The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-04

FARM AID GAnDEN-Hini' for September, fur
nithed by A. p, Morris, jr, dealer IN Seeds, Tree,
Vines, Implements, &c., x street, near 1tsenty-
seeond, near Penn'yirdnid Apenue and Circle,
Washington, D. ,C:.Farmers are again busy;
plowing for winter grain should be imme-
diateiy completed. BY the 2sth Of this month
grain seeding should be over, giving another
Interval Of rest. There is always something to
demand the farmers attention. Warm weather
will soon he over. See to your winter supply OF
fuel; repair dilapidated fences; gather up
tools and implements, and put under shelter;
clean and oil the polished parts OF plows; re-
easily done by using benzinej make prepare
tons to keep up your orchards with peach,
pear apple plum, snd h cherry srs ,s., They
serve Loci 70 " you9 live i .toes; see II you S
have good quarters prepared f9r them Keep
and yermin by using the fumigator. Good
points for cows are: head small, lean, bony,
tspering to the muzzle, nose light color. eyes
prominent, bright and clear. horns light color,
ears long and thin, neck short and thick
through the heart, back loins and hips broad
and wide, legs short, the skin should have q
roomy behind, and the teats standing wide
apart Of convenient size, chest broad. In
choosing young cows select one which has her
She will make better mixer than one that
calves In fall or winter. All her parts that
tend to the secretion Of milk are developed to
j II,
the teats, the milk Veins become perm anentiy
enlarged. Do not sacrifice the calves of your
best mixers to the butcher. The latter part
Of August is the best time for young heller
to make the intimate acquaintance Of male
companion II II can be so arranged; 10 cents a
gallon for milk and IS cents per pound for
butter pays wells pure milk can be afforded at
these prices. Glover and blue grass is better
for milch cows than timothy and green grass.
Sturgeon oil applied with a feather or sponge
will keep flies from annoying horses and dogs
aAa1Fa L. Thaa al
lands pillow 1t In Immediately, Save the drain
ings Of your barn-yard pile by pumping 1t
back again; it Is worth gold, especially so by
plaster occasionally to tho pile. Sheltered
manure possesses superior value, also shell
tered fuel and sheltered stock. List OF best
chat Mediterranean, so bushels per acre
bearded Weeks white, IS bushels do. beard
edi Pishps white, 20 bushels =, DO: smooth
smooth; Blue stem, IS bushels do. smooth;
White chaf Mediterranean, IS bushels do.
bearded; Lancaster red chat, 80 bushels
bushels do. bearded. For good cheap
fence use the Usage orange. In kitchen
garden hoe and clean crops OF spinach,
large leaves. During frat week prepare good
soil, we'll manured, for a crop for fall aud
winter use. Plant out lettuce sowed last
should be sown during the first two weeks In
light moderately rich soil, and curled endive
transplantcd for late use; tie up endiye as
IL August on dry SsyS Earth Ear
the hearts OF the plantsi II you bruise the
stalks they will decay. Sow corn said and
chervil for winter and early spring use. Keep
hoe and weed. To produce early summer cab.
bages this 10 the time for sowing cabbage seed
in good I!eh soil, thoroughly titled and heavily
and Goth Of tho month. To late crops Of cauli'
| flower AMI broccoli give occasional waterings
Gatacr all ripe seed, spread them on cloths OF
the receipt OF d Mr.. Morris viii transmit full
! instructions relative to the growth OF hops.
The flower garden, this month, more than re-
your sp.:r5 and summer flowers, hut you now
have the dazzling beauty, luxuriant growth
and fragrance which renders the garden so
lovely and attractive, the delicate foliage, the
| pleasant shade, beautiful blossoms, nagnih
cent flowers, AMI dcwy petals of autumn
The double Gambia lowered bslssm is splen.
did several varieties OF Hover seed should
which do not bloom the first season they are
planted. Herewith Is q list OF flower seed for
fall planting: pink, hoilyhock, mimulus, pan.
sizes, polyanthus, stock, sweet william, hall
flower, canterbury bell-all very beautiful, and
should be In every garden. Stake and water
your dahlias, tuberoses, and chrysanthemums
| and asters, at this season the pride OF the gar.
den. The reader IL specially reminded that
September 10 the proper time to conclude
what Kinds OF trees are required for fruit or
| shade, also, vines and small fruits, rhubarb,
| asparagus, currents, gooseberries, raspberries,
| grapes, &c. Mr.. Morris has for sale a stock OF
several thousand fruit trees; also, vines and
small fruits, and solicits that orders may be
sent In early In October. As the time fol
| transplanting is necessarily short, they will
be Allied In rotation, and trees delivered In
| Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia free
of freight and first quality. Annexed is .
partial list of names of some of the best fruits
pears-snmmcr, tyson, belle lucrative, beurrt
| diel, buifun, duchess; winter, glout morceau
lawrence, vicar of W; apples-summer, hrtra
chan; carly harvest reg streak, golden sweet
Lowell; winter, baily sweet, baldwin, domino,
fall water, sc, nc. Order carly. Gall and
examine list OF peach, plum, and cherry, &c.
| A full assortment of the choicest varieties,
Social Joy, for which mankind do aim,
| BY trees aud fruits and 1owsrsis much enhanced
| Social sorrow loses half its pain
To those who purchase freely.
Trees and Seeds aud Plants, New Seed
Store, X street near Twenty-seoond. n