The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-02-13

a sle ceaseth from tho narrowing Of the plow.
And from the harvest shocking. Man should rest
Thus from his fevcrod passions; aud eslals
= Tho unbrsathcd carbon ofhs fostering thought
And drink In holy health.
-Mrs. Siyouraey.
Whether farmer have q large
breadth of land, to cultivate, or only A
small number Of acres, all his plans, ith
respect to his crops to be raised the ap-
lr)achng season, should be well under
stood. If he has already adopted ro
tation system, he will know what kind
of grain, or other crops are TO grow on
each portion of his farm.
On grain farm, our most successful
farmers measure each field, and desig-
nate it in a book, by a certain letter
or figure. II wheat, barely, oats. rye or
Indian corn is to be Q own on that piece
OF land, he knows how many bushels OF
seed will bc required The present
month Is also the best time to procure
seed of any kind, so as to have every
thing in readines, after the growing
season has commenced. II farmer is
not satisfied with his grain tor seed; if
his crops were not gathered with care;lt
will be tar more profitable and sa.lsfao.
tory to procure seed grain at some re-
liable seed store, than to sow inferior
seed. Without good seed no farmer
can exrect to raise remunerating crop
of any kind OF cereal grain. roots, or
leguminous plants Inferior, shriveled,
half-developed kernels.of grain can no
more produce large ears, heavy panioles,
and full, plump kernels, than an ill>bred,
half-developed, shabby animal can get
stock that will grow up as round and
beautiful as gazells. And this law
holds equally good through the entire
vegetable kingdom. Kernels of seeds,
whether of gram, grass or roots, can
never impart to their respective pro-
ducts, excellencies which they themselves
never possessed.
In those sections Of country where
cereal grain has been the chief product
of the farm for many successive years, a
crop of field peas, beans, or fax may bc
substituted for crop of oats or barley,
with satisfactory results. Now is the
time to send to some distant part of the
country, or to Canada, for supply of
seed peas. A crop of peas will usually
leave the ground in batter condition
than crop of oats or barley, when
winter grain Is to follow as summer crop.
Keep all kinds of stock off winter
grain and meadows. Where winter
wheat has attained large growth of
leaves, 1T used to be considered bene,
ticial to turn on light animals and let
them Craze, when the ground was hard,
dry, and frozen. But those who have
tried the experiment once or twice seem
to be satisfied that it is an injurious
practice to allow animals to gnaw off the
young wheat plants in late autumn or
winter.
Barnyard manure, on some farms,
may be hauled to distant fields on sleighs
lfthis labor be deferred till the growing
season commences, manure is seldom
hauled, on wheels, any considerable
distance, when the ground is soft, as 1t
is apt to be early in the spring.
Fruit orchards, all over the country.
are sadly neglected; and tor the want of
an hours work on each tree, the fruit is
often small and very inferior. Farmers
have but little time in the spring, or
to prune fruit trees. But in
wild weather, during the present month,
md the next also, resolve to give the ap
pie and pear trees needfal pruning and
'craplng. With sharp hoe, let the
bodies and limbs be thoroughly scraps
ID, removing all the dead bark that hangs
II scales. Then, with sharp, fines
oothed pruning saw, cut your way into
he tree tops, and thin out the super
lumerary branches, so that person
nay be able to climb from limb to
'ranch, in autumn, when plncking the
ruit.
We should not advocate such severe
pruning as was practised several years
'go, to the utter ruin of productive
richards, by removing several large
limbs from each tree. After tree has
'een allowed to grow at random for
lozen or more years, ii is better not to
emove the large limbs, as the life VI the
rec will be seriously endangered. Very
arge wounds seldom "heal over" Oh old
rees
After the limbs have been sawed off,
over every wound with liquid grating
YAK, applied hot with brush. As
DON as the liquid wax is applied, before