Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-12
HINTS ABOUT WORK FOR THE MoNTu

HINTS ABOUT WORK FOR THE MoNTu.-
Leaves and muck may be gathered fer bedding
and manure Stow them away under cover
where they can be easily obtained as required
Manure should be drawn together in a snug
pile, and not be left scattered about the yards
1t will commence to ferment, and keep on fer
menting moderately all winter.
Cellars should be thoroughly cleaned. See
that the windows fit snug, and that they can be
easily opened and shut Bank up for winter if
necessary. Put as few vegetables in the cellar
as possible, and see that you have the means
for perfect ventilation.
Sheep will pay well for little grain every
day, say half pound each. If the pastures are
poor, feed n little straw or hay. sheep well
Nouembered is half wintered.
Animals need special care this month owing
to the great changes in the weather. They need
plenty of good food, and should be protected
from stoi ms.
Fattening pigs should be pushed forward ra-
pidly aud sold as soon as fat. Try to make
them eat as much rs they can digest. Give all
the water they will drink. There is no truth in
the idea, we think, that If pigs have access to
water the pork will be soft. 1t is not well,
however. to mix so much water with the food as
to compel them to take more water than they
wish. If they have cooked food give them some
dry corn as we'll
Continue to make cider from the late varieties
OF apples, using only those which are free from
rot. Cider made at this season, strained thro'
sand to remove all pomace and impurities, NAV
be barreled at once, and little or no fermenta-
tion will take place IL kept cool. This makes a
very 6nc quality Of cider for use during the
winter, as it remains sweet long time. The
barrel should be bunged up as soon as the cider
10 put into it.
Where drains are needed, the present month
is good time to lay them, unless the land is 80
wet by the fall rains that it cannot be worked
to advantage.
The best plan fer storing cabbages is to in.
vert the heads and cover with four to six inches
Of earth, leaving the roots exposed. A dry
place where the water will not stand should be
selected.
Dry earth is capital disinfectant. Put
load or two of earth in barrels or in one corner
of the cellar, where it can be obtained as wanted
in the winter. Should your cellar DO damp in
spring this dry earth will be useful to scatter on
the floor.
Wood for winter should have been cut and
piled months ago; but if you have neglected it
60 to the woods with axe and cross-cut saw and
get supply of the best and dryest down wood
or dead trees you can find. Split it and put in
piles to dry. Make the piles where it will be
convenient to get at them either now or in the
winter.
Grain is now comparatively cheap, and it is
poor economy to feed hay and straw alone.
With us, hay sells for more than corn-meal
Whatever agricultural writers may say to the
contrary. our animals would approve Of the
plan of selling hay, if need be, and buying corn
meal. We think the animals are right
Although November win find most of the
crops gathered at the North at least. still there
remains enough to busy the gardener. There
win be fences, and buildings and their surround
ings will need repairing. and many little things
M nssd putting to rights before snow and
.frest appear.
Parsnips may be left in the ground all win
ter without injury.-.am. Agricultural.