, 1873-07-02

lat s Juno - sepg the ~ s4s&es ,e 10 sr.r
m'10 to my knowledge '0l P2i9;iSii i,n.osn.onr
When We tako into consideration that thirty.
pounds dny is fair average yield, no may
oonslor tho above as boyond challonge.
Eor tho boat nllkor', VIC mny look to croea
9f tdD, Durham sh ri with cur boht common eowa havo
permit the calyea to auck for moro than ono day.
In regard to feeding, shall hnvo something to
TIE CROPS ARE BACKWARD,
with tho exception Of potatoes md peas, na tieao
erope grow at low temperature. This Is Mon-
day, june 20, md nn stopping on 4 farm Of q
warm, sandy soil Tho nnowballs aro Just abod-
s almost IN bloo and md wo Id sroop Pna oas
from tho garden yeeterday, aud tile Wilson
strawberry Ia Just beginning to ripon. Potatoes,
grasa, g poaa, and .i pumpkins M grow with remarkn,
o9 ,gor Gro nt oil f tho small grains md
sone OF tho farmers are beginning to learn that
topdressing Of tho noadow iB tho bost placo to
put tho manure. and thon grow tho small grain
q. On tho sward.land, Soy ono or two erope and
land is filed with tho Beod Of the Juno grass,
TINT comes along In two or three yoars, ana bo-
comos fully established. 4 largo number Of
farmers whom havo mot pooh as tho idoa Of
ploWed under, In order to Bavo tho ammonia;
TINT, thoy olaim, is ovaporated In drying tho
man,lro., Thoy forget TINT ono Of. tho virtues Of
manure is to hold tho gaBes for the plants md
JUNE M.-ThlB is a worry elevated part Of
Jefferson County, and has been thus elevated
above tho country to tho weat and south ty up
heaval aud donudod Of ita rock strata down to
tho granlto md shalo. Tho m1rfaco has been
cnt md carved, by tho thousand wator-coursos,
into hills and ravines not unliko tho foot -his Of
tho Rocky Mountains; and this, with It's olova~
tion, mako 1t pastoral district, and choose.
ffactorics aro met as often as bchool-houncB.
aeros, averaging 200 acros. The latitude
Is about a dogrcog,, aud tho winters arc
long and cold yet tho ,plasturagc ie rich md
constant oat IN a9F and the hs Is alao of the
hay ts cut carly, somo recommending cutting as
soon aro fully hoaded out, and before blooming,
Farms aro worth about $40 por aero. il there Is
agood house, ample barns and stable, for no
hay Is stacked nor stock allowed to run out, as
all must havo place In tho stable. Very fow
attempt to grow corn, aud then not moro
than two or throo acros. Butter md
elheese, sles and Ind. dry fat COWS, arc about all
little grown for marriott. This WAS onco famous
district for CANADA -thistles, but now thoro aro
few OF thom. and those are considered not vory
Objectionable; hut the neltls arc whito with dai-
sies. TIE cattle do not pasture on this plant,
ers claim thnt thoy aro no damage to tho lind;
but tho better class onlcavor by ermmor-faIloW
TO get rid Of them but this Is a difficult matter,
for tho iolus flllotl with 8ranito bouldors OF
too grout nizo to ho moved, and then the stono-
walls aud woodland pasture give them protoc-,
ton.
The rich. graes, cool springs, and abundant
small streams are Of great Importance for the
dairy, and The country, though otherwise forbid
ding, is onablcd to compete with the rich pain8
and mild cIimate Of tho West in tho department
OF rural labor.
III tho south pnrt OF tho town arc large num-
bor Of small hop-yarlg, from ono to two or
throo acroa. Tleao Eiyo employment to tho
hands that arc required for making tho llcmlock-
thickots supply tho poles, and tho business con-
nooted with tho dairy, is paying ono.
Tho butter. of which considerable is malo, is
packed in Orange County pals. and sold as
such. Ono haa to sec for himself to
bo convinced that, eyon with tho long,
cold, snowy wintors, there ID money in this
1airy-farming, and that wo Of the prairio may
learn many usofnl lesBon8. arn satisfied tint,
with liberal feeding of corn md oath, mixed
md ground into meal, wo col, make just Saa good
buttor aud cheese aa In made from this rich
grass.
An abundant supply Of good, pure water ia OF
the frat Importance to hucceas, and this has
boon too much overlooked by our. prairio-far,n-
orB; md, un1oRs NO Can command this, the
dairy should bc given up for como otlor branch
Of farming. RURAL.