Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-08-09
FARM HINTS FOR AUGUST
a.t OF tbs Farmsia' Ktai-limaly Hints
for Peninsular Farmers.
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a-I OF the Farmsiz' Kuai-limaly Hints
for Peninsular Farmers.
w-lten for the STATE JOURNAL.
The farmers year 3 practically ended
With July--wheat harvest. He has
reached the end of years anxiety and
toll. All right minded men will return
thanks to the Giver of all good. He is
wise who hears the inquiry, " How much
OWest thOn unto thy Lord - II is the
well rounded perfection Of a noble char
acter that with thankful acknowledg.
ment Of all Gods Inercies from day 10
day, is diligent in business, iervent In
spirit, serving the Lord"
Every diligent farmer who has given
God and man his daily dues. who has
performed every work in It's season, who
has always hurried his work aud never
allowed his work TO hurry him, and hence
has never been crowded, but is always
pushing his work, will be able TO lind
some time after harvest for relaxation of
body aud mind without leaving any part
of his work TO suffer.
A week among the mountains or by the
seaside, away from noise aud strife or
fashion, will have wonderful effect IN
! luhricating the wheels of an Oyarworked
and heated machinery. Two or three
neghhors of kindred tastes with tent pro
visions, books and papers, with the con-
veniences Of the camp, might select their
! place by some mountain, glen and brook,
whore angling wonld be no trespass, or
by the seaside, where convenient, and
there taste the pleasures which some of
! our fathers knew. There need be no ex-
ira expense for dress and none but healthy
privation. In some localities such rusti-
eating Is common, health giving and
mentally profitable.
| What has not been done for corn can
now never be done. Nothing should dis
tutb the rOotlets of the ear forming corn.
/ II weeds appear hand pull them, but by
no means cultivate. If the hills are AKA
| burrows may be thrown from the centre
of the rows toward the hill with she least
| injury.
Where ground is clear, turnips and
clover often do well when narrowed In
with the last working of corn. And wheat
may he narrowed IN or put in with the
cuitiyator when desired when the ears
are nearly matured, without injury to the
corn or without being injured materially
, by harvesting it.
This is the month for cutting of wood
or underbrush where il is desired to clear
the land
The time to underbrush in any latitude
is when the largest amount Of sap is In
the leaves, or has gone from the root.
The root consequently is deprived of so
much Of its Juices that ii has not vlgor
enough to send forth shoots, and dies
The moon has nothing to do with IL.
Canada thistles, the most difficult TO Kill
of all noXious plants, have been killed
by one well timed moving. But there is
no time in the moon nor any lucky day
for this operation. 1t will vary with the
years, as the season for the ripening oi
fruit varies. Good sense and the eye
must decide when the largest amount OF
sap is in the stalk and leaves. | think
B three thorough brambings in July and
August will forever prevent bushes from
starting around fences or the roots OF
trees.
Ncglecting 10 do this work at the right
time is what makes bramblng SO much
work and so much dreaded that many
fences are horrible hedgrows, eye-sores Ia
the owner and the traveller whose eyes
are panied by seeing things grow out OF
place. A slUvenly farmer, like slothful
christian Is an offence to God and man,
One thorough grubhing OF IA hedge row
or ditch bank, or even close cutting, not
leaving growing twig, the first Of August
or last Of July, will more eilectualll
, cleanse these ulcers of the farm than foHl
times the labor performed out Of season
New ground for Wheat should b,
"bushod' the first Of this month an,
burned lAe first OF September, and 10
bushes viii make their appearance eAccp
, around trees cut in the fall aud spring fol
q timber. And no timber designed to las
e should be cut uhy when the sap is Out
j o. has descend I'd 10 TIA. root.
ouidmeI isll5w for wheat should hi
I turned over ana lined early this montl
y and lie undisiurhed except bS ono or tive
e borrowings ti.l the middle Of september
e when the sod will be entirely dead.
y Any hIgkwLcat not sOwn the last o
% July, may on this peninsula he sowl
cary Ia August. Twice piowing an,
e thoroughly pulveriziug the land is al
y ways important to secure a good crop O
Z this valuable but too greatly neglected
d cereal. The hest manure for Il is a gen
= uinc super phosphate. 100 pounds o
e bone meal, ~ pounds of sulphurie acid
di.Iied with 80 quarts OF water, by pour
ing the acid into The water and applym
tine liquid To- The meal when hot, aud .
llllds o. common sat, vii ensure
ii good crop of hurkwheat on very poo
" land, and will enable the land to grow
ll crop OF clover which with me AWAY
takes well with the buckwhcat.
IT, Buckwheat cakes and sausages max
20 fine breakfasts Tor The cold days of white
y Pat in the bucl,whout aud clover. Baug
Oh ~ sons advertise to furnish farmers sue
materials in quantities to suit and 9th,
W manufacturers think will do the sam,
'- me dug stores viii supply the acid
wi There are two Nays lett OF lVngtheuiu
ne ont "a short cropVf fodder, and Of EN-
'e bling a farmer to winter as much siOc
.1 rs he can summer, viz by tunips, due
~, and red top, which may now be sow
gu the former broad cast, the latter in drill
r" sOwu on tie top Of a ridge, under whi,
'' lies bed Of well r0tted manure. II vi
ne never Do to plant seed on unfermenl,
I" manure the chemical action of iermei
q tHiion is TOO great. One hundred pOun,
ii- of inuriate OF potash, dissolved in wat
n' and mixed with 800 pounds leaf mou
y or common soil, and sprnked in Il
~ drills, will increase the yield on ac
at three fold. II is worth about 4 cents
u, pound in small quantities. llungarii
.i grass may now he sown to suppleme
10 the lacl. Of fodder. II will grow on qui
A. thin land, though dressing of manu-
IS or phosphate will greatly increase Il
hu yield, which under favorable circui
81 stances will be two or three tons to Il
'y' acre. 1t should hc cut and cured VIII
hr in full bloom, or before the seed form
lls The seed Is worth about $3.50 per bush,
1sl Frum onc-hulf "a hushe to Il hushel
sown 10 the acre. If the ground is go
loI half hu-hcl is sufficient.
n should have reminded your acricl
lu ural readers last month of the impt
ia lance Of "shields" for oxen ut work,
-, a protection from the sun and from tho
I'll, giant lilcs whose prObOscis lets out {
OF blood like a lancet. They are east
'iY formed by rod fastened in the vol
az between the bows, half-mch in dian
'c" ter and 8 to { feet long, bent over I
&C. line of the back and extending to I
.he hips, over which is suspended liz
es' screen ui white cloth, teS inches abb
as the back aud extending half way
more down the sides. II will add me
e. to the strength OF the OK than an ext
'u quart Of corn.
tue
a Murder Among Thieves
ing II. DAISY Breeze killed his brother, d
RS Breeze, near Lakewood, Alexan,
arm county, H., on Thursday week. b,
We were rather notorious characters. TIL