Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-08-20
GOOD ADVICE.

weeds because you are busy about hsr-
vesting.
2. Il won't pay to neglect the har-
vestipg. or preservation Of the harvest
ed grsia in order 70 hoe the weeds out
of the corn.
5. It won't pay to work yourselves
and boys to death 10 order to hoe the
corn and save the grain both at the
same time.
q. 1t viii pay to hire help to do both.
IL you can get it. and it won't taint the
wheat nor blast the corn to let even
black man work il. if you can't get
white ones.
s. In the scarcity Of labor, recourse
should be had to the very best agri.
cultural implements. Good Mowers.
Reapers, hoes. rakes, DC, neither get
sick or tired; and three hands with
them will do as much as Eve without.
s. It don't pay to let barns. sheds,
&c-. be out OF repair until the very
moment you want 10 use them.
Z. 1t don't pay to lose time and risk
fall every time you want to go into
NOW or on q stack for want Of a con.
venient ladder.
g. II do t pay to have q well filed
barn destroyed by stroke Of lightning
for the want Of a good lightning rod.
9. It will pay to have at least twenty
stands Of bees upon every farm in the
country; but it won't pay to neglect
them until destroyed by the bee moth.
10. It will pay to SOW buckwheat
where corn has failed. or on other land
intended to be sowed to wheat in the
fall.
II. 1t will pay. TO make good butter il
you make it at all; but to do it you
want a clean. cool milk house or well
ventilated cellar. and a good spring il
possible.
12. A combination OF the last items
in the shape Of honey, buck wheat cakes.
and butter, is not bad to take at home
if you are too modest to go to market
IS. Cabbages may be transplanted
yet-any time this month-for winter
use; and there is nothing better for
milk cows. So you need not fear hav.
ing too many Of them.
IA. And by planting cabbage where
early peas, beans. potatoes, DC, are
or have been, an additional crop may
be had from the same ground.
Is. 1t will pay to give the cattle. you
intend to beef next fall good start
now, by letting them into the best Of
pasture.
l6. It will pay to SOW piece Of
ground with corn broadcast, to make
up for any deficiency. or failure Of pas
ture or for fodder if there should be no
failure OF pasture.
II. 1t is believed that during very
hot weather. 1t will pay better to make
cheese than butter.
l8. Il will pay to keep your eyes
open TO see where standing water has
injured the crops or prevented the plant
ing of them, and make a note Of it.
l9. 1t is the unanimous verdict of all
the best sgriculturalists. that iI will
pay to drain all such places-that moth
ing pays SO well as judicious draining.
go. 1t pays well to keep good Iences,
especially along road sides, and between
adjoining proprietors.
81. Bat it does not pay to have field
damaged and a quarrel with neigh
Dor from mere neglect to replace bro
ken rail in time.
9s. And it pays still less. in case
mishap of the kind above mentioned
should happen. to go to law about it.
N. B. II you take this advice from
the Journal, you mry have it free;
but if you don't, an honest lawyer will
charge you five dollars for the same
counsel.
% 1t pays well to save from the
very best portion Of the best fields on
the farm, sufficient grass seed and clo-
yer seed for home use, il not TO sell.
"a. 1t will pay in saving seed as
aboYe, TO go through the lot. and pull
up all the weeds, before their seed be-
comes ripe.
95. II pays to cut hay at the right
time. that is, when it contains the most
nutriment. and then keep it under
cover. Good farmers say it is better
to stack out grain. than hay, if you
have not barn and shed roof enough to
cover both.
96 It pays well to cut all the weeds.
thistles. brush, &C., out OF all the fence
rows on the farm. By repeatedly cut
ting in hot weather, they can all be
killed.
81. I. pays TO hoe corn and other
vegetables as often as convenient. and
then do it again. But the horse and
cultivator is the best mode Of hoeing.
20. 1t pays to make all the manure
possible on the farm. and then make g
little more. and then keep on making.
go. 1t don't pay to cut meadows, es-
pecially on light soil. SO closely as to
kiIl the grass. by exposing the roots to
the sun.
80. A top dressing Of fine barn ma
nure will prevent the evils Of too close
cutting and will make the meadow laugh
with the richness Of the second growth.
81. 1t don't pay to leave stones and
sticks lying loose in the meadows. TO
spoil scythes and break mowers. for the
supposed want of time to remove them.
80. 1t will pay to cut oats at the right
time, and save the straw, clean and