The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-15
Farm, Garden, and Household.
May.


a. fast a. possible and have the work well
done. Take time enough to make the ground
mellow; and If possible apply light dress
~ of manure, or commercial fertilizer If
YOU have taith in any of the MANY sorts
advertised. II will help the young grass to
fush ahead early in the season and get such
1oil ot be soil as will enable it better TO
Withstand a drought by-and-bv Pick up
ant cart Of ali stones and rubbish that may
De 10 Tie way OF The scythe or mower now,
instead OF waiting till fan Then finish off
wiih roller and Won will have a smooth
rrld.
one OF the advantages of the late spring
VIII he, that We shall not be obliged to re-
ar- a. much a. if there had been more
warm weather in April; and the seeds that
are put in now will come up quick and
strong. and very likely produce better plants
than II they bad lain in the ground, half
growing and hall sleeping, a couple of
weeks.
t"rAlot>- Very early planting is hardly
s. popular now as formerly. We have
snted potatoes some years so early that
The vitality of the sets seemed to have been
cry lnucA reduced by lying so long, almost
t.rnant IN the cold ground.
lu growing potatoes, strive to do as much
ni hr work by horse power a. possible.
At-rr fAe putatoeS are dropped, they may
ur covered hv light plough, or a horse
aor with the wings turned outward, or even
with 81 hrayv bush drawn croSSwise of the
i1rrtw~ nearly as well is by hand and at
Much less eXpeus,.- Just before they break
-rnunt. u Is capital plan To 90 over the
rrj agsiu with Me bush for the sake of
s.llug rhr little weeds that have come up
a4ra' H. r1r potatoes. The old adage "a
--t''1 in lime saves nine, is nowhere more
applicable han in The work of killing weeds
it T. au ea>y matter TO kill weed as soon
Il fa> ~pTouted. and Il difficult one to
e--rol u after it has come to be large
u'ush to take care OF itself. Plant early
tH.'r'r> Nheu You intend 10 seed down in
hr faN Many people ike the early rose
flr 'ht main crop, II yields we'll, and keeps
7eliv well. eHi Iakeu all in All seems to be
te hr>' potato for general cultivation in
--II~ Svs-isu.
iInp CuR> Before planting this crop,
tllnA whether Won could not do better 10
1t ur corn from the West 1t will de.
.rii pu Ynur utarness to "A good village
aark-i and the facility of obtaining help
.. f1~'> leS> 70 cultivate and harvest an
ti~ '' cATu than an acre Of Strawberries |
garden vegetables. but the latter crops
ru- much The greatest returns.
d. 7Hu decide to grow corn, do as much |
Ribs WORT also with horse labor as YOU |
.su U the rowS run both ways and the |
'--a Ioc j. used every few DAYS there will |
rCi lttle u~t for The hand hoe Don't |
oyef the field twice in a row each |
hf same iay, and follow Immediately |
m Tie hand hoe, and then leave the field |
Log fortnight; hnt 20 through once in a |
W -ue WAY, and let the weeds have till |
tar 0-Ni day -o wilt, Then 90 the other
Nsr win the horse hoe, and in two or three
t4N~ =" through it again, and by the time
s.p viii need To use the hand hoe there
VII be nothing 10 do except to cut out a |
s" weeds close TO the plants. The secret |
cheap au1 clean culture in the corn field |
III 0Sr tAt horse hoe often and the hand |
auv rut ht-'e
We Jo not contend hat it is Improbable
o. raise corn in New England, but we think
A-'tnt mes some other crop might be sub
-'i'uted thai would pay better
FEUiT TRIES II any are to be planted
-ai> spring, they should he set Immediately.
not already done
The last OF the month will be a good time
ll remove eNergreens, taking care not to let
tAe roots become dried in the least Cloudy
iays are the best for handling evergreens.
flsnt them thickly on the windy sides of
richards and gardens, and if YOU have any
ans gntly knolls or ,edgeS that YOU would
ke to hide, cover them with Young pines,
hemlck> or arbOr vites. They will afford
shelter for the small birds, and add a
2FrAl deal 10 the picturc>QuenesS OF YOUR
state.
Grating may be done Mt any time during
lhe month, if scious We're preserved at the
Proper season.
Have iust s.. good = Garden as yor tno,.
Aow 70 make. Plan, in ahnndanca nf Nn anoh
-tn- Is rour t,,,,5i,. ar ,,3 30 80 VI
that the weeds d,, ,nt ,,at ,haad ~ wan
Plan. ,r1o., kind- ii o-.I,,,, -.1, ~
rows vida .nnu.rb T., o>l,,,;t .t -. 49, "
Vgtnr ii ,,,, ,r,,Il , i'V' ~, ~ . ouiIi
farms land * .beqnn,, th.n iaho. uatho .nD9
plaut4 shonl1 ,,n on, .1'n ~ tH ni". Jeu
Is perman.ntIv warm h,t na+i';, nll' a,.,
"''Ni F''"'9 '"o carry
Sweet Corn msv ha ,1aptad o,,ar,, tu,o
weeks. for \ Succession If thara is mono |
5rnpn Than can he ,,sod ,rr.nn II ,,on 10
fried for winter pSa or II viii not nnn,o
a!piss with The. MOS
RHUBARR. If yours is not as large or
lender aS some vou see in market remam-
Der there are several kinds; but there is as
much difference IN the cultivation, as there
= III the varieties If YOU would raise
after the same rule your wife uses in sweet
ming it for ries--which is. or ought to be.
10 spread on the sugar till Won are scared
and then douhle i'll.
In growing most crops, we are apt to
rely loo much on certain varieties, rather
than on the methods of cultivation. The
scotsman at the Ames Plow Co.'S ware
house told Us the other day that he had had
repeated orders from the gardeners around
New York City for lettuce seed of the
variety that the Arlington farmers 50 sue
cessiully grow in winter for the New York
market, bot although he had always sent
iust The same Kind of seed that Is used at
Arlington these New York gardeners had
not as yel learned - grow any such heads
"i lettuce, n they see from assachusetts
"u"S 'atl4e may 90 out early to the
pastures 1T VIII dn the cattle good, and if
lhtre are not 700 many OF them it may per-
maps do the pastures Sood too. The com
mon practlct Is generally IN the direction
la f hIRE