Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-11
Give fools their gold 4 knaves their powe
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fail,
Who sovs a field or trains a flower,
Or plants a tree. is more than all.
Farm Work for July.

HaS HiOSt W eAeTG HIS eueTSleS, Ill
when the season brings forth the frui
ton of his hopes, or bids fair toward
his failure. Wheat harvest and ha
harvest are now at the best or worst
according to the seasons preceding
and the ravages of insects, destructior|
by storms, ETC., that may have prevail
ed. But, under whatever have been
the circumstances, the man who rules
the farm, is never at rest during this
critical month. He must be up early
and lay down late; the days are long
and hot, and without industry he will
succumb to the enervating influences
of the season. Let US say a word of
warning; this month crowns your en-
ergies with success, or proves your Ia
bors failure. You must secure your
harvest of grain and grass, keep your
growing crops clean, and often fertil-
lied by stirring the soil, to admit air
and moisture from both below and a.
bove. To do this, requires vigilence
and certainly an increase of energy
and power, but, as it is only for a few
days, exert yourselves and gain there
by the sure success attendant upon
such efforts, or become cast down and
indolent and reap the reward of lazi-
ness. We use common, hard words,
in order that We may be understood by
all. This is the month to show your
abilities to become successful farmers,
to embrace every chance to save hu-
man labor, with machinery, and thus
reduce expenses in the saving Of crops,
that are now maturing. By the aid
of machinery, man can get his grain
reaped, cured and threshed at less
than half its cost before the reaper
and binder, and the thresher, cleaner
and Dagger were invented.
The hay crop can be cut by boy
and pair of horses, dried by the hay
tedder and then raked up by ten
year old lass, and one steady horse
1t is taken to the barn or to the rick,
and by the horse hay fork and other
contrivances, placed at the disposal of
an active Kicker, and the whole work
more completely done, by the employ
ment of heretofore useless labor, at
half cost, than ever before. So the
wearied laborer, in harvest and in hay
field, finds that he, in the end, gets a
better yield and larger returns, than
formerly he did, when he employed
his manual labor alone in both these
harvests. Let no man, who has 20
acres of wheat and grass to cut, hence
forth complain Of labor on hot July
day. The same money he paid years
ago for help on these occasions, will,
it expended in the proper machinery,
enable him to reap his harvests in the
proper time, and secure them against
the vicissitudes that attended the same
in days of yore, when mechanical in
fuences had not lent their beneficient
discoveries to the aid of the toilsome
farm laborer. Embrace such advan-
tages as Mechanical Invention offer,
and one mans labor will soon become
equal to that of ten men. Wheat has
been cut, we presume, and may we not
be pardoned for again urging you to
put it Immediately out of the way of
injury, by weather. insects. birds, etc,
Have your grainaries we'll cleaned and
whitewashed, ard get your grain crops
in their bins, as soon as possible after
harvest, aud then await the condition
of the markets, or your own necessi-
ties. Our impression is, that late
market is best this year. Generally,
the earlier grain in good condition, is
brought to market, the higher price it
will command But this year the
favorable reports Of the grain produc-
ton will likely have depressing in
fluence upon the market in its early
stages. The reports from Europe are
very unfavorable, and hence we con-
clude, that late sales will be best, be-
cause the real demands Of Europe will
not be appreciated, until November or
December. Yet, rather than hypo-
thecate our crops, we think it would
be best, If our necessities require, to
sell at once provided we can get fair
reward for what we offer. Grain has
been very low Of late, but it must
bring better prices, in view of all the
surroundings. Hence We advise, sell
not now, unless you are necessitated,
but do not borrow to avoid necessity,
or in the hople of. speculative reward.
Treat your harvest laborers we'll.
Liberality on such occasions, in many
ways brings it full reward.
COrn.-Cultivate your corn often,
to keep the top crust of soil open and
free of weeds, until it begins to tassel.
Level culture and frequent tillage is
best for this crop. Corn growers have
been long learning this truth, which
has at last become an accepted maxim
by the most enlightened farmers.
Miuet or Hungarian Grass May
be seeded up to the 18th of the month.
A light, rich, sandy loan, is the soil
best suited to it. If for hay, cut it
when 10 blossom or before the seeds
ripen. Leave portion to ripen for
seed. Sow broadcast or by drill.
cover lightly. Itproduces from 20 to
40 bushels Of seed per acre.
QUANTITY OF SEED TO THE ACRE
When for hay, SOW one bushel to the
acre, for grain, sow only from two
to three pecks per acre.
Corn Drilled Or Broadcast.-Sow at
once, some acres in corn for winter
provender, for ensilaging or feeding
green to make up for poor pastures in
August and September Manure, or
fertilize the land highly, put it in
good order by blowing, and frequent
narrowing. 1t is grown then with but
little labor, and is a wonderful help
when pastures become dry and bare,
or when the hay crop is short. If for
provender, cut it when just caring or
in the roasting-ear state, and cure it