Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-10-10
Agricultural.
October on the Farm.

The work OF harvesting cor tinues through
this husy month. Coin must be housed and
husked. No machine that we have ever seen
has yet husked corn with economy, for it ia es
about az much time to break the ear from the
stalk 80 70 husk and done with it. Hand
huas ing, slow a. il Is, must still proceed.
Now to husk fast il is necessary to have every
thing close at hand. Rapidity depends q
good deal on this. it caves time to have two
OK three baskets 90 as to sort it a. you 90
along. We are afraid the g pig corn" will
be rather plentier than usual this year. Many
pieces that have come under our observation
didn', ripen up till after the hard frosts.
Potatoes will have to be dug now. A great
many have already been dug and rushed into
market from all quarters till the price fell to
City cents bushel, and they were dug too
early and they probably will not keep well.
Try and select dry time for digging SO
- TO be able to store them away clean. A
dry cellar is important for keeping potatoes
and other VEGETABLES we'll. but il you are not
% fortunate a. to have dry one, it is better
TO lay down . kind of grated bottom and
put she potatoes, &C., upon that. That will
secure q greater degrees of ventilation and thus
do good deal to preserve the tubers. Don't
expose potatoes any longer than is absolutely
necessary to the sun and drying winds. 1t is
better to .tore them away fresh.
Winter apples must always be picked this
month, by those who are SO fortunate as TO
have any to gather. They should be carefully
picked by hand, as when shaken of they be-
GENE bruised and will not keep. Light LADDERS
must be used and baskets with hooks. Some
of The forms OF fruit pickers are very useful
and the independent or fruit ladder is con-
venient for getting the fruit from the limbs
As for cider apples it pays to take more
pains with them than used to be the case.
We we'll recellect the tlme when it was
customary To let all sorts of apples go In to-
seeher and if half of them were rotten and
the other half full of worms 1t was not
thought to make any difference. Those who
aim to make good cider nowadays take faI
more ,are to select good apples and we think
tpaya.
tits q good plan to harrow over stubble
and corn ground in the early part of this
month. II starts the seeds of weeds and thu,
destroys vast numbers of them 50 that they
will not appear Eext year.
Ii you are proposing to set out an orchard
the soil should be worked deeply and thor
oughly enriched either by manure applied tc
previous crops, or as top-dressipg in the
fall. Now is q good time to get the land ir
order whether the trees are 10 be set this fal
or in the spring.
1t il good month also to paint buildingi
On the outside, far better, We think, than the
hos months of summer. TIE color is, o
course, q matter OF taste ard each one vii
try to suit himself. As for ne we don't thini
very much OF white. now SO common. Ii
the hot months of sun-shiny summer it il
too slaring, and often becomes quite DISAGREE
able. To be sure if house is complstely
surrounded by trees and shrubbery it makes
difference. White is not quite So disagreed
bic when 30 relieved, but as general thing
We think buG, or some OF lts shades, far pref
erabls and in better taste. AoY subiued col
or 10 10 our taste more desirable than white
To get new corn ready for grinding in rh'
quickest manner, you can hang it IN bas
uear the ceiling OF any warm room, Ike th'
Pl.tely dry much sooner than 1t would natu
rally be IN the corn barn, or where it is usu
ally stored.
.. "A for fattening animals, they should b
pushed forward - rapidly as practicable nov
If you intend to finish them of this tall
Remember the regularity Of feeding is of tn,
utmoet importance. Give them enough o
good clean food. not to overfeed and surfer;
them. bot to keep them in appetite and con
stantly gaining. We don't believe frost Bit
ten grass is worth much for fatleniDg or an,
fUlne9 and aesh but there will be lIttls real
Try. In TACT We think it is a mistake to lie,
cattle of any kind RON in the fields. or tb
pastures either, 50 late in the season a. man,
farmers are accustomed to do. 1t is ba,
prsc'ice and We hope It will be avoided. Bet
ter feed in the barn, even if it dos cost
triAe more, and leave the full growth to pro
tect the roots Of graes in winter. and to fur
nish that protection which the plants require
and the nutriment which the decaying grasse
will s0ord.
Take good care to house the young stool
sssly. IL will thrive all the bztser for q lIttl
extra care At this season.-PLoNghmon