are admitted in such proportions as the
seeds require to give them sure and early
start. Thus by deep blowing. fine manure
and thorough cultivation, little or no loss is
sustained in seed, while good crop is quite
certain, let the succeeding season be either
wet or dry.
Land IN corn may be laid down by SOW
ing the seed at the last hoeing and cover
ing il with the hoe or the hand rake. We
have laid down land in this way with excel
lent results.
BUDDING.-This month is the suitable
time for budding apples, pears, peaches,
plums, aPricots, &c. High and clean cul-
tlvation is as necessary in the nursery as
anywhere else. The process of budding
IS familiar to most persons, and has been
fully described in our former volumes. II
is simple and easy, and all boys on the farm
should practice it. Select the best kinds
of fruit. e--1.
The GARDEN.-Farmers, generally, are
not in the habit of sowing garden seeds in
this month-yet if the season be favorable,
cabbages sowed now will do we'll for late
autumn and winter use. Hoe well and suc
fer no weeds-to 60 to seed.
SEEDS Look out for your seeds to
gather them as they ripen--the birds will
do it if you do not. The best turnip, car.
rot, union, parsnip dnd other seeds require
daily attention,