Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-06-10
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June OH the Farm.

June OH the Farm.
The farmer is now in the midst of crowd
of work, made more than usually arduous and
pressing by the extremely backward spring
which SO much delayed ploughing and plant
ing. Corn goes in later than usual and the
weeds have got a good start But those who
had land fit to work early, and sowed grain
and roots, have found the wet weather rather
favorable than otherwise to their prospects.
Grass farms have also been favored with an
abundant supply of moisture, and few show
ers through this month viii ensure a great
crop Of hay. The hay crop needs wet
spring to get good :. set,'' but after all it
depends largely on the month of June.
IL Is not too la 70 sow beets, carrots and
1nansold>, and if there is land suitable for
them. get them in Immediately. We prefer
an earlier sowing for these roots, but in
great many cases the land has not been fit to
work The planting must be pressed forward
now with great energy. 1t is said that in the
average OF wears the middle of June gives
about the same degree Of vegetable growth,
that Is, that whether the spring be late or
early. no difference will be found in the pro-
gress of vegetation at that time. Nature will
apparently have to hurry up this year, for we
do not recollect q spring for many years when
the planting of corn was generally so late as
IL was this. In fact. on very large number
of farms the plough ching could not be done to
advantage till late in May, and the corn had
to wait for the preparation Of the ground.
Still it will be fit for the first hoeing in two
weeks or so. Keep the plough or cultivatOr
at work before the time comes to hoe. 1t
will keep down many weeds and makes the
hoeing all the easier. The horse hoe is a
useful implement at this time also
Don't hill the corn. 1t invariably loosens
the hold which the plants have upon the soil,
instead of strengthening it, which is the main
object of killing Many of the roots of corn
shoot out near the surface. If it is billed at
the first hoeing they are covered too deep.
We would cultivate both corn and potatoes
on the level, so far as practicable. Potatoes
will bear little killing up at the last hoeing,
but the less the better.
Bear in mind that horse power is cheaper
than hand labor, and the oftener the horse
hoe, the cultivator and the plough is used
among growing crops, the less time Will be
required with the hand hoe.
1t will be safe u sow a good breadth oil
fodder corn. The probability is that after
the long continued rains of the spring We
shall have dry summer, but If we do not
the crop of fodder corn can be cured for win
ter use, and it will not come amiss in an,
event Stowcll's evergreen is good variet,
to plant for this purpose. 1t should be sowi
In drills about two feet and a half apart, anC
in rich or highly MANFRED soil. 1t should b.
sown very thick in order to secure success
full and tender growth. Spring rye makes
fair soilIng crop. Hungarian grass is too lat
and slow Of growth. 1t should not be sow
till about the Goth of the month, and then
starts slowly
Potatoes planted late often escape the at
tacks of the rot which affect the earlier sOrts
They must be kept free from weeds to d
well We are generally far too negligent il
the management of this crop, and weeds nc
only interfere with the yield but they fill thu
ground with vile seeds which make work i
subsequent years. Neglect one year oftel
increases the labor of following years. Al
acre of land on which not weed has bee
allowed to grow and ripen and shed it's seed
Is worth good deal more than one with tn
same soil on which the weeds have been neg
lected.
Swedes or rutabagas should be sown fror
the middle to the 25th of the month. Som
SOW them a matter ofchoice still later, an
contend that they are less liable to rot. Las
year the late sOwn seed did better than tn
early, but on the average of years the see
will start quicker in the moist soil of June
and there is an advantage in getting thi
work through with before haying begins t.
press. The ground must be deep, mellow
and rich to grow good Swedes, but rathe
light land is to be preferred Sow in drill
two feet apart Thin out to six or eight in
ches in the row. Mangolds may be thinneC
to foot apart to advantage.
Having will or ought to begin towards the
end of the month. Clover and some of tn
grasses get into condition to cut. The roo
of both clover and the grasses are less injured
by cutting early, and rains soon start up
luxuriant after growth. There is every rea
son for beginning early, and no farmer nee
fear he il making mistake, in starting i
the moving machine or the scythe before hi
nsighbors The results of the season will jus
tify him. farmer who has a Wood o
Buckeye Mower, an American Tedder, Ba
State Horse Rake and a Raymon or Walk
er's Improved Horse Pitchfork, may feel tina
he has the com nand of the situation. If hi
land is well laid down and clear of rocks, h
is independent and may put through any ex
tent of upland haying in week: Ate
having be- gun make quick work of it.
good tedder will pay where there are fiftee
tons of hay to be cured. By means of 1T tt
hay can be turned and kept in the air, an
drying rapidly, and TIE danger of injuI
from rain is greatly diminished. The risk
perhaps one-half less. On a warm day graz
may be cut and got in on the same day wit
perfect safety. Cabbages field crop mu
be set towards the end of the month. 1t
one of the most important fodder crops v
have, and the more you can cultivate the be
ter for the stock.-PloHghman