Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-10-20
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM WORK FOR OCTOBER.

fahm hORh FOX OCTOBER.
We now approach that busy autumn montl
in which the latter harvest is to be secured. -
Corn and potatoes aud the less important root,
may be gathered in October, though turnips NAV
remain I'LL November.
Corn will be sound and good in all places
suitable for it provided proper diligence has been
observed in tending to its cultare-Gr we had
heat enough for it, as we assured our readers
we should, after we had felt the rays of the sun
in May.
Corn is a good article for the laborer to work
upon, and we seldom hear complaints from work
men In its culture. When the tops have been
secured in pixies, as they should be in Septem-
Der, the work of cutting up and %cartinq to the
barn is plain and simple. The huskine is easy
work, and this need not be dune by daylight
A load or two may be deposited in the large barn
hoor md all hands are to be called on 10 s,rip
the ears by candle light.
1t is well TO have an understanding with Won,
men when you hire them, that the stripping off
OF the husks is evening labor, and that they are
expected to devote ten or dozen evenings 10 This
service in October.
Iorn must be stored up in high aud airy
places. Bins in a common corn barn should
not be deep. Two and a half, or three fee, n,
most are enough, and the outside boards must
not be air tight. Never put clapboards on to a
corn barn.
Potatoes for winter lie better in the ground
than out Of it till October commences. They
are richer when kept from the air. and we have
formerly been in the practice of putting them
IN barrels in the cellar and placing sods of earth
over them to prevent their drying. But since
the rot has prevailed we have taken a different
course and have exposed them for one day in
the field to the sun after digging. This ex-
posture tends TO check the rot wherever il nre.
walls, though we cannot say that it prevents il
entirely. This year We hear but little com.
paint oil rot compared with former years. The
yield seems TO be pretty good, though not equal
10 "old times when we had 400 bushels 10
the acre.
we think that potatoes ripen in the ground
sler Tue frost has cut the vines, and that for
winter use none should be dug Till Octobercomes
ana as corn Is not fit for the bin ill this month
commences, we have much that must be attend
ed to IN the month of October-tbis is n s,ro,o
argument in favor of doing up the huskino of
the corn in the mild evenings of the month as
corn cannot be harvested iil the trust has laid
open the husks.
Not much can be done By diichiuo in low
lands during this month. Rains are expec,ed
before September closes, and harvesting mns,
eo a''ehued 10 before we turn to the permanent
improvements to be made on the farm.
October is the right month to carry out ma
nures to be spread on the surface of the grass
lands: 1t is not good policy to delay Ibis work
VII November, for we like to have The ground
open Tor weeks after the dressing is applied. as
ms gives time for its incorporation with The soil
Low and wet lands are kept in good condition
oy means OF top dressings at less cost Than BIZ
ploughlng and sowing again.
Yet we find that The wild grasses will creen
IN after a while, and when the character of Tho
land VIII admit, it is good policy TO turn over
'e 500 III september and sow new seed. But
now II Is too late for this year, and a Top dress
ing is Tue only course for low grounds in erass.
"hen we have once brought our bog mead
o"s 10 such a state Of consistency that we can
'"rn d iair iurrow with the plough, we can man
age such lots at small cost. We need M, s,,nd
IN lear Of the old dogma that meadows turned
INTO English moving, "will soon tnrn in,o In
oian again." and we shall find that these hons
VIII pear an important part in the rotation sys.
'em oil farming, Such bugs, made TO hear a
'eam' are more easily p~loughed than the MAORI
" OF our higher grounds, as they contain no
rocks and may be perfectly turned with a proper
P'oPer
Inc COW yard and hog pens are to he clear.
90 curing this month, and then they must he
i'ieu again IN order 10 catch and retain all The ,
liquids and other matters that are dropped nv ,
ine tenants oil such abodes. Twice a wear sbo'd .
performance be attended to, as these wards :
should never be left without a good covering 70 !,
the whole area where the animaia ,o
leave their excrements.
October is always a busy month. The hos, !
u butter IS made in this and the ptocedina !
month, and strict attention should be o;von = y
,n' milking Of COWS and the making of bn,,or .
Io~s should give milk for ten months in e,cb, .
year ihey ought to bring their calves in March =
= APi'-ou they arc not always obedienl 10 our
Iu,es' when they are late in brinoipo ,bei. 4.
'Alyes they must be MIXED later in he vin,o, !,
iiogs are lailened AT less cost in The an,nmn I
"o".nA man at any other season. Now we havs 4
1auch refuse matter that will be worthless nm. =