The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-11-11

--H..s AsvnaL
Novemhur. 10 aniieipaiian al leasi,
Il generally regarded As an iaPossa nj
sonsh. We think Of i as . sort Of
trAnsision period. mingling Of Fall
Ard Water. with just eaoash Of Sum
mer 20 aive an edgs p iss sharp cor
ners. But Ia realization ]. Is often
found that these corners are so round
cd that IL slasrs days, coming n they
do one Al time, glide away more
comfortably than we expected, when
looking upon them as a unit, and Al
the close, as we look back upon the
month, the remark is often made that
November has been quite pleasant,
after all r
How the Month viii prove, this
year, remains for each one 10 deter
mine for himself. With an eye TO
see and heart to enjoy the beautiful
and the poelieal in nature, such as the
unknown writer Of the four lines at
the head of this article must have pos
sessed, November and all the other
months Of the year will indeed prove
Joy forever"
To the farmer, too, whose work is
kept up squarely with the season,
none Of the various phases Of this
fickIe month will come amiss, but all
be made TO fit in with his general
plan Of operations. Should the frost
king seal up the earth, as he some
times does, by the middle of Novem-
ber, all the potatoes and other root
crops Of this class of farmers will
happen to he safely in the cellar.
But TO another class the procras-
tinators. the behind-handers - this
month will probably prove much like
IFS predecessors, very unpropitious-
every storm and every freeze bap-
pening at just the wrong time. We
trained IN that company once just
long enough 10 learn to dislike its
tactics, ard TO pity those who have
"enls ed for the war
We recollect when a boy, Of pick it
duty one day in potato field, after
the soil was pretty well frozen, and
when = cold, piercing wind blew most
uncomforIably all day long. With
strong hoes tie crust Of frozen earth
was broken and tipped off the hills,
while with mittened, benumbed 6n-
gers we gathered the potatoes from
their beds and from the crust into
which many Of the upper ones were
frozen. II makes us @blow our fin
gers" even now, to think Of that days
work. The next morning, TO the
great joy of one little fellow, Mt least,
il was announced that the ground was
as solid as a rock, and that no more
potatoes could be dug till il thawed /;
and as il did not ,haw out again that
fall, about an acre in one field re-
mained unharvested. This was an
experiment which is not often re-
peaied, probably. But potatoes are
frequently left in the ground until
there are frosts sufficiently severe TO
iniure some Of those which lie upon
or near the surface OF the ground.
Another crop that sometimes stands
| in the field until November is Indian
Corn. This noble grain may be har-
vested at any time from the last of
September till the snow flies. Of
West they leave il In the fields until
mid-winter, or until consumed or
marketed. But here in New Eng
land, where we calculate that the
stalks, husks and butts Of an acre Of
corn are about as valuable as the hay
grown on any other acre Of SNOW
ing" on the farm, we must consider
the stover as well as the grain, in
comparing the advantages Of an early
and late corn harvest. The husks
and butts that remain in the field till
late are not as valuable for fodder As
those harvested in October, bat the
grain itself, except the ears that fall
to the ground, is not injured BY wet
or cold.
What wonderful plant, or grass,
as the botaaists call IL, this Indian
corn Is. Who dses sOt like ts watch
its growth,
When, lik. column of coTinihiaa mould,
The s;slk struts upwscd, and tie leaves an
fo.d;
Or shea the siroag foliage bear ne standard
hlEhs
An3 sheets tie tai top gallant 70 The shy
Equally besutiiul is 6eld Of corn
when The golden ears peep modesily