Washington sentinel., 1853-10-18
Agricultural.
EARN work for October.

October is an important month for him who
tills the fields. Corn is to be secured, and the
husks which clothe the corn are OF much inn
portance to him who keeps a herd of cattle.
HGather up the fragments that nothing be LOST
is a maxim quite as important now, as in the
days when a miraculous supply was witnessed.
Busy, busy! is the answer of the thriving
farmer now, to the calls of the idle, who lay
up no stores for the winter. l must be busy
till my yellow corn is secure, and my roots are
dug from earth that will soon be SO frozen that
digging will be out of the question. Potatoes,
carrots, beets, parsnips and turnips, are now
cultivated for farm stock, and all must be at
tended to in the sere and yellow month of Oc-
tober.
The evenings are now long, and the strip
ping Of corn from the husks, must all be done
in these evenings. Let no laborer expect full
wages at this season, unless he is willing to
lend helping hand in the time of need. The
idle and the dissolute may chew their tobacco
in filthy cells, where honorable select men
venture not, lest peradventure they may encoun-
ter a rum bottle and tipplng gang, and feel
under some obligation to enforce the Maine
tipping law
1t is no easy matter to remain for long
time idle and innocent; and it is generally
found that the first step out of business is into
vice or folly. Keep thou the hands as well as
the heart with all diligence, for froEa these
come the issue of life. 4.
Solomon said, " My son labor and be strong"
1t is known fact that regular labor strength
ems the arm, and gives vigor to manhood. Idle
people are weak beyond endurance--drones in
society that eat the fruit Of the honey bee.
The corn harvest cannot be commenced
long before October---for corn must have time
to mature and dry, in order to be kept in Sc
curity. When harvest time comes, therefore,
it must be employed vigorously till all is secure
against the blasts of winter. Put the corn in a
warm yard or in the barn, and the husking
may all be done after the night comes, when
"no man can work. in the field.
Apples should be picked before the hard
frosts come, and cider, for sinegar, is better
when made in October than in November.
Sorted apples, with no rot in them, are deci-
dediy better for vinegar than such as are half
rotten and soft. Good apples made into cider,
in the latter part Of October, are worth the
labor of picking and making. Cider from such
apples may be kept sweet till June next. And
no ingredient is required to be mixed with the
juice. The only art required to preserve the
juice and keep it from fermenting and intoxi-
eating, is to exclude the air. .. i.
Strong barrels are to be used, and they are
to be watched for the first month. In case any
swelling of the cask appears, a little Of the
liquor may be drawn out through small tap
hole. When cider is made for the purpose of
being kept without fermentation, it is neces-
sary to strain the liquor through a hair sieve.
1t is the pomace that causes the violent fer
mentation Of cider. .a.
We have had an unusual supply of rain in
August and September, and farmers have not
been able to make the improvements on their
low grounds, which are expected at this season
of the year. But we hope for more dry weather
for the latter harvest. Dry weather is desid-
eratum for farmers in September and October.
Grain in the barn is threshed better in dry
weather than in wet.
Hogs in the pens for fattening must be fed
well in October. They are fattened at less cost
now than at any season of the year. Givethem
a variety of food and let them have clean bed.
Pork bears price now that encourages farmers
in the fattening line. Suffolk pork will bring
higher prices than any in the market, and you
viii now find no salesman crying Berkshire
hogs If you credit all which the drovers say,
you will believe there is n great portion of
Suffolk blood in all their swine.
October is the fall month which is suitable
for transplanting apple and pear trees. As
soon as the hard hosts have nipped the leaves
and stopped the circulation of the sap, these
trees may be taken up and set again. As nc
mulching is proper at this season, it is essen.
tial that small mound of earth should be
piled up around the trunk of each, to remain
there till spring, for the support of the tree
Plong1tman.