Middletown transcript., 1876-03-11
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Farm Work for March.

Farm Work for March.
Most usually this month is the begin.
ming Of actises farm work, ae il is the
beginning RopsA sfspEipg.I Fencing
should be completed, and also ditching
Manure hauled out and spread. Plas,
ter, or plaster and salt, to be spread
over the growing grain and clover crops
-one bushel of plaster to three Of salt.
we'll mixed, to each acre All good
weather. plow your land for the coming
crops, il the land be sufficiently dry,
and be sure to plow deep, or subsoil.
We need hardly to impress you with
the importance Of sowing oats at the
earliest moment, since we have at this
season annually urged this, and given
our suggestions, based on our own ex-
perieDce, and not disputed b. any prac-
tical farmer, we think.
CLOVER AND OTHER GRASS SEEDS.
Sow clover, or orchard grass and
clover. or clover end rye grass--or all
three together would be better. What
ever you do, be sure and use plenty Of
good seed, to secure thick stand. The
Messrs. Whitman have just issued an
excellent Manual, free to all who ask
for it, which gives in few worda all
that is wanted to be known about the
character, uses and cultivation, &C., oi
all the grasses which have been found
suitable to Maryland and southern soils
and climate. Timothy may now BE-
sown, but it is better that it should
have been sown 10 the fall.
In sowing grass seeds, it is very i'm
portant, as every man knows, that it
should be evenly distributed over the
ground. therefore, a good broadcast
sowing machine ought to be used, and
we know Of none that equals "Ca-
hoon's" By using that machine, labor
and sius srs Avsd and hence its
eccncmy y eV
ORCHARDS.
All orchard trees may be pruned thi>
month. particularly peach trees. The
peach should be shortened one-third Of
last years growth, and those branches
nearest the top, rather more SO; alt
dead or broken wood cast away and
where side branches iptesiope, or are
too thick, cut them of and leave ths
tree in the shape of,yias glaasp as
near as you can. Work abnnt the
trees, remove the earth around the
trunk pick out the grabs with q
wooden spatnh; cleao sway the gum
and slime often found at the roots of
peach and plum trees; scatter quart
Of lime or gallon Of ashes-coal ashes
would do, It no wood ashes are to BE- |
had stetIrn ~ eassh ;ethen s,sh the
body dlarx xes lisbs with amixture
Of one quart Of soft soap, one pint OF
salt, one pint Of unleached ashes, and a.
small quantity, say one ounce Of sui I
phur; reduce the mixture with water
or soap suds, to the consistels5 oi
white-wash, and apply with White
wash brush. This quantity will ssfve
for several trees. We used this receipt
for many years with great success. It
is excellent for apple and other frui,
trees. giving 2 smooth, bright bark.
Destroying itsscts. moss. &c.
This and the next month is the time
for planting ont orchards. and ought to
be embraced by every man Who Is not
already supplied. if be wants comforts
for his family and expects to make bis
farm valuable.
We would strenuously urge our
friends to plant large orchard, or one
suitable in number of trees to. the size
Of his farm. Plant apricot, plum,
cherry, pear, peach, ounce, and above
all, apples. 4
POTATOES.
We Toala recommend planting spota- +
toes earl or very late, as a crop for
market If you plant now, they will
come in market at the exact period be-
tween the influx and the early crops Of
the North. Your late planting, in June
and July, will escape the drought, ano
be 10 time for sale before the glut comes
from the North after frost and all
through winter.
We do not profess to know how it is,
but we do know that Northern and
Western potatoes and apples are much
better than our Middle State products. {
Therefore We should get our apples and
potatoes in our markets at the season
when they have not to meet competition
With. formidable rivals. We are sup
ported in our opinion BY large potato
growers in Maryland. that We should
get our potatoes planted before or on :
St. Patrick's Day, or earlier. SO as to !
'ollow the Cuban and the Southern j
United States product in our markets,
md before the North and West send in q
he crop Of their earliest planting
In planting potatoes. either for early q