Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-13
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Hints about Work.

frost hurts it, and If put up III neat gravels,
the tops being bound to shed rains, will go
on filling out, so that, though very few
grains may have been fully formed at
the time of cutting, there will be few not
filled out at the end Of a few weeks.
Root Crops may generally at this season
receive some attention. Weeds should be
pulled when they appear, and the ground
kept clean. The soil MY often be stirred,
especially among carrots, to great advan-
tage, and the best way is to run a subsoil
plow midway between the rows. Turnips
need hoeing and thinning, and cabbages
constant hoeng
Potatoes-The decay of the vines indi-
Gates the maturity of the potatoes, and early
sorts may be dug and housed at once but
if there is any appearance of rot, leave
them in the ground 1t makes less work to
dig only the sound ones, and the declyihg
will be chiefly over before the last of Octo-
Der however, it may pay to dig and mar
ket early
Corn, which promised so very little in
July, probably never looked better in Au-
gust than this year. 1t is only little late.
Do not top it so as to expose the ears to
the frost, certainly not until it is thorough
ly glazed. Go through the best pieces to
Select Seed CoTn.-Trust this to no hired
man, but do it yourself Select by feeling
ears a little above medium size no mon
strosities), close, firm, we'll tipped over,
tight and full at the butt. Mark these in
some way, as a dab Of paint, or by tying a
string around the ear. Then in the husk-
ing these may be unhusked, or broken off
and then husked, leaving the husks attach
ed. Finally select from these the we'll RI
pened ones, and those with fewest irregu-
larities, false or short rows of kernels, and
braid them up in strings for thorough dry
ing.
Seeding TO Grass- Grass seed may be
sOwed alone on good soil, on which fine
compost has been narrowed in, and, if the
ground is not both poor and clayey, will
stand the winter we'll and do much better
than if sowed with winter grain. Oats and
buckwheat are occasionally sown as a pro-
lection to grass The grain should be
sparingly sown. 1t dies in the winter, but
affords the grass mulch.
Soliing.-wheat and rye are sown this
month for early soiling crops Next spring,
as soon as the rye is fit to be mown, its
feeding daily will produce very great diff
ference in the yield of milk This is the
earliest crop. Wheat follows soon, then
very late sowed rye, then spring sowed
oats, corn, etc. The rye and wheat will be
of the ground in time for summer crops, and
as they do not seed, do not exhaust the soil
perceptibly 1t should be in good heart
and tilth, however
Wheat.-Sow wheat early. The soil should
be well worked--not plowed below its nat
ural depth. If sowed upon clover turned
under, work i'll liberal dressing of fine
compost with Sharers' harrow cuItivator,
or harrow. Guano, well mixed with blue
muck or peat, brings forward rapidly that
sown in little late, and causes it to tiller
we'll this fall. By all means drill in the
seed, if the ground be of even quality and
consistency. If it is hard and clayey, and
sandy or light in spots, SOW by hand
JPeedS.-Burn every weed that has gone
to seed. If fed to hogs, you fill the manure
with the seeds
Stacks of either hay or grain should be
watched, and if they settle unevenly or the
tops become disarranged by the gales, brace
them and retop them
e! Termin-The granaries should be early
freed from yermin, which will generally col
lect as soon as grain is stored. Insects
must be removed before the grain is put in,
when the bins etc, should be most thor
oughly cleansed and whitewashed inside
and out. Rats are easily disposed of by
using literally the phosphorus paste This
has also some effect on the mice, but not so
much, because, though it is poison and kills
them, the mice do not go in communities as
rats do, and can not be "stampeded.7 The
paste gives some of the rats severe colic
and they alarm the rest, and so all are
rIparpH mt i, 6, +,1 1
fowls.
Draining--The better the ditcher the
narrower does he make the ditch broad
bitches are only made by green hands A
ditch ) feet deep should not be more than
IA inches wide, and one 4 feet deep (which
Is the best for common tile drains) not
more than : or inches wider To do this,
set OF good ditching tools is needed Use
round tiles if you can get them Drainage
water may often be used upon meadows ~
ing on lower lands for
Irrigation. water of brooks, springs
etc, (the more permanent, of course, the
better,) may be made the vehicle of untold
fertility upon grass land properly arranged
to receive it. The water must never stand,
nor flow 0Uer the soil, but thr0uqh it, if ben.
eft would be derived from irrigation This
Is source OF Wealth,as great as that which
lies IN the peat swampS, and one quite un-
needed
Neat Stock require no especial attention
this month other than good care and good
feed to prepare them for winter. None
should be allowed to run down. Though
cows coming in late for winter milking
should not get fat. Beef stock, which are
to be finished off for market during the fall
and winter, should have an increase of
feed.
Hogs for fattening should be penned and
fed old corn, ground and cooked. Let the
pigs have the run of the orchards. "Tam-
ing" hogs by cutting cash across the
snout close to the roofing gristle, so as to
make it powerless, is better than putting
rings in their noses, and much more easily
done.
She9p.-Give good pasturage with wa
ter, salt and shelter from long storms. Fat
tening sheep should be making flesh fast,
and ''stores" keptimproving
Manme.-Colect all kinds of waste veg
ctable matter for increasino the mannTa