The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1864-06-15
Farm Work for June.
CATTLE.

DO not over-work oxen, but feed bran
or shorts il much labor is required of them.
Provide shelter for beef animals at pas
ture, especially during the storms, and
give at such times extfa food, if il be not
given regularly.
Cows.--lt will pay to stable them
nightly and feed oil cake meal, shorts,
brewers grains, or the like, with cut hay i;
or use, so-called, "slops."
CALVES fattening for market may e-
ther run with the COW, or being at grass,
get two or three feeds daily of skinned
milk thickened with little bran oil meal,
oat and corn meal, etc, in iudicous mix
ture. Take good care of calves and
young stock, and keep well fed and grow
ing.
1t is much better to plant thei..first
week in June than few days too early.
Steep the seed until it nearly sprouts.-
Tar and plaster it. Blue vitriol in water
will kill smut Keep weeds down and
stir the soil frequently.
FODDER cRoPs.
Corn, horse-tooth or sweet, sowed in
drills or broad cast, Sugar sorghum treat
ed in the same way, millet, Hungaran
grass, ETC., are all worthy of attention in
case there is any danger of failure of the
grass crop. Fer soiing or feeding green
in case Of drouth, either corn or sorghum
are invaluable.
In southern sections will be fit TO har.
vest; cit as soon as the grain is out of
the milk.
Il is better TO cut grass Of last sum
mer's seeding, if it is not very stout, ear
ly and give il top-dressing of plaster or
fine compost, than to wait until hot
weather, when drouth following, hay
ing might do serious damage. Top-dress
meadows Immediately after moving.
| HoEING.
Hand hoeing will, we fear, be greatly
neglected this year, and many farmers
have yet to learn how horse e.shoes aud
cullivhtors may be made to take the
place of the hand-hoe, however impor-
tant this may be in thorough cultivation.
The bayonet hoe may well be introduced
into the field, especially for root culture.
We find in all soils that are in any thing
like good tilth, that it expedites work
very much.
| INSURANCE.
No man having less than 100000 a
year income can as general rule afford
10 insure for himself-thaL is, to let his
property go without insurance against
fire.. BY all means insure house, stock
and crops in barn and stack against fro,
with some company whose credit is worth
more than their capital, and of which
there is no suspicion of unsoundness, or
recklessness. livestock, life insurance,
and insurance of crops on the ground are
unknown in this country.
INSECTS.
Cultivate intelligent observation of the
habits of insects to distinguish friends
from foes, and destroy The latter. Our
friends are few in number, chief among
them are ants, and bees, the large blue
steel-colored wasp-like Ichneumon fly and
others of similar shape, the Lady bird, Ii
ger beetles, Ground beetles and Dragon
flies, or Darning-needles. These with
Others, either feed or lay their eggs in the
bodies of other insects. Never kill spi-
der--all kinds are usefnl.
MANURE MAKING
Should commence in earnest, and all
vegetable and animal matter not valuable
for other purposes should find its way to
the compost, or dung heap. Look out
for dead animals.
Rutabagas and all Swedish varieties
should be sown this month, best before
the Goth, though good crops may be
gained sowed any time before tho middle
OF next month. Put the rows far apart
so that the cultivnting may be done as
much as possible by horse power.
WEEDS.
This is the most important time 10 the
whole year to kill weeds. The seeds are
starting, and frequent stirring Of the soil
destroys the seedlings. Perennial plants
are in vigorous growth, and repeated cut
ting at or just below the surface kills ma
nv kinds. Even the most tenacious of
life may be smothercd by covering with
weeds or grass.
ONIONS.
Hoe, weed, and thin to 3 or inches in
the rows. Mulching with sawdust and