The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-04-06
AGRICULT U RA l. i.
Calender for March and April.

March 10 n much abused month. Peo-
p,e Crumble and vent their spleen upon it,
as though its flurries Of snow, It's roaring
winds its sharp fresh and swollen streams,
had nothing else 10 do bu, plague them
when. poor souls, March would blow and
snow, and freeze and ,haw, Just as she
pleased, IL there were no such grnmoiers
In existence! March has her duties 10 per.
form, a, well as Juno or September, and
we could as we'll spare one a either OF The
Others; and though, ike the hollcs OF the
bear with her cubs, they may seem 10 lack
something Of genileness and affection, 'hey
are kindly intended, and will answer lhei'
purposs very we'll, afier all. So you thai
Air over the fires, and only peep through
the panes n, March, had better Seek con-
for, in studying on, her ways, and thus
mak. her the shortest and most agreeable
month in the year. And you need not co
cane 10 the city TO DO this, for there are even
now rural sights and rural sounds, which
have much 10 charm the eye and please
the ear; and what are gliusring shops, and
passing crowds, and dusty streets, anl
gloomy walls, TO these! And then the winds,
Notwithstanding all we have said against
them, are "far from being virtueless Nr
they come csreering over the fields, and
roads, ana pathways, and while they dry
nm the damps tha, the thaws had le, loose,
and tho previous ftosis had prevented from
sinking into the earth. 'pipe 10 the spirit
diiie, the words o. which tell tales Of the
forthcoming flowers.
Snow shifting gales with milder influence blow,
Cloud DER the skies and melt the falling snow;
The soncned earth with fertile mos,ure teens,
And, freed from icy bonds, down rush the swelling
s,reMgs"
The .apss,alivs in the seemingly sleep
ing ,rusks that severywhers surround Us,
and isshssirshing TO noun, slowly to its des-
,iua,ion; and the embryo blooms are al
most Wsibly struggling towards ligh, and
life, bsnesih their rough, unpromising outer
coa,s-unpoml,ing TO the iSae, tho un,hink
ing, and tho unobservan,; bu, TO the eye
,ha, "cap pee Oihello's vi,ageI in his mind,
brigh, andsbeau,iful, in virtue Of the bright
meas ,ha, they cover, bu, not conceal
Some Of tho birds, too. have come, and now
and then crocus, yellow, blue, striped, or
white, peeps up in the clear sunshine, jus'
10 tell us wha, We may expect by and by.
MARCH is no, friendly 10 the bronchitis
or lumbago, but 10 tho saturated fields, the
trees, and indeed all the farmers in,sres,s
We cannot spare II yet, and those who dc
not like /, must find some engrossing oc'
cupa,ion indoors, until !, blows itself out
and makes way for its scarcely less tickle
sister, April.
Now le, us see what some OF the pariicu
lar things are 10 DO dons in April --an'
first, the
GARDEN ARRANGEMENT. No oeue
thing can be done in March than 10 deter
mine wha, garden work you will do ir
April aud May. Make all the arrange
men,s for beds, for The various seeds TO o.
sown, and Zoe the flowers, shrubs, curran's
gooseberries, strawberries, trees, &c. Thr
arrangement requires n consideration which
Won canno, afford 10 give il when the sea
sou has approached for the work TO b,
DONE and the sun has warmed The sar,f
for the rece ep,ion OF the seed. Finish thi
during tho evenings or stormy days II
March.
M,yrrrs. While the surface Is ffozer
and the teams can 20 over the fields with
out cutting in, i, Is we'll TO haul out th'
bulk Of the manure and place II IN comPac
piles near where il viii be wanted IN plan'
ing time. This enables Us to give NOR
time 10 plowing. sowing, and uanspIan'ins
ToP-DRrssisc Inquiries on TINS maize
have been extended TO many Of The ees