The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-07

Usnrls tile ianlscipe wil, aud with Its hand
hsus and blue, with penetrating cold,
Closes the slnmbcrous barn. anl every door,
Must hospitablc. shuts
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Chill November terminates the opera
t'ons OF the farm and garden IN m,s
localillc+ The joyful harvest has beer
shouted home. & 'lden gram is al
securely garnerel. Luscious fruit an,
delicious vegetables have been gnthere,
In. The beautiful ii,wer. Of the tirl,
are gone. The buds have Il avn will
their music The buzzing OF the busy,
bee and the hunmny Of myriads of in,
sects, tceminy with lite and activity, have
ceascd. The tlocks and herds are being
gathered into their winter rel,eat. iii,
sweet fields aud geen meadows have laid
aside their beauty; tho gorgeous robes
IN winch lhe trees OF the li.li, the g,oves
and the f'rests, were clad, has been
rudely plucked Oft by tn" bning frost;
and nature, with her yearly task wp!l
done, is laying herself down to reposc
during the reign OF winter.
With November, far nars and gard
'ncrs prepare tor winter; aud, on many
farms. this ~ u busy mont. Let each
one SCI thai cold winter does not seal
the ground and cover the iieds with
drltt! snow before all crops have b len
uathefel, an.l comfortable quarters pre-.
pared tor domestic animals
lta person has bat one Cow or I.
sin slr horse, o' Only score OF sheep.
let him see to 1t tn IT. they are ted ana
protected. before he supplies his personal
Melas+iti-s. Oar hcs, ami most sur,u.,
ful f.rmurs. gardeners AMI others, IN Ike
1t All underwriting iil",iH coIl and stormy
weather, never 10 ,it down To heir eva
tru5.| meal..n nor = Ia re-; It the n,,h
till every ,nln, "a wel, iai an SHE! 10 /
tco II the sol an s..,rn
A COW that yields u b1uH':taI supply
OF milk Ia wtrn w,.lf her, II not pro- oct .
ed from sol starmS hy gora she'd
'nn't, ot necessity, appropriate y llhcra'
proonrl'o, pf the n,ttri.'l that wpai
make mix, 60 the purpose OF ~ ,in,aiu-
ing tAs hra, OF her body. Anl ,nlt i.
with . morse. or with any other domestic
'ani'n,!: il the aui,na! heat is not nam
tainsd. IN psrt, by sheds. nature draws
largely on the TODD Tor that purpose. 1t
is much more economical to keep AMI
snals by shed Of boards that will cost
$40, than by consuming i!t, H. h am.
feed worth $50 to accomplish the same
end.
Lawns and me1dows should b. top
dresse b tore winter sets IN, All dc.
oaylng substances are now Tending
downwards into the earth, for which
reason 1t iS better TO top dress in autumn
than in the spring. When bone dust,
or raw bore superphosphate, is employ
ed ~ a top>'lressing Oh lawns, let 1t be
.sowed and h hirrowed in to the soil in
late autumn. BY the time the next
growing season has commenced, the
tertilizing matter wall have settled down
among the grass roo,s, where it will
promote the growth Of plants, as soon
as spring opens
Before the ground freezes mp, let a
)ilileimound of earth be raised around
every fruit tre whee field mice arc
liable to- gnaw off the bark in winter -
This is II certain protection against mice.
s During The latter part OF the mont!
lay down grape vines, and all kind, ot
berry bushes that are ever injured bytht
Intense coll of winter. When thereh
NO danger that mlue will lind II rciug,
" eneath the profession Of such thing..a'
5Ers covered with straw. it willnot b,
necessary 10 coycr them With earth, bn
with straw only 80 lp
lln Keen wintpr nnplos in ami nlare, nm