Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-03-06
former's 8 DeportuIerlt.
Locking for the Spring.


,ook q, havoc OF high waters. The close 10y
nsss q, the Winter has prevented many Of O0! HI II
valley farmers from husking out their corn 'sno e
consequently their is much yet standing In the VI
.ho.k vbicb a sudden thSw would be likely to 10,
.wsep of. But the snow may take its time in
,seltug, and it is difficult to prOgnO'tcate' as
none Of ths old rules Of the weather mongers q q
seem 10 be in force Of late. s4
We learn that the young sheep are drop
ping of badly. They went into the Winter 10
bad order, not only low in flesh, butsOmehOw I'M Z
aeeOuntably diseased, and when the extreme
cOld weather set in, they dropped, the hay
wssdpoOr, and the loss is rather severe Inc
bulOcks that we see coming up from the Val
lleys for the Eastern market. look heart! and
travel well, but are not 50 plump and sleek as
the drOves Oftwo or three yers agO.-aany oil
/ the country horse teams which We see in town
llook thin we fear their owners stint the gram
feed too much, in this time Of poor hay,
The wide-awake farmer is now setting his
stakes for the Spring work The snow has ta-
ken good care of the wheat and rye upon the
ground since Christmas. but its custody is
bout over, and the farmer had best be looking
about the fields himself: See that all the gaps
. are put up, and the rails that Old Boreas Pi-
Il ped off in his Winter frolics, are put back 10
n their places, so the cattle do not go poaching
: about the fields. Another thing; as soon as
a the snow is of, see that the dead burrows and
n bitches are open, SO the surface water will run
is of freely, and:nOt drown Outths tender plants
nj or freeze them to death IN case OF another
lie cold snap. Also be ready to put up any gaps
~ about the meadow lands where cattle should
all not 90 while the ground is soft.
cb We look for an early season and a good
4. one. Now brother farmer, what are you 60
IL. ing to do9 Let US talk this meter over lit
10 lie. You have SO many acres you can. cult
it vote, SO many in grass, so much team' SO muct
wn help, or SO much money to pay for help. Wei
he there is that corn field needs manure same 0
as that field for oats potatoes ditto. You hav
"a a lust so much manure to be divided around
wus Would it not be better to take up a few lei
acres--say one half as maryland put all IL
YOU manure on them, and double the team SO
he. to put n the plow ten inches or foot Deep al
n as have the work 10 smaller compass-mors OF
do, on less ground and then if it is dry you
Do sure of good crop any way, better in quail
man and quantity both? We hear Of inventions
like make money plenty this is an invention
case make land plenty, and to keep the boys ir
''hu- going off West
lie The Winter schools viii soon close, and
some bows will be aching to do something, after th
ntent long hbernation. (Look in the dictionary
ntely that word, we don't often get SO far away II
some the good old Anglo saxOn.) Taking it
uder granted that you have already got up big w
ions. piles in the rough, now let the boys pitehin
at de have The wood all cut and split and hous
tenn for the years supply. Our elbows and she
b de der blades and back bone almost ache now at
each thought of the long weeks in Spring when
s ru- used to peck away at The wood pile, while
Oung snow was going Of. making such nice time
Fl in trap muskraIs, and the ducks coming back
t de the marshes, and The pigeons swarmng ov
coats. head. and such good winds to fly kites f! [
. peo- but it is trying on twelve or fifteen year
lpread boys "sense of cuty," to keep at work IN
such temptations. and not get touch Of
be ia. Spring fever, indeed it is.
y am AS a consequence of the cold weather,
as viii. have probably a!lOt of frozen potatoes in
ed de cellars, that do not improve by age Nov
o fool the time to carry them out. before they 6
cotch you out Of house and home. by thaV
scoop and fermentation. ALEC any refuse
! such cabbages. turnips, or other vegetables in
hence cellers, should be taken out in season, and
left to rot and breed sickness in the fau
- Ohio Cultivdtor.