The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-07-21
farmers. department.
Suggestions for July.

boys, by too hard moving or pitching,
or by doing the work of man in some
other way, injure themselves for life.
Many farmer is understood, crooked
or one-sided, because he was ambi
tious, when boy, of being told that
he was worth as much as a man in the
harvest field. They only realize when
too late that they will never be worth
so much again.
Drouths may come, and constant
working of the surface, mellowing the
soil, deeply as possible, without injury
to the roots of the growing crop, is the
cure which almost all may apply. A
fine, mellow surface absorbs water
from the air. We can not too often
urge irrigation, The brooks and
streams which can be conducted over
meadows and lower ground, are of al
most inestimablc value, and yet it is
hard work to make farmers believe it.
Every man may have a demonstration
of the advantages to him in fort
nights time, if he will conduct small
stream over his grass land. The time
is not far distant when many farms
will have irrigated meadows, yielding
three, four, or five crops of luxuriant
grass during a single season.
Corn.-Keep the horse-hoes and cul-
tivators in motion among the growing
corn. Use a short whiflle-tree when
the stalks are so large as to break off
easily. Straighten up all hills that are
not disposed to grow erect. Hot
weather is the best time to work
among growing corn. Better pull
than cut large weeds; Indian corn
does not need pruning.
Calues.-See that they have good
supply of clean, fresh water, during
the hot weather. Let them have ac-
cess also to tub containing salt.
Wean them gradually. 1t is very injuri-
GUS to withhold full supply of milk,
abruptly, and confne them to grass
and water. 1t often stunts them SO
that they never recover from it.
Fdlocs Rather than allow a good
soil to lie exposed to the burning sun
for several months, SOW three or four
bushels of Indian corn per acre. In
six weeks there will be good burden
of green manure to plow under. Let
fathers repeat it to their sons, and let
them impress it upon their posterity,
that following good land tends to i'm
poverish it.
Grass and Hay-Where grass grows
very large in moist places, and falls
down, let it be cut and made into hay
at once. When farmer has large
quantity of grass to NOW, if he waits
until it is fit to make into hay, unless
he has abundance of help, some of i
will become too ripe. This will sug
gest the Importance of sowing differen
kinds of seed, in some meadows, s.
that part will be fit to cut few day
in advance of the rest.
Hoeing.-The object of hoeing cor
and root crops is not simply to kee
down the weeds, and to draw littl
fresh earth about the roots, but it
primarily to stir and loosen the SUI
face, that the air and rains may hav
free access to the soil in which tn
roots are. The frequent passage of
light cuitivator or horseshoe is of gref
benefit to crops on land suffering frol
drouth
Pastures DO not feed off pasture
too closely, as the grass will be Ion
time starting again, especially in he
and dry weather. 1t is bad policy
keep SO much stock that pastures al
always very short. The leaves
grass perform the Office of lung
Therefore, let plants have plenty
top, that the breathing may not be Of
structed.
Poultry-Keep good dust bath f
the fowls, and add unleached woo
ashes to it occasionally; watch any a.
pearance of vermin, and clear the
out with an application of kerosen
which may be rubbed on under IL
wings, and on the backs and breas
of the birds. Whitewash occasional
and thoroughly, houses, perches, nes
and all.
Weeds Write the words, No
Weeds, in large letters, where 6
Hands will be sure to see them; and !
every laborer understand, that if it
too wet to work at hay, gra
or hoed crops, weeds may be move
close to the ground. In many pa
lures, large, bull-thistles cover near
one half the ground. They should
moved not only to allow the. grass
grow, but to prevent the seed blown
over the country.-Anl AgricuituriSt