Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-04-01
Seasonable Suggestions.

| Spring has come in name if not id
reality, but at any rate the reality will
be present soon, ard the question is, are
you ready to meet it This is the time
for planning, for deciding iii regard to the
spring and summer campaign-and have
you laid your plans If not, commence
at once, 50 that when the time arrives you
may be ready to enter upon yonr labors.
The following hints will remind you of
various little acts to be performed, and
suggest sothe duties which might othets
wise be neglected.
Accounts. Have system Of account
keeping, the more simple the better, if il
answers the purpose. 1t is the only safe.
guard you have, and the only method by
which you can tell at all times just how
you stand with the community ,and wheth-
er your operations pay or otherwise.
APPLES. Pick over the apples in the
cellar, take out the decaying ones, wipe
the sound ones dry and pack them in bar:
rels.
ASHES Quite an amount Of wood
ashes have accumulated during the win.
ter They are the best of manure. Pre-.
serve them carefully. BE careful not to
put warm ashes in wooden vessels.
ApIARY. AS soon as the warm wealth.
er comes examine the hives carefully and
clean them of all dead bodies, filth, &c.
IF they require feeding, place the food
and water in Il box OH the top of the
hive, with a hole through the hive for the
bees to pass through. 4 little care may
save several colonies.
BUILDINGS. March is month of squalls
and winds. Doors. gates, blinds, and
particularly the great doors of barns
should be supplied with secure fastenings.
CATTLE. Don't stint the stock during
the last feeding months: Endeavor to
have them go from the barn in fair order.
Your working oxen will pay for little
extra care, as soon as the heavy spring
labor comes On, and your COWS will be all
the better next summer by having been
we'll fed during the spring months. Apply
oil to cattle troubled with lice.
CELLAEs. Clear away bahkings, ,boughs,
&C., from around the house, and open the
cellar windows as soon as practicable. A
clean, thoroughly ventilated cellar is in
dispcnsable to every good farm house.
Foul cellars, in which vegetables, leaves,
and other rubbish is decaying, are great
promoters of disease. Cleanse and white
wash thoroughly.
CLovEr. Sow clover in the early
morning, upon frcst-cracked ground, aud
the freezing and thawing Of the earth will
cover it finely and just deep enough for it
to gerinnate we'll.
FENCES. Comm ence repairing fences
as soon as the frost is out of the ground
Relay walls which have been thrown
down by the frost, and put gates instead
of bars where it will pay in time saved
in opening and closing during the sum.
mcr.
GRATING. Look out for your scions.
Work cherries early, but there is no hurry
for the apple.
GRAPES. Don't be in hurry to un.
cover and take Up your vines. Nothing
is gained by haste, and much may be lost.
Surface manure well and put out cuttings
and rooted plants as soon as soil is warm
enough to receive them.
PRUsING. Prune only small and de-
Gazing branches. Cleanse old trees Of
moss, dead bark, &c.
Woop, Every provident farmer will
of course see that he has good supply Of
fuel for the working season. March and
Apri! give plenty of time for cutting, 6t-
ting and storing.-Maine Farmer.