Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-02-21
AGRICULTURAL.
Are You Ready for Spring.

AAS W. 4tO1SAy III SPI1hSs
The following scliloqy was overheard
at neighboring farm house., q few days
ago:
Spring is near upon us, 80 the spring
birds say, and am nearly ready for it.
Let Us see; Ny tools are about all in
good working order. Last fall some OF
them we're in bad plight, but they have
been we'll stored through the winter. and
by using odd spells of leisure, have
got them thoroughly repaired. The
handle of plow was broken: my hsr-
row had lost several teeth; one Of my
scythes were badly nicked, and another
was bent; the horse rake was out of gear
in several places, and my hoes. shoysls,
and rakes were pretty badly used .-----
Well, now have overhauled everything,
mending, painting, buying new where
necessary, and So have got all in serv-
iecable trim. This season there will be
no time wasted or patience tried in tink-
ering tools just when want to use them
most How many times have beaten
my cattle and horses, and scolded my
hired men, solely because Of my previous
neglect to buy good tools and then keep
them in order! 1t 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 the posts in the corner
lot are badly thrown out by the strong
March winds The soil there is clayey
and wet, aud always racks my fences to
pieces. What can be done with it,
Doubtless, a thorough draining of the
land would help the fence, The posts
must be reset; and in doing it, / mean
to Gil up he holes with cobble- stones
pounded in hard, 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 will keep matters
straight. I'm bound to try it and see.
Then, some of the gate-posts near the
house are out of plum, the gates sag and
won't latch. Before l sleep again these
must be put in order. have nailed on
the boards which were broken off Of the
orchard fence; the garden, too, is safe
from the pigs and COWS; and the rails are
all replaced on the fences around the
wood-lot and pasture.
What a fine assortment of seeds /
have stored up! Sweet corn for the gar
den, King Philip and the eight rowed
yellow corn for the field, and Pop corn
for the children Here are oats, spring
wheat, buckwheat, clover, aud timothy,
and potatoes. ETC., all sorted and ready
for use at Eve minutes notice. The
kitchen garden has not been forgotten.
Here, in these drawers, which are divi-
ded off into separate boxes, are beet, on
ion, carrots, parsnep, Vegetable oysters,
tomatoe, caulifower, cabbage, cucumber,
melon, and SOU ,sh seeds-what an array!
Aad the seeds are sound and plump, be-
ing chiefly of my own raising Warm
up the soil, sun. for these early kinds
can hardly refrain longer from sprout-
ing.
Who has better reason than to be
proud Of the manure heap2 See, there
are ten pilessof~no mean size, which
have been shdf out during the Winter
fropssbst s gsss behind the stables.
I Tie@ths AoEfens, have made a fair sup
The shtep yard will furnish some
rich scrarings fhe barn. yard for the
cattle has Bcay two feet deep of com
posted straw srasrk and dung. Won't
this nuke tie Indian corn grow apaee,
and wont it give the grass an early
start and aehsavy swarth, and won't it
max tht farm fairly laugh? And then
the hogsbeads Of plaster for the clover,
aad ashes for the pasture lot!
sN l dent think that neighbor. Brown has
Kept his cattleand other stock as we'll
for the last two months as he should
have done, to have them come out streng
and hearty in the Spring. His cows aud
s%aers aud yearlings took lean and
scfawny. If he but knew it, tue OPEN
ing of Spring is trying time for stock,
and they ought 90 be fed little better
now than usual, instead of being kept
on short commons. Hope he won't
loose any by his false economy or neg
lect. l should not be ashamed to show
my stock now to anybody. My horses,
in particular, are in the highest keep
ing, and ready for the hard work which
they have to do. 1t is pleasure to look
at their plump sleek sides.
Next week, I'm going to have reg
ular clearing up Chips, saw-dust
ash heaps, old boards, brush, bones,
sticks, leaves and all kinds of rubbish
that accumulate around house in Win
ter, shall be raked up and picked up. and
all the premises shall be put in apple
pie order.