The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-22
Farmers department.
Farm Work for July.

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July receives its name from julius
Caesar. 1t is the warmest month of
the season, and if it receives its name
from the peculiar warmth of the Ro-
man Emperor then must he have been
,ear,a indeed. The effect of no month
is more grateful to the farmer, how
ever. If it be hot, its very heat is
forcing and ripening his crops Hot
weather of July, not only 'makos the
corn grow" bat it hastens the growth
of all vegetation.
KILLING CORN.
Some farmers oppose making any
bill about corn; now we are so cold
fashioned" as to bell favor of chilling"
corn. We would not pile up a hill
around the corn, as big as a bushel
basket, bot we would make a respect
able hill of fresh earth, the peculiar
nutriment of the young and tender
shoots. We have tried both methods
and "hold fast" the cold fashion" Of
chilling corn" In a corn field "un-
killed." drought is more severe--the
ground becomes baked and impervious
to water, so that when showers come,
the water passes more readily from the
corn and from the field Whereas, if
the corn is chilled" and little dishing
as it should be, to the shoots, the wa
ter settles about their roots and does
its natural and refreshing work. Then
again, corn that is chilled" stands
wind and weather" better, remains
erect and unprecedented, when fields Of
corn "unhilled" are laid even with the
ground, and of course, more or less in
jured. But the great advantage in
chilling corn" is, as before suggested
it brings about the roots and stalks
of corn, an embankment of fresh earth
containing its natural nutriment, and
that will stand them in need under the
scorching rays of the sun.
CATTLE, HORSES AND SHEEP.
Take especial care that they have
water, feed, salt and shade. No one
should have a pasture without plenty
of shade trees. Temporary sheds will
answer-but trees are far better. Plant
them, if you have them not, for cattle
midday suns. Then your working
oxen and horses should be kept in the
stable, unless you have small pasture
for them close at hand In the stable,
or small enclosure, they can be kept
upon green food, as there will be
plenty of it to cut near by This is
much cheaper and certainly more con
sistent, than it is for man or boy every
time you want oxen or horse to be
obliged to go to the farther nook in the
pasture to find them, and then perhaps,
like the paddy's flea, they are not
there" If he wants the oxen to get in
hay or the horse to 'go to mill or to
the smiths, they should be near by
eating green feed and ready for the
harness. In this there is saving Of
time and money.
MANURE.
Then of ''lowery days" the farmer
should be collecting his muck, gather
ing his refuse grass, brakes and has
socks; cutting the turf in the swamps
and at the roadside; hauling his tan,
peat and turner's shavings, if he can
get them; in word collecting togeth-
er every thing for his compost heap,
or to absorb the wash in the barn yard
and the Stops from the house.
GRAIN.
Then your grain is to be cut in part
this month. Let it be we'll cured and
hauled directly to the mill for thrash
ing, if one is near; if not and you
thrash in your barn, by machine or
fail, thrash early before the rats, mice
squirrels and hens take liberal share
You should not cut your grain toe
early, lest it shrivel in the kernel
Grain 'is ripe for the harvest" when
the stalk begins to shrink and to be
come rhite below the ear. If blight OF
mildew has "struck" the grain, cut
forthwith, and be sure to cut before the
kernels Tor berries as they say West
begin to fall. Use reaper if you car
get one, if not, use a cradle. A skill
full man can use a cradle on almost any
ground and there are men that cal
cradle almost with reaper, certainly
as fast as the ordinary "help" on
farm, would like to take care of the
grain, and with much more neatness
on uneven land Get in your grain il
the morning or evening, when The
dampness of the sheayes or straw vii
prevent the grain from "shatterinl
out"