Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1882-07-14
From the Maryland Farme
Farm Work for July.

This month is usually the harvest
in the Middle States, but owing to the
favorable season for therye, wheat and
grass crops, harvest is no doubt nearl!
over, but the corn crops being late
will tax the full energies of the farmer
who has also hay harvest, and tobac-
co with other crops requiring I'M
mediate attention. No farmer or farm
hand can afford to idle away..a moment
during, busy, hot July.
Corn Crops.
For this crop We repeat what We
have often said, stir the ground witt
cultivators once every six or ten days,
keep the land clear of weeds and grass.
and give level culture always. Stop
working as soon as it begins to tassel
and at last working SOW bow peas, one
bushel to the acre, and sow, broadcast
plaster at the rate Of one or one and
a half bushels per acre.
Broadcast Corn.
Sow a few acres of corn on rich,
ground, plowed deep and narrowed
well. Sow three bushels, if broadcast
but We prefer drilling it in drills, three
feet apart, and 10 or II grains to the
foot in the drill. Cultivate 1t two or
three times and you will have, crop OF
fodder, or for ensilage-for either
purpose cut it when the ears are form
ing, or before the stalks get hard.
Millet may be seeded up to the 10th
of the month"; light, rich, sandy
lpam or an alluvial is the soil best
adapted to its growth. But any soil
will grow millet except stiff clay
provided it properly cultivated. Sow
broadcast.
Qlsaatity of Seed to tie .4cre.-When
for hay, sow one bushel to the acre,
when for grain sow only three pecks
to the acre.
Time # Cutting.-Cut as SION as
about one third of the seed begins to
turn yellow. If allowed to get deai
ripe, the loss by SCATTERING is very
great.
Buckwheat may be put in the ground |
up to the 10th Of this month. The |
haulm is not very nutritious, especially |
when compared with millet or bread
cast corn but the value Of the grain
when ground into meal is too well
known to lovers Of buekwheat cakes,
to need any eulogy from us.
Preparation Of the Sol-Manure
literally If fertilizers are used,
spread broadcaet and plough lightly
under. Sow the seed and harrow we'll.
Sow one bushel of seed to the acre.
Time Of Cutting.-Cut when one
half of the grain begins to turn black.
If intended for forage only, cut as
soon as the plant comes into bloom.
Fall Potatoes.
Keep the vines well hoed and cul-
tivated. See that the soil is kept per-
fectly free of weeds, and as loose and
open as possible. Potatoes will not
grow well in close. compact soil. If
any further fertilizers are needed to
increase the vigor of the growing
plants, scatter over the drills mixture
Of ten bushels of wood ashes, one
bushel Of plaster, and one of the cheap
est sort of salt. This will suffice for
an acre.
Kill the Colorado bug by doses of
Paris Green or Royal Purple, mixed
with plaster or common -four, or in
the liquid state Directions for pro-
portions go with the packages of this
sure remedy. Remember that both
are deadly posions to man and beast as
we'll as to the bug. Use it on nothing
but potatoes.
To prevent the sheen from being
afflicted by the worms that infest their
heads, provide trough under cover
in the pasture and spread over the
bottom of it, three times week, as
much tar as will cover it, and over the
tar sprinkle layer of salt. In getting
at the tar the sheep will smear their
nortrills and prevent the fly from lay
ing its eggs in the latter.
CaterpiIIars.
Examine the fruit tress for cater
pillars and destroy them.
Budding and InocuIating.
The proper season for budding and
inoculating plum, cherry, apple and
pear trees is during this month. The
exact time for doing this work is when
the bark parts easily and freely from
the wood.
ALMOND CAKEs.-Pretty little
cakes, to be mixed with others in the
basket, are made of three quarters Of
a pound of sweet almonds blancheel
and cut fine, one pound of .pulverned
sugar, and the whites of five eggs to a
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