The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-09-08
Notes and Suggestions for the
eaHlM Month";. f W f9


The month of September is one Of
very varied labors We SOW for next
years crops, and we reap the harvests
Of the present season. We are aDx
ious lest frost shall pinch too soon,
and dread too great heat aud .drouth
lest our root crops and pasturage shall
suffer September seals the fate of
the corn crop which is, next to hay,
the most important of the products of
the soil. A dry autumn is looked for
ward to by many; perhaps it will come,
if 80, it will offer peculiar facilities for
draining, getting muck, and doing
many other things, which we could
not do IL il were, ff
Apples When animals nro excluded
from the orchard, those apples that
fall this month should be dried made
into cider for vinegar, or cooked for
fattening swine In the warm wealth.
or of September. fruit will dry rapidly
1t will therefore require less care than
in October, but the apples are not so
solid and good.
Bedns-Pull early beans as soon as
the pods appear we'll maturcd. They
should not be allowed to stand until
they are dead ripe, and the leaves dry
Spread them on the barn floor, or on
loose boards under shelter They will
cure in such places better than if piled
in the field.
Beets.-Pull up Ill weeds among
them, and throw them around the
plants for mulching Thin out the
small ones for table use. Those that
are to remain for winters use, should
be ten inches apart. They will occu-
py all the ground.
Calves aud Colts, unless they are too
young, should be entirely separated
this month from their dams. II grass
is short, they should be fed green corn
stalks cut fine, or fine hay, wetted up
with little meal daily, and should
have constant supply of fresh water
Draining. Every rod of good under
drain will in one or two seasons pay
the expense of making it, by render
ing the soil more productive. Where
bitches are already dug, let them be
filed before heavy fall rains come on
better time in all the year than Sep
TENDER to drain beds Of muck and peat.
Debts-Pay up every financial in
debtedness as soon as returns for
crops have been received, and do not
forget the large amounts due to youi
soil for the abundant crops of the
present season. If the soil cannot
make sight draft for services rem
dered, it will perceptibly withhold
payment, until all such dues are can
celled.
Grass Seed.--There is no better tim,
to SOW new or old land with gras,
seed, than September. If the grounc
is not in good heart, give it a thin toI
dressing, which should be narrowed in
and then SOW the seed without har
rowing.
Granaries. While they are empty
give them thorough cleaning. Sweel
out the spider webs, and whitewasl
over head, and wash the floor wit
strong soap suds, or not too stron
ley. to kill all insects concealed III th
cracks
Hogs.--Keep fattening swine in com
fortably close quarters. Feed we
and regularly with ground grain an
cooked feed Give few handfuls c
powdered charcoal, dampened, an
sprinkled with meal 1t is m excel
lent tonic. Keep the hogs and thei
pens clean, change their bedding as
bee,mes dirty. Where unground an
"H~cOnVa win w Dt leu, DtRiu II
soon as it glazes, it is then more di
gestible.
Oren.-Working oxen and fattenin
bullocks designed for beef, should no.
be fed well. Oxen will grow fat an
work hard too. if they are used gent,
fed and watered regularly, and currie
often.
Potatoes.-Dig early sorts as soon O
they are matured, and the vines sho,
signs of decay; cover from the SUI
with tops, and house as soon as poss
BILE.
Pomtry.-When poultry are fe
with meal, or grain only once daily, IL
it be towards evening, rather tina
morning, to induce them to search al
ter and consume more inseets an
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