Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-06-13
agricultural.
June Oh the Farm.


Up early and down late Is the rule for June.
Let the farmer be on his - taps, then If ever.
Work Is unusually pressing. Many "a farmer
has not yet hnished planting corn, and Those
who have All soon have to lex IN the hoe.
Pan do all the work you Can with the horse
and cuIlIvator, or horse hoe. In this work
OF cleaning up the growing crops one goOd
horse ought TO be equal 10 ten men. The
horse hoe al excellent mplement, and teg
good Farmers would know how To 90 without
IL
Sow corn for fodder any time this month
You can hardly get too much OF 1t for If 1t IL
not all needed TO help out short and dry pas
lures, 1t may be cured fox winter fodder. Il =
sides 1t is L convenient crop to I'LL W any
cant ground with. The root: that remain
the soil, alter this crop Is removed, constantly
enrich the land and improve the soIl. The
laud ioF corn ought to De III clean Condition..
and If IS weedy OF full ut witch gcas5 IL
Will give yJu en1iess amount oil Work 10
keep It tree Inc weeds must b. KEEP d1wI
1t al events, you know L. wont pay 20
have them sIppIns tue ground, anu Il they
are likely 10 gvt anead Il yoC The olly alter
native Is to put on more labor, and keep them
dUWn
La case the land iulI of twitch grass, it
would doubtless pay u work II over with the
harrow AMI uiriv4tor, and pick out the root
before planting. Inc Eng ish nav d machine
expressly Tor this lrp"se, and We ought IL
use II. You cau get a larger crop usually, by
sowing IN drills, but as the LABOR Is greater,
unless the land Is remarkably clean, We prefer
TO srw In hlils of straight rows both ways
L the Is q small variety, not very st,Iky,
three feet apart will 20, If d larger variety,
three and u hall or even four ieee would De
better.
Rura-aagls may 90 into the ground abour
the twentieth of this month. Starving Liv-
erpooI oxede-, and the King OF the osedes,
are pro ably among the best Varieties Inns l.
20 d crup 10 cultivate v here there Is great
stock oil C tile, and particularly sheep, 10 b
wIntered. TINS root keeps well Ii Is only
We k ago that a friend of ours sJid large
quantity, the balance ot last years cop,
me J-tOn market, at three dollars u barrel,
without tue barrels. At that tate they ought
to pay we'll
Tue m4nsold may 60 III about the middle
of the month. Both roots rtqIIre waIm-
rich, and rather light soil 10 attain to their
highest perfection. Tue orange globe and tht
long req mangoid are both tx client yarie les
TIE white sugar beet Is also worthy OF earetAal
attention, though We do not think II quite go
pr table the mangoid.
Inc sill about young trees, IN fact about
meet trees 10 the orchard, ought 10 be kept
mellow and free from weeds Ii the LAND
cannot be cultivated To advantage, you MAY
mulch the trees with meadow or swaie hay,
one of The best uses you can put 1t TO- In
best mulchIDg II, IT Course, the hne and meaIy
earth that Is constantly kept soft and mellow
by cultiVarIon-but there many cases
where this IL imIrac,Icabe. In snch cases the
swale by may come IN 10 great advantage.
A good deal may be done, at this season, to
shape young IT se-, by little timely clipping
and thinning cut OF unsl.,htly brabches. The
fruit may need thinning too, whore il mas ser
too thlck.y, 60 as not 10 let young tree over
bear.
Those who keep herd of dairy COWS will
bear III mid that early cut grass makes the
very best of hay Tor them We let our grass
stand to late, as a general rule, till IL z IS
hard and wiry. liz ought 10 be cut and eur red
so as To preserve Its nutrItIve qualities In thu
his hest degree, and this is when it Is green
and succuienr We think there can be nc
mistake on this point. Get the moving ma
chine ready, therefore, and sharpen up The
scythes 80 as to be ready for the early bios
soming clover.
Keep eye on the kitchen garden. The
weeds are growing now with mazing rapIdty
and require to be looked after. Don't let
them get ahead Of you. You will do well to
sou peas for succession Melons and cucum-
bers may be planted out now. If you started
are now of good sizs and must be removed
carefully You may still set out csbbages
and cautIhjwers and similar plans also, while
those set earlier will need hoeing. Dust plas
ter over the melon and squash vines to keep
off the bugs.
About the twentieth will be the time TO
plant cucumbers for pickles. Cabbages for
the late crop may be sown early in the month.
Use tor this purpose the Drumhead, Savory,
and Red cabbage.
Towards the end of the month the cherries
will begin to ripen and you will need to stch
the birds or they ii take good share of them
If YOU have any bantum hens Or any good
sized, we'll grown chickens, just tie one 20
brick. put it into an open willow basket and
Iaise il Up into the tree, where il NAV be far
tened among the branches. Not bird will
touch a cherry and you may have the pleasure
of gathering this delicious fruit yourself OF
course the chicken, or the bsntum. must be-
visited every day and supplied with food and
water, but the confinement will not b. long.
Ii is the ONLY completely effective way that we
have found to Keep of the birds. You may
put up IN image OF . cat. but the BIRDS will
soon come and light on her back. They seem
20 laugh at the idea Bot they don't know
what to make Of q live hen up there. Don't
shoot the birds. You want their help in dee-
troyinp worms, and you can't afford to kill
hem.-PienG hmsw, June ID.