The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-08-10
LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor
returning Sabbath is welcomed with crate.

SsSSsh - "NfeSAhNa WV.
fol delight.
"IIow sweet the Sabbath wakes It's rst again
| And on each weary mind what rapture dwells,
/ ohear once more the pleasant Ginning bells,
That hon each stesple, psePins here and there,
Mumur soothing lullaby to care"
Appropriate and peculiar duties also be-
long TO August. The frs, Of the month
may be improved TO get in a crop OF tia'
turnips, where circumstances have preven-
ted iis being done earlier. SuprPhosphats
Of iims will be an excellen, manure Tor
them, IL the barn manure is not 10 be had.
lie, the sowing Immediately follow the
karowing, while the soil is fresh and moist.
Thin them early and hoe frequently, and a
good crop may bs expected. Nothing
will prove more advantageous 10 your milch
cows than plentiful supply Of roots with
their winter feed. They largely increase
the flow Of milk, and keep the system in
hsal,hiul condition. Iflhere is mixture,
comprising ,urnips, bee,s, carrots, parsnips,
ru,a bagas and mangles, so much The better.
If,he hay crop proves short. sow a liberal
breadth TO ,urnips, in order 10 make up the
deficiency.
WEEDS. Keep down the weeds. Each
fully-developed dock, or wormwood, sor-
rel, mullen or mallows, leaves seeds sutii-
cien, 10 propagate ITS kind for many years
to come. The thorough cultivation ofthis
year lessons the labor Of the next, and gives
vigor and weigh, TO The crop now usder
your hands. Do no, clay down the hoe "
yet. Wha, proud moment !, is, when
the bes, iarmsr in your reighborhood de-
clares to you that a handful Of weeds canno,
be found in your six acre lot OF potatoes
and corn! Weeds perpeiuaio their kind,
steal nutrition from the crop and exhaust
The soil. Who can afford TO let them grow
HAVING. Some persons do not Gu, their
meadow,-,ha, is, low land bearing inferior
srass-un,il late in August, or even in Sep
iember. But these grasses are far more
Gu, as soon as they are in bloom,
made as little as possible, so that they will
keep, and put away with three or four
quarts Uf salt per ton. Cattle will ca, one
or ,xo fodjerings of,his each day in pref
erence 10 feeding entirely OIL good upland
hay. |, af,rds variety, and they like
this as we'll as the rest Oius.
PAsruRrs. There is a general belief
that August is the favorable month for cut
ling bushes. How tha, is we do no, know.
But i, Is eviden, tha, a vast amoun, OF labor
is annually expended in bush-whacking,"
and !, Is labor that ,riH not stay done. In a
summer or two they are up again as large
as ever, and the work mus, be done over
again. Now suppose an experiment is
made, and the results watched, so as TO
know wha, advantages may be derived
from il, Burn the bushes on q single acre
aitcr they are cut, and then plow as well rs
i, can be done, say two, three or five inches,
and apply some sort Of manure-guano,
bOne-dus,, or superphOsphaie, II other is no,
10 be had. We should prefer bone-drs,,
200 pounds 10 the acre, and then SOW a
mixture Of grasses, in which white clover
should make a part. VIII some person
make this experiment, and let us know
whether il proves better than the annual
cutting Of bushes'
DRAiSxG. Our summer droughts usual
ly afford fine opportunity in August to
di.ch and drain the wet portions Of The
farm. lie, il be improved.
MEADOW Muck. No one thing has
wroush, higher advantages TO the farmer,
than an exchange Of a portion ofhis sunken
swamp land TO the high ground, and return
ing some Of the sand and gravel 10 the
low. 1t greatly benefits po,h. 1t is no,
necessary 10 recapitula,e these advantages
here, bu, only to sugges, that the time is
al hand.
As an absorbent 10 the manure heap,
meadow muck is worth, a, least, So, 90 per
cord, where the farm contains wha, is usual.
~ denominaied plain land.