The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-05-02
Hints for the Season.

'o'' ceI'drS at some odd time SOOl
LOOK INTO your pork and beeftubs, and Sc
that ali is right Sort out the bad potatoe
and fruit from the good Separate the differ
ent varieties. they have mixed in any way
remove from your cellar all decaving mat
Ter; and as soon as the weather become
warm enough, give the cellar a thorough air
ing, and whitewash Tvs walls neatly. Do not
however, remove the winter enbankments
TIL all severe frosts have passed
Select, if YOU have not done so, the best
kinds ct seed for sowing and planting, use
Your best judgment in this matter. or take
"cr,nptent and disinter-
ested person. Provide nor for al. va.
this spring. \ little care and expense in
this line will reward YOU we'll.
Repair your fences, or make new ones,
when needed the frost is out, and the sooner
this work is done, the better. Make al!
your permanent fences strong and durable
this is the only mode that will pay
your land is sandy, or a heavy turf, YOU
may begin to plow with SAFETY; but ifit Is
cayey, and has been plowed recently, wait
till it is thoroughly dry pIowing it while
wet or damp, will make it hard the whole
season.
Attend carefully to your ewes; they are
or soon will be, dropping their lambs. If
your number is large, a careful hand should
be among them all the time See that the
lambs are not left in damp. hollow places
Help the ewS that reed help Feed them
we'll with mixture of green and dry food,
if YOU have it.
Your hens are laving now cranlly; Won
have plenty Of eggs preserve those vol
don't want for cooking or for setting your
hens; pack them in salt. with the little end
down, or keep them Immersed in highly sat
urated Iimewatcr. In either of these wavs.
eggs may be kept for months. if not years.
BY the way, II You have a warm place for
nests let two or three hens SIT as soon a.
they please. A little care will preserve the
brood when hatched, and early chirkens are
delicious for the table, in the fall: or th.
pul't>, if kept, will lay eggs next summer
if we'll cared for.
You may do certain work in your garden,
as soon as the ground is dry enor"h to work
safely. Lettuce. onions and early peas nav
be put IN AS soon as vou please. In cIav soils.
we repeat. n"rfr SIR tie sOH wl'-n ii is IuluD
rur'ant bushes NAV be tran>p!antrd, or rev
cuttings set. Manure may be prepared, and
that which is well rotted may be .paded in.
Murhing may he done when Won do not wish
to stir the ground for some months
DO rot allow hay clean straw to be
wasted; pre<ervd all that is not needed. for
use at some future time it will perhaps be
needed when least expected.
When the ground is drv enou,h. trans
plant whatever trees need to be tran>planted
do this with The hardest trees. as soon as
you can. Take great care in tran>plantine.
to tear the roots a, Ii'tle As possible. and 10
DO the work we'll. When Won finish setting
ont 4 tree, mulch the ground we'll. with some
coarse manure; this VIII prevent the effects
OF Drought. When you huv trees for trans
planting. be sure to get the kinds YOU wish
Nurserymen sometimes make loose state
mrnts. Deal only with responsible and reIi-
able men-OAiO Ermrr.