The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-05

FARM AND q AnpEN-Hfnfs for September, fur
nished BY A. p. Morris, ~, dealer in Seeds, Trees,
Vines, Implements, &C., street, nccr T,renty-
Wdshingfon, D. C.-Fsrmers are again busy;
blowing for winter grain should be imme.
diately completed. By the 18th Of this month
Interval of rss. TSepe wsys
demand the farmers attention. Warm weather
will soon be over. See to your winter supply Of
sna nS Gather
clean and oil the polished parts of plows; re-
move all gum from mowers and respers, It is
easily done by using benzine; make prepare
lions to keep up your orchards with peach,
pear, apple, plum, and cherry trees. They
will repay you well, beside the thanks OF
your pcsferity, which you should aim to de.
have good quarters prepared for them. Keep
good stock. You can easily rid sheep OF ticks
and yermin by using the fumigator. Good
tsperinE to he muasie, nose light ecior , eve:
prominent, bright and clear, horns light color
ears long and thin, neck short and thick
through the heart, back loin r. and hips broad
soft, flexible and substantial touch, udder
roomy behind, and the teats standing wide
apart Of convenient size, chest broad. In
first calf In June, As pasture is then good
She will make q better mixer than one that
| calves 10 fall or winter. All her parts that
tend to the secretion Of milk arc developed to
| their utmost capacity in June, and the udder,
| the tests, the milk veins become perm anently
| enlarged. Do not sacrifice the calves Of your
Of August is the best time for young heller
| to make the intimate acquaintance OF a male
| companion II II can be so arrangedj 10 cents a
gallon for milk and 90 cents per pound for
butter pays well; pure milk can be afforded at
these prices. Glover and blue grass Is better
| for mitch cows than timothy aud green grass.
Sturgeon oil applied with afeather or sponge
will keep flies from annoying horses and dogs
| cara. necks. 40. When using yOur
lands pillow 1t In Immediately. SAveth drain
ings of your barn-yard pile by pumping It
the addition Of small Quantities Of salt and
plaster occasionally to the pile. Sheltered
manure possesses superior value, also shell
tered fuel and sheltered stock. List Of best
acre; drilled, ~ bushels do; French white
chaf Mediterranean, 80 bushels per acre
bearded; Weeks white, % bushels do. beard.
ed; Dishls white, 40 bushels do. smooth;
Boughton or Tappsnhannock, % bushels do.
smooth; Blue stem, IS bushels do. smooth;
White chat Mediterr .ncan, IS bushels do.
do. bearded; Red chat Mediterranean 30
bushels do. bearded. For u good cheap
fence use the Usage orange. In kitchen
sard,eSn, hoe and clean crops Of spinach
large leaves. During first week prepare good
soil, well manured, for q crop for fall and
winter use Plant out lettuce sowed last
month when of proper size. Winter rsdish
should be sown during the frat two weeks In
light moderately rich soil, and curled cndive
transplanted for late use; tie up endiye as
| directed In August, on dry days. Earth up
celery as its growth advances; do not bury
the hearts Of the plants; &c you bruise the
stalks they will decay. Sow corn said and
chcryil for winter and carly spring use. Keep
An eye to the turnip crop; II planted In drills
hoe and weed. To produce early summer cab.
bages this 10 the time for sowing cabbage seed
In good rich soil, thoroughly titled and heavily
MANFRED. Sow oaulitlower between the 10th
and 3Oth OF the month. To late crops of cauli
flower and broccoli give occasional waterings
| Gather all ripe seed, spread them on cloths ~
| mats, and transplant all hardy herbs. Upon
the receipt ofA Mr.. Morris will transmit full
| instructions relative to the growth of hops
| The flower garden, this month, more than re-.
pays the attention given 1t. You have enjoyed
| your spring and summer flowers, hut you no Nv
have the dazzling beauty, luxuriant growth
and fragrance which renders the garden 80
lovely and attractive, tho delicate foliage, the
pleasant shade, beautiful blossoms, magnin
cent flowers, AMI dewY petals of autumn.
The double Gambia Powered balsam Ia splen
did. Several varieties of Hover seed should
| now be planted to bloom early next season
which do not bloom the first season they are
planted. Herewith is a list Of Hover seed fol
fall planting: pink, hollyhock, mimulus pan
flower, canterbury bell-sll very beautiful, and
should be In every garden. Stake and water
your dnhlias, tuberoscs, and chrysanthemums
| and asters, at this season the pride Of the gar
den. The reader is specially reminded that
september Is the proper time to conclude
what kinds OF trees are required for fruit 0i
shade, also, vines and smsIl fruits, rhubarb
asparagus, currents, gooseberrics, raspberrics
grapes, nc. Mr.. Morris has for sale a stock o
several thousand fruit trees; also, vines AM
small fruits, and sOlicits that orders may bt
sent In early In October. As the time FOL
transplanting 10 necessarily short, they viii
be flied In rotation, and trees delivered IL
Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia fire.,
IT. S9a aams. scme of thS Sest fruits
lpears-summer, tyson, belle lucrative, beurr
del buffnm, duchess; winter, glout moroccan
lawrence, vicar OF W; apples-summer, Artra
autumn, drsp dor, jerries, Jersey swcoting
Lowell; winter, baily sweet, baldwin, domino
fall water, Sc, sc. Order early. Gall an,
examine list OF peach, plum, and cherry, Ne
A fun assortment OF the choicest varieties,
Social joy, for which mankind do aim,
by trees and fruits and howeTsis much enhanced
Social sorrow loses half its pain
To those who purchase freely.
Trees and Seeds and Plants, New See,
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