The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-12-13
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FRIDAY MORNING, deer. 10. 1867.
Work for Winter .


In a more northern cline there is but
little that farmers can do in the winter
season to help along the farm work for the
year The earth is covered with snow,
and the only work that can be done is to
feed the stock and lay up supply of wood
for the summer season. Consequently all
the work of tbs farm is compressed into
five or six, months. This is quite IN
favorable TO the farmer. More help is re-
quired in summer time TO get along with
all the work
In our latitude it is different. The far.
mer need not be idle single day. Our
finest weather for most kinds of farm work
is in winter. Flowing commonly goes on
till Christmas. And our advice to far
mer5 having clayey soils is, to PloW in win
ter. Turn up the clay TO the action of the
frost and the atmosphere. Turn up the
insects that hibernate in the ground, to
the surface, and let them be frozen to death
The soil is made triable by this exposure.
As soon as The warm weather Of spring
comes, it speedily dries out, and by put
ting on The harrow. it is readily prepared
for any crop. II all this preparation had
to be delayed till spring. rains might in
teriere with and delay blowing, and crops
might not be gotih near so early or SO well.
Fall blowing is especially desirable for
oats. The seed should be got in the ground
early-say the latter part of F bruary Or
the first Of March, certainly. II the ground
has to be plowed and prepared thus early
in the spring it may be difficult to find it
fit 10 work sufficient length of time to en-
aJle one to both pillow and put in the seed
properly sufficiently early-when, ii it
had been plowed in the fall or winter. ard
only the seeding needed attending to, 1t
might have been easily done. This. we
have learned by experience on several oc-
casions. "
The clearing Of land may go on in the
winter season very properly rails may be
made fences laid and repaired gates
made and hung timbers got out fer new
barns or houses colts and steers broken
to work aud indeed nearly every kind o:
farm work except that of Cultivating or
harvesting farm crops.
This is particularly good time to repair
aud paint all kinds Of farm Implements. to
get ready for the coming campaign as soon
as the weather will permit. See that all
the plows, cultivators, horse hoes, harroWs,
single trees and double trees, are in. readi-
ness. Always have a reserve Of them, so
that il any give out no time need be lost,
but the men and teams Kept hight at their
work. r E
There should be a shop for repairing on
every farm, aud il large enough to contain
all the tools in their places-all the better
But few realize the heavy losses they sus-
tain, by having all their implements OK
posed TO the weather, laying around on the
wet ground, and roting day after day
The losses that many farmers thus sustain
every year or two, are sufficient TO build
good tool houses.
Fence corners may be cleared the brush
cleaned out about The gullies and ravines.
the logs and slumps cleared oil the mea-
dOws, and prepared for The moving ma
chimes.
The ground may beprepared for the or
Chard, the rows for the trees laid out and
the holes dug. so thatthe earliest weat-er
in spring that viii admit Of planting they
may. be set out.
Stakes may be cut and prepared FOR the
vineyard. Time may now be found to ky
auize the points. or dip them in bot gas tar
50 as to prevent tleir rot'iug-a most
economical measure.
Tie entefprising farmer. in cur latitude.