The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-07-20
Suggestions for July.


mfTts suuiner and the riponng grain,
Field after field, all DER the plain,
By lively, freshning brcezcs rolled,
Looks like sea OF waving gold.
Tho mimic pillows sink aud swell
Like ocean waves before the gale
Onmard they roll, so clear aud bright,
The brain grows giddy a. the sightj
And Fancy almost hears the roar
of breakers on the distau! shore.'
We are ugain s~eltering nmid the fervid
heat of July, which is often the hottest
aud dryest month of Tie Summer. But hot
weather is essential TO good crops of fruit,
vegetation pushes forward with amazing
faptlity. The labors of the garden, as
well as the farin, are exceedingly urgent
during all this month Hay must be made !;
corn aud potatoes must be dressed out Tor
the last time wheat in some localities will
he ft to harvest this month"; aud when the
weather is lowery, or there is but little to
do, every farmer and gardener, minis er aud
hwyer, can find work in discriminating
noxious weeds
Begin 20 cut grass early, whether you
have littlo or mWch ns early-cut grass
always makes more nutritious hay than
if il is allowed to become fully ripe before
it is moved.
Wet pieces of ground. that are always
"
should be drained during this aud the next
month.
Plow up, or spnde up Rneiy every un.
occupied corner, aud put in tnrnip seed.
In many parts of the country, If all hands
would spend only part of some lowory
day in removing brush and old logs from
some piece of new ground, more than u
hundred bushels of tho choicest turnips
can be raised, where otherwise nothing
but ,-noxious wends woull occupy the
gtOund. -
Plum and cherry trees should be bud.
ded this month, in those localities where
the bark will peel we'll. Select the sprouts
that have come up this year, or insert the
budB'ui the wood that have grown the pres
ent season.
See that tomato plants are well supported
with trellises, before the vines fall down.
Tie rcd string around the first ears of
Iudian sweet corn, for seed ms tho earliest
will produce corn next year several days
sooner tlan tho ears that set aud ripen
late in the season,
Make it a point TO stop and kill ovcry
caterpillar, aud other noXious insect, as q
war Of determination is the only true way
10 save the fruit,
See that manure and earth arc not hcapcd
against buildings, to the injury of the
siding or timber.
Some farmers allow the manure to NccW
mulate IN the stables, till it is sometimes
half foot deep, which will miuro the floor
in hot weather, far more than il it were il
constant use.
July is the best month in the year tC
commence improvements in neat cattle
Ii you have poor COW, nov is the perioC
10 get a better one.
Roses should be budded during thi,
month, il il has not been already done,
Do not fail to thin out the fruit on young
pear trees. The growth of young trees
is of more value than the fruit. II il
Tuinoue to all young trees to allow then
10 produce large crop of fruit, Only a few
specimens should bo allowed TO grow.
In many localities celery may be trans
planted this month. Ii should be hoed
often; and tho soil around it should b(
sprinkled at evening" in dry weather, wi Il
liquid manure,
Put in turnip seed, or late peas, wher,
early potatoes are dug,
Lawns that are clipped often, shoul
have dressing of bone dust, or some Other
good fertilizer. IL the soil is light and
gravelly, a dressing of street dirt, such a,
is collected in the most busy street,
of our populous cities, will be found ex
celleOt.
Ii tho ground is not rich where egg
plants are growing, dig a shallow trencl
oil around each plant, two inches deep aud
six inches from the stem, and pour il
strong, liquid manure, or I'LL tho channq
with fine compost which may he obtaine,
beneath the floors Of some stables.
Sec that every animal has access to pur,
water. Cows can not yield full Cow O
milk, unless they have sometimes ten gal
Ions each per day.
Let fowls also have all the water the,
will driuk.