Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-04-17
AGRICULTURAL,
geady for Spring.

,,v and I am nearly ready for it. Let Us
zoe NV tools are about al Ia working or
der Last fall, some Of them were IN osa
plight, but they have been we'll stored through
the Winter. and by using odd spells OF leis-
are. I have got them thoroughly repaired.
The handle Of plow was broken; my haTro"
hal loss several teeth; one of my scythes was
badly nicked, and another vas bent; the morse
rake was ont of gear in several places, aud my
hoes. shovels, aud rakes were pretty badly US
ed Well now, / have overhauled every
thelng, meuiing. painting, buying ne" where
necessary. aud SO have got all IN herEieao'e
trim. This season, there will be no time
,zasted or patience tried in tiOAeTIng tools
lust when I want most to use them. tio"
man, times have beaten my uuofendlng OK
en- cattle aud horses. and ecolded my hired
men solely because of my previous neglect to
bUv good tools ond then keep them in order!
T.shames me to think of it. but it shall lot DC
SO this summer.
Thcn. there are the fences. Ia a few days
shall have them all il complete order. Many
Of the posts 10 the corner Of the lot are badly
thrown out By the frost. sni then blown over
bvthc strong March winds. The soil there
:s clayey and set. aud always racks my fen
cas What can be done with it? Doubtless
= thorough draining of the lsud would help
the fence. The posts must DO reset; and N
doing It. mean TO fill up the holes with small
cobble stones pounded in hard. instead Of
earth. Il is the freezing ani thaTing Of the
vet soil near the surface WSish lfts out the
posts; and if I can keep tue sol ssay from
them. perhaps 1t will keep mstteEs straight.
I'm bound to try it and see. Then, some OF
the gate posts near the house are out Of FeTP-
endicular, the gates sag sud Won't lstoh. Be
fore l sleep again, these must be putin order.
have nailed Oh tbo boards which we're brok-
eu of the orchard fence; the garden too Is
safe from the pigs and cows, eui the rails are
all replaced on tie fences around she wood
lot and pastures.
What fine assortment Of seeds have stO-
red upl Sweet corn for the garden, King
Philip coru and the eight toved yellow corn
s5r the field, and pop corn for the children.
uore are oats, spring wheat, buckS hest, cto-
yer, aud timothy aud potatoes. etc, al sort
"a and ready fot use 81 ige mins.es' Botice.
The kitchen garden has rot teen forgotten.
Here, in these drawers, which are divided Of
into separate boxes, are beets (seed) ooioas.
carrots, parsuips. vegetable OF stsrs, tomatoes
eaulifowers cabbages. cVcumbers. melons,
l,1a
sound and plump, being chiefly Of my own
raising. Warm up the soil, sau fur these
early kinds can hardly refrsin from sptoes-
ing
Who has better reason than I 10 De proud
ofthe manure heap? See, there are ten plies
of no mean size, which have been shot out
during the winter from the port holes behind
the stables Then, the hog pens have made
fair supply. The sheep yard will furnish
some rich scrapiugs. The barn-ysrd for the
o attic has nearly too feet deep Of compcsted
straw, muck and dung. Won't this make
the Indian corn grow e pace. and won't il
give the grass an esrly start add heavy
sxarth, aud wont it make the whole farm
fairly laugh And then the hogsheads o.
plaster for the clover, and the sshes for tie
pasture lots
don't think neighbor Brown has kept hi
cattle and other stock as we'll for the last t~
months as he should have done, to have then
come out strong and hearty in tue Spring
His cows and steers aud yesriings look thil
and scawney. IF he did b1t know it, the eP
ening of Spring is the trying time fOr stock
and they ought to be fed little better no,
than usual, instead of being kept on short cor
mons. Hope he wont lose aGy By his fs!s
economy OF neglect [ should not be ashsme
80 show my stoc. nov to any body Ny hor
ses in particular. are In the highest keeping
aud ready for the hard work they may hsv
to do. 1t is pleasure too lock st the
plump. sleek.
Next week. I'm going to have ''regul:
clearing up" Chips. w-dsst ssh heaps, ol
boards. brush. bones, sticks. leaves aud :
kinds of rubbish that accumulate around
house 10 Winter. shall be raked up and picss
up, aud all the premises shall be put IL a.
ple-pie order.
1t would be TO every Farmers advanta.
to remember these hints. "a much us-f
knowledge may be gained from them. In
tate the above Farmer. by putting every:hir
in order. and you may be certain you "
never have cause to regret it.