Worcester daily spy., 1858-07-17
SPrice Two cents
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ffon'PsnesS'-4h is no calling in which
promptness is more important than in thaf of
the cultivator. A great deal demands ~,
doing everything in the present season. In
VAIN to him come the various seasons. br;pg.
ing seed time and harvest if he be not ready
TO sow and reap at the proper time. short
delay IN planting may affect the crop materi-
ally II the land be naturally rather wet. a
Delay OF one day in sowing, after it is suffi-
elentIy dry, and storm ensuing, may cause
further delay of one or two weeks, in wet
period, and this may cause late eron and
failure from rust or blight.
In raising root crop, few days of pro-
crastnatlon may extend the time of sowing
10 the hot, dry season. and the consequences
Is often failure of seeds, and the blame.
justly due to neglect, may fall upon the seeds
man.
A few days too late in DESTROYING weeds.
and often labor will be twice as mucb and
| this delay on one piece of land NAV eause do
lay IN wedding the whole farm or plantation.
and the consequence is, large increase Of
labor and often a depreciation in the crop for
want OF attention in due season. A farmer
informed us that he was once too late in weed.
ing an acre OF carrots, and the weeds were SO
numerous and rank, that he found it the
most economical way to plough the land, and
turn under the weeds.
An harvesting hay or grain, a single hour of
delay may cause loss of more than can be
earned IN week. One day too late in gath
ering transcient fruits, and storm spceeed-
ing, the consequence may be the loss Of the
whole crop.
One day too late in cutting up a field of
late corn, and the frost may kill it in the
milk, SO that it will not be worth harvesting
put Il cut up and shocked, the crop might be
talr' One day too late in gathering winter
1rult' and frost may destroy a large part,
by leaving out one day too late after harvest
ing, it may be spoiled by cold weather. A
little too late in gathering cahbages, potatoes,
and other roots, and hard frost will enclose
them, and winter spread his white mantle
over the earth.
A thousand cases may be named, in which
the farmer suffers great loss by being too late.
1t is impossible for the cultivator to perform
every operation at the very best point of.time.
but he should eudeavor to do it, and make
MS arrangements so as not to have more
work on hand than he can do at the proper
time; and he should always consider that
one gay TOO late, may be the same as months
too late, or forever too late.
Suffolk and Mackay Pigs.-A cross Of the
suffolk and Mackay breeds make the best
| P'SeA nofS ever leu. rigs that are half and
half Of these breeds mature early, are deep
Ill the carcase, and have bone enough to
stand up on their legs till fatted fit for slaugh-
tering. There is constant tendency in our
hne bred swine to run too small. You must
have size, coupled with thrift and early ma
turlty, to make March pigs weigh, on an ave-
rage, three hundred pounds each, dressed. bv
the lst ,of January following. Either Of
these breeds cross well with the large breeds
OF the country.
Anthracite coal ashes are Of some value as
q manure, and should be used where they can
be eheaply obtained. OF the white ash 3.74-
LOO lbs in 100, are soluble in water. and in
the red ash, 3.55-l00 lbs Besides, there is a
further and larger portion, soluble in acids,
amounting in the white-ash, to lbs.
your twin calves are both heifers. there
will be no trouble in regard to their breeding,
If one is heifer and the other bull. tie
heiter will not be likely to breed. 1t has been
tried often enough to establish the fact. They
have sometimes bred, but not one time in a
hundred Such heifers are called 'sFree Mar
tins They work well in the yoke and make
excellent beef. d a