Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-10-07
Mliseellaneous.
FALL FARM NOTES.

Now knock the nuts from off the tree
And stow them in the barn
Now shear the chickens and the geese,
And spin your winters yarn.
Dig up your outside windows soon
And train them to the WALL
Put On the rubber m0uldings too,
And the stormdoor wthal.
Your cellar floor with coal now dress,
And sharpen up your AK,
Your name get on the voting list,
And promptly pay your tax
And when the winters storm shall rage,
And snow and hail shall come,
just spend your evenings with your wife.
And family at home.
Now is the time to pick leaves. II not
gathered soon they are liable to fall to the
ground and get bruised.
BE in no hurry to pluck your pears.
The small boy will attend to that. Ditto
as to apples. lie will freeze to them be-
fore they freeze to the tree.
Give your poultry double rations. in
view of Thanksgiving. If intended for
market keep them well supplied with
gravel. 1t helps to digest their food.
There is nothing that so literally repays
investment, Gravel can be got for the
hauling, and brings a shilling a pound
when sold as poultry. The farmer who
sells a chicken with empty gizzard has
mistaken his calling.
Don't forget your preserves. They will
come in nicely next winter.
Apples make the best preserves. Mash
them up and squeeze out the juice, which
may be used at once if wanted. But put
up in tight casks. it will last all winter.
Collect ferns You will find the finest
ones where the snakes are most prevalent.
The fact is useful in guiding to a discrim-
mating choice.
Put your big squash on exhibition. If
you have none. supply yourself at once.
They can be obtained at all respectable
grocers. No farmer should be without Q
big squash.
Pickle your beets Dry suit is all suffi-
cient. Insert ithypodermically with a shot
gun. This is practice having ancient
use to recommend it. The saying, ''cum
grano sails, is borrowed from an old re-
ceipt for picking beats.
Get your potato bugs under cover be-
fore the frost catches them. Now is the
time to make sure of good crop next
spring.
Don't leave your plank walks out. They
are liable to become winter-killed.
Buckwheat cakes should have a good
mulching of sirup. Plant them deep.
Grapes may be dug now. Some farm
ers continue to do this with the hoe, but
horse-rake will do five-times the work,
and do it better.
In gathering watermelons, use a step
ladder. Never climb into the branches.
You may rub off the bark, thus vitallv in
iuring the tree. A still better way is to
stand upon the ground and cut them of
with an arviculator.
Children should be bedded early. Cover
them we'll
Return the wheelbarrow you borrowed
last spring You will have no use for it
during the winter. Not only will it be in
your way, but its owner should be
given an opportunity to put it in order
against your wanting it next year.
Thermometer bulbs may be kept out
while longer. The longer they remain
out this fall the fuller they will become.
Cherry picking over the front gate
should be attended to while the weather
permits A little GOODNESS will interpose
difficulties to its being successfully done.
A good time now to tell what you are
going to do next year If you have any
of last years resolves left over, they will
probably do as well as any. Very few
people can tell old from new ones.
Cultivate the acquaintance of somebody
who will trust yon for an overcoat. DO it
now before the suckers strike out.-Bos-
ton Transcript