Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-11-16
From the Country Gentlemen. !.
NovEMBER-.NoTEs FOR the MON,

HlutcT, epleaus ueSoldtlOn anu Qealn
throughout the vegetable world. The
beauty of the fields and forests has failed
and departed the tall, waving grass in
the green meadows has been gathered into
the barns the golden grain has been safe
ly garnered the delicious fruit of the
orchard has been carefully gathered for
winters use; and every thing in the veg
etable kingdom seems like an old man,
who after having filled up the measure of
his days with acts of virtue and benef-
conce, reclincs quietly on his dying couch,
and without mnrmur or sigh peacefully
whispers, Earth to Garth and dust to
dust !"
There arc many jobs that may be per-
formed, very advantagousy during Nov
ember, which will not only wind up the
operations of the farm for the present
year, but which facilitate the labor of the
field for next season. A successful farmer
must often lay out his work for several
months beforehand. Therefore let us pen
few thoughts concerning the
PREPARATION FOR NEXT SEASON.
Has a good system ofrotation of crops
been adopted-a system that is we'll adap-
ted-to the soil, as we'll as to the locality q?
If one is entirely satisfied with his course
of rotation perhaps it will not be advis-
able to make any innovations on such
system. On the contrary, if crops have
been raised for number of seasons past,
without any reference to regular success
sion there are very many instances in
which farmer may introduce different
crop from what his soil has ever produced
with good prospect of its succeeding
better than almost any other crop that he
can raise But proprietors of farms ought
to be intelligent enough to determine this
point for themselves. And the present
time is quite as proper for that purpose,
as to delay until next season.
In very many sections of our country
the soil has produced nothing but oats
buckwheat, and Indian corn, until it does
not yield half a crop of either. Here.
then is fair opportunity for good and
profitable improvement in farm manage
ment, in raising different kind of grain
OF crops of some kind.
PREPARING THE SOIL FOR A CROP OF BEANS.
Most farmers who have had little or no
experience in raising beans. appear I'M
willing to try crop of beans, because
there is usually so much labor attending
their cultivation and harvesting Let us
notice very brief preparation for crop
of beans.
In case the soil is heavy and has never
been plowed deep, let it be plowed, during
November. Abont two inches deeper than
usual, whether it is in sod or stubble ;
and if it ia at all inclined to be wet, plow
in narrow lands, and clean out the middle
burrows with a shovel.
The frost and rains will pulverizc the
whole mass before next May, during the
latter part of the month, if the soil was
in sod let it be thoroughly cultivated, to
destroy all noxious plants. If it were
stubble pillow it with fine furrow slices.
Then, about the middle of June, cultivate
the soil again, and roll it if it appears
necessary, and put in crop of icld Mar
row-fat beans. If the preparation of the
soil has been thorough. weeds and grass
will have been pretty we'll used up, so
that the labor of cutivating and hoeing
the beans will be comparatively light and
quickly done.
MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS
Are the horse stables as we'll as cattle
stables all in good order for cold weather
Are they so constructed that they can be
closed and made comfortable when the
weather is cold and stormy and when
the weather is of moderate temperature
can they be we'll ventilated
Have comfortable quarters been pre-.
pared for all young animals-colts, calves
and lambs? And do all young animals
receive little meal daily?
November is trying period for all
kind Of stock, as the grass fails, and they
are required to subsist in part on dry
fodder.