New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-12-01

Parm.Yards--Eieids and tEcir Cuieurc--
Spring and spring Work-Winfer hoi'
idays and Winter Work Nnnures, and
their cl-Plnnicd Timber
Hoo and spadc-Earfy Crops The
Inpanese ms Farmer and Landscape
Gardener-Bustic Taste.
IRON Our Special Correspondent,
KhyhcAwA April %, 1894
The fan burst of Spring is upon us i might
rather ray the opening Sumner for here April is the
fairy footed May. March laughs and wceps by turns
with April showers. while February trumpes with all
the winds Of March. The gently swelling upands are
sf,ow with the Neutrality-suspicious. Of the new year Inc
crimson camelias have faded ont along the hill sides
the daphues have lost their odorous blossoms apricot
plum peach and cherry have dropped heiT tinted pe'
In their stead wheat and barley sway Their bearded
grasses TO the south winds, interrupted oy p'oo
ing patches Of the Windsor bean and the golden tapes
tries OF the rape fields. The earlier rape Is passing Out
Of flower, while the later is still in full DOOM
The surface Of tie country hereaoon' IS Foihf' DO
ken into wavelike ridges of small emincnce. between
which lie valleys run ont 10 the sea- 1t IS di'elsed
with numerous clrnpsof tber, groves OF bamboo, pine
and fir woods from few rods square TO several acres
IN extent, no fences msr its face, but with IFS eeanly
cultivated JeiuS,
citation il has pietnresqueness unsurpassed, fancy
by few lands. With the and The lake-kc waters OF
Yeao bay for its foreground The lofty hazy ridges Of the
EokoRe mountains for lis background, ard this rich
middle ground Of warm ridges, evergreen woods ard
teemiDg crops whst effective grouping could the
great Architect OF the world have given.
The deciduous trees are row breaking into leaf Tie
tender green of the foliage has FOR few days only
.i,, ou6. ard OAKS have
yet scarcely awoke the life of Che yeaT. Here we
see the forests putting forth their leaves coempo-
1aneousy with the heading out Of the wheat AID barley
These the wheat and barley both inter crops be-
sides which as fall crops ars tie t~o kinds OF rape
already mentioned (Jrossca r0pG, aud jroseG oT'eH-
Iais) tie Windsor bean (eeia ja6s) field pea (psHl
sa,,pug). end the winter rGdishes. ind 10y my own
experence that our cultivated garden peas endure the
winter with slight protection, aad come on 20 blossom
ing carly in April Cabbages and cauliGowers ill ou
their succulent heads throughout. the winter month
The japanese Spring begins according TO calendar
with IRE first day OF their year which comes IN, N our
February this year. corresponding With or February
9Th This is the true opening Of iher Spring, for al
though tie deeiGuoss woods and grasses 2inain Tor
weeks later as bleak and bare as tie Winters cold may
have c.; them the alder and willow catsns are rapidly
swelling the canelas struggling into blossom aHo
the apiicCts also putting forth IL sunny! sAe'ereu
pisces under tie cottage thateh
The japanese yea9 IS divided into lunar months the
first day OF each month being that Of Chc new moon.
Every fourth year al iEtercalary month comes IN TO
preserve tie balance Of the seasons.
A sloIt season before the New-YeaT and The New
Year holidays GRE ,he farmers holidays Of tie yoarihe
tine WHOM he is least crowded with Outdoor or indoor
work Tie crops fhc year last 10 be gathered axe the
rice AID turnipYadisb crop, for e months Of Noyen'
Der AID December aye usually clear and dry that tbs
harvest is left 20 lingor along at tie iarmefs eonyen'
jence. The farmer las 10 barns or blS cTOps-the
grams are tbgeshed on the fed and lucky Is te il eo
has even store,rooms fcr the threshed out grains.
The weather favors hin 10 Lis most important
crops of lice, turrpra4shes ard potatoes, and
LshaTyests them as he sells them. Tie straw aud re-
fuse is stacked in the fields waiting any chance rrr.
olsseT he comes not, Ere reduces hem 10 ashes
Ird laanuic.
The leifuge ;,e farmer LIS at this season much en-
rloyed in travelling home, visiting Yedo O. o'her
market towns and making pilgrimases 20 ia'oIi'e TEN
Mes At this season Kanagawa is inl Of strangers from
The country who come from far the strange sight
Of foreign settlement.
put for the farmer whom thrift necessity stimulates
to nceasiug labor there plenty Of WORK for the oeie
months OF midwinter also. II is The time 10 gather ana
prepare manmes fer the coming season. There Il I'M
Der 10 be got out OF the woods ere wood 10 be CIT and
charcoal 10 be made So wherever you 60 on country
path in Winter. in early morning yol VIII meet strings
cf pack horses laden with wood nInhsr rran chave.s,
.,icc frai.s Oranges peas and pefsimncns) lIls,
"A"''"".- So - ''"~n So c...'as iaosstrcas
strings of radshes and other sorts Of COUNTY poQuee
md with the load are two long empty p1chc's WINCH
ore "a, be filed with such manurGs the iGiner can
fndurincplv night soil which is collected IN unsiehty,
pns.yory reservoirs at some conyeaon; place. Many
ofthtse farmers regularly TO town. and 70 as reg
usrly from house to house, each taking what be carries
away as lis perQg.site Eewould be az nIhsy farmer
xho would ride or lead lis horse unladen back from
raylet tod 10 county One learns 10 toke he v. Ql
ward Of these pack carriers IN bic country waiks
.pec ,canure thus carried into the country arc placed
4, torment in large vats under by The house or
o,s;de irving forth the most villanous doors, as
,t,or If cnurse Where this process OF fermentation
"a q, n-oceed long enough, other matter is aided, such
haf decayed vegetable tops, 70 increase the mass to
which water is added and stirring given 20 often as
NOV he pecesary have seen many ciayey hiE side
which lad been scooped out into cave Like Fecepaees
1or tlofe manGies
There Is work sso for the women nnC cE.oien IN tht
latter winter and early Spring month"; when every hn'
say-and nearly every day is fne?arties " them arr
10 10 met anywhere. in the woods among the Dfush O
along Tie hill slopes and water courses gathering iue
dead wood. decayag branches, fallen twiG'' oanoo'
yrass reeds ana leaves, which arc sto!led III hs'
wicker baskets or disposed in bundles and caHie'
home This fuel is the general fire wood OF the iaie
md couutrymen with the exception OF h'te chareos
for the ibach brazer around which the family game
indoors rs we around frcplaces and CRATES Tue