Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-04-17

Ready for Spring

April Do h,'lr go the '""'"f '"" ''"'
hirlg say. md am nearly ready for 1t.
let ms see My tools mc about all u
working ordcr Last Fall, some Of them
wero in a bad plight, but they have been
well stored through The Winter and by
using odd spells Of leisure, have co.
them thoroughly repaired. Tho handle
ola plow was broken my harrow had
lost several teeth ono Of my scythcs was
badly nicked, and another was bent; the
horse rake was out Of gear in sovera! pa
ces, and my hoes, shovcls and rakes' were
pretty badly used. Well, now ! have
oyerhauled everything, mepding, paints
ing, buying where necessary, and SO nave
got all in ssrviceabe trim. This season,
there will be no time wasted or patience
tried in tinkoring tools just when | want
most TO use them How many time
have beaten my unoilcnding cattle and
horses, and scoded my hired men, solely
because of my previous neglect to buy
good tools and then keep them in order
II shames me to think of it, but it shall
not be SO this Summer
Then, there are the fences, In few
days, shall have them all in complete
order. Many of tho posts in the corner
lot are badly thrown out by the frost and
then blown over by the strong March
winds. The soil there is clayey and wet,
and always racks my fences. What can
be done with it! Doubtless, thorough
draining of the land would help the fence.
The posts must bo reset and in doing it,
mean to fill up the holes with small
cobble stones pounded i'll Ii, rd, instead Of
earth 1t is the freezing and thawing Of
the wet soil near the surface which lifts
out the posts and if can keep the soil
away from them, perhaps it Till keep
matters straight Pm bound 10 try it and
zoe. Their, some Of the gate posts near
she house are out Of perpendicular, the
gates sag and won't latch. Before !
sleep again, they must be put in order
| have nailed on the boards which we're
broken off from the orchard fence the
garden, lis safe from the pigs and COWS
and Tho rails are all replaced on the.
fences. around the wood lot and pasture.
What fine assortment Of seeds have
stored up Sweet corn for the garden,
King Philip and the eight ro%ed yellow
corn for the held, and Pop corn for the
children. Here are oats, spring wheat,
buckwheat, clover, and timothy, and 20
tatoes etc, all sorted and ready for use at
five minutes notice. The kitchen garden
has not beon forgotten Here, in these
drawers, which are divided Off into separ-
ate boxes, are beets. (seedl onions, carrots
parsnips, vegetable oysters, tomatoes, eau
liflowcrs, cabbages, cucumbers, melons,
squashes-what an array And the seeds
are sound and plump, being chiefly of my
pw n raising. Warm up the soil, sun for
these early kinds can hardly refrain lorg-
or from sproutiGg.
Who has better reason to 10 proud Of
she manure heap than II See there are
ten piles, Of no mean size, which have
been shot out during the Winter from the
port holes behind tho stables. Then, the
hog pens have made fair supply. The
sheep yard will furnish some rich scra D.
ings. The barn yard !or tho cattle has
nearly two feet deep Of composted straw,
muck and dung. Won't this make the
Indian Corn grow apaoe, and won't it give
the grass an early start and a heavy
swath, and won't il make the whole farm
fairly laugh And then the hogsheads of
plaster for the clover, ana the ashes for
the pasture lot.
don't think neighbor Brown has kent
his cattle and other stock as we'll for the
last two months as he should have done,
10 have them como out strong and hearty
in the Spring. His cows and steers and
yeGrIing look leaa ard serawny. If The did
but know it, the opening Of spring is a
trying time for stock, and they ought to
be fed a little better now than usual, in.
stead Of being kept on short commons
Hope he won't lose any BY his false econ
oIny or neglect. should not he ashamed
TO show my stock now to anybody. Ny
holses in particular are in the highest
keeping, and ready for thehard work they
may have TO do. 1t is pleasure to look
at their plump, sleek sides.
Next week, Pm going to have regu
lar clearing up" Chips, saw dust, ash
heaps. old boards, brush, bones, sticks,
leaves, and all kinds of rubbish that accu,
mulate around house in Winter. sha |
be raked up, and picked up, and all the
premises, shall be put in apple pie order.
HARD CRUST FORMED IN PLowMG.-Itis is
we'll known that when land has been plow-