Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-08-21
Reasonable Hints about Work.


ting off the brush, ETC., little below the
surface, burning them and spreading
the ashes. Then go over the ground
with heavy sharp-toothed harrow, and
tear up the surface, spread some lime
and top-dress with the scrapings of the
stables and yards, SOW some fresh seed
and roll. A mixture of six pounds of
timothy, four pounds Of Kentucky blue
grass, and four pounds each of red and
white clover, may be used.
Stacks of grain or hay should be well
topped off or thatched the fodder
saved will pay the cost.
Root crops will need thinning severe
ly. Every supernumerary plant is really
weed, and should be pulled out with
other weeds. Twelve inches apart is
near enough for rutabsgas and turnips.
Glover sod forwheat should be turned
completely flat and rolled to compactthe
sod. Six inches is deep enough for
blowing. The sod should not be cross
psowed, but the soil worked fine with
the cultivator or harrow.
White turnips will make good crop
on an oat-stubble if sown early in this
month 200 pounds of guano per acre
will make good and active fertilizer for
these roots. To get an even crop, halve
both the seed and manure, and SOW
broadcast both ways cover with a
brush-harrow or roller.
Horses and oxen should have long
rests at noon; and at night, after having
been well fed, be turned into pasture
to rest. They should be brought in
early in the morning and fed and cur
ried. This will greatly refresh them.
The milk will now fall off greatly I'M
less fresh green feed is furnished to the
cows. Trimmings from the root crops OF
the cornfelds will still yield good feed
every night for week or two. But ii
is best to have piece of fodder corn es-
pecially planted for this purpose. II
nothing else can be given them, pail
full of bran slops for each one will be OF
great service Cows that are once allow
ed to shrink in their milk, will fall into q
habit of doing it always.
Late lambs should now be weaned.
The ewes should be closely watched and
MIXED dry every second evening, il
necessary, until quite dried off. Rams
should be separated from the ewes ex
cept those from which lambs in January
are wanted. Where there is every ia
ciity for taking care of and disposing Of
such early lambs, they are by far the
most profitable. Commence to fee6
rams for their fall work. If thorough
bred ram is to be purchased, do it al
once while there is good choice.
Pigs or hogs to be fattened should be
put up now. They will make more
growth in a month now than in two
months by-and-bye. Give them plenty
of pure water and dry, clean pens
Sows bred on the first of August will
farrow in sixteen weeks, or about the Is
of December. With warm, good pens
pigs may then be raised without trouble
making good porkers in the spring.
AS it is by selecting seed and CAREFUL,
preparing and planting o portion of tn
ground specially for the growth of seeC
that improvements in farm crops ar
made, it would be well not only to selec
seed wheat for the fall sowing with care
and to free it from seeds of weeds evel
by hand picking if necessary, but t.
prepare and SOW portion of the fell
with more than usual care for the produc
ton of seed for next years crop. Mucl
may be done in this way to improve tn
crops, and instead of farmers payin
high prices for seed to persons who vii
take this care, they should do it TO
themselves and save this tax.
assurances that have lapsed should b
renewed, and where there is none
should be secured without delay. Ii
surance is tax for safety that no pei
son should grudge to pay. All thos
machines and tools that are now out {
use should be cleaned and put away i
safe place. Any oily rags used i
cleaning should be carefully burned
if thrown i'll corner carelessly, the
may take fire spontaneously and destro
much property. Now is a good time t
weed out the stock, to getrid of unprof
able animals and procure better ones
There should be a constant effort to il
crease the value of live stock by procul
ing thoroughbred males, choosing til
best females to breed from, and selectin
the best of the produce for stock
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