Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-06-08
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Hints for June.

June u here the month of perfect foIia2e
and of roses; of green fields and refresh
ling breezes. The most of the seed is IL
the ground and now the farmers business
is to watch the plants and keep down the
weeds and insects. And in doing this, II
We 90 about it with the right feeling. u
We accept Il ~ . part of our business ano
the result of natural causes, instead OF
calling it punishment or curse. we can
get both enjoyment and improvement
from our labors.
| In order to successfully combat our enc
mics we must study their natures and
habits, and this gives us an insight into
the finer works of CREATION. II person
| in the country cannot find happiness in
June he may a. soon give up the search.
.'rhen, if ever, come perfect days.
A man who can look upon the green
fields. waving forests. and the fiocks and
herds upon the hillsides with no other
thought than of their pecuniary increase !:
who can stand amid all these beauties and
| harmonies of creative nature and feel no
deeper emotion than the throbbing OF his
pmket- book, misses the highest mental
endowment. In the works Of nature, both
animate and inanimate, we see design
and ruling idea OF beauty, harmony and
order. And shall we whose occupation
places us in the midst OF the zeal and the
beautiful shut our eyes and eaee ana leave
the purest. noblest joys OF this life to De
appreciated by those who are so situated
that they are glad to get q painted SEM
blance Of the landscape with which we are
surrounded and OF which we form part
There are losses and drawbacks and So
Der realities 10 farm lite; but we should
remember that the beauties and pleasures
are as the inielcities, and if we allow the
cares and trials TO blind US to the pleas
ures with which we are surrounded, we
make failure of existence and can add
but little to the happiness of others.
Many farmers seem to dread the bother
of getting a horse and cultivator into the
field, and for that reason they dig and
scrape with the hoe when large part of
the work could be done better and quicker
with the horse. 1t is better to cultivate a
field and let it dry few days and then go
over it again before hoeing. A horse can
be taught to follow the rows so that one
man can do the work.
When you hoe, have some cabbage seed
in your pocket and drop few in the va
cant places. They will make good feed
for sheep or cows.
Mangel- wurzels will bear transplanting
If the point of the root and the longest
leaves are pinched off.
Look over the fences again and make
everything safe before having
If YOU have a grass field that the grass
hoppers threaten to destroy before you can
cut it for hay, pillow it in and sow corn or
Hungarian grass for fodder crop.
Do not neglect the potato beetles; in a
few hot days they will make great havoc.
Beans may be planted up to the middle
of this month. They will be higher next
year. This is good time to plant winter
squashes among the early potatoes and
they can have the ground after the potatoes
are dug.
If you have heifer that is to calve in
the summer and her bag gets full and hard
it is better to milk her before calving than
to run the risk of injury by Inflammation
and milk fever.
If there is a barren knoll in your sheep
pasture make a shade on it Tor them to go
under and they will enjoy the breeze and
enrich the soil. Set few crotches and
lay in some poles and cover it with brush
of any kind.
Take time to examine the different ma
chimes for haying, so as to know what you
want and not have to rely on the smooth
stories of agents when you want to buy in
hurry.
Hitch the little colt on one side of his
mother when you 20 off on the road, and
when you use her in the field, hitch him
to post where he cannot get wound up,
and where you can see him. This is the
best time to teach him to lead and be
hitched.
Put small bell on the old turkey, and
melt some birthstone and grease and dip
rags in it and drop them about the range
where the turkeys go. These precautions
will usually keep foxes off Skunks can
not be frightened. Get turkeys up every
night and iced them till they learn to
come home.
DO not neglect the small things. Every
string must be kept drawing the right way
Neglect brings loss. Hoe the garden as
well as the field. Watch the calves as
well as the older stock Young stock
that are turned away to pasture. should
be seen often and kept supplied with wa
ter and salt. The profit on any one thing
is always uncertain. and to insure success
all things must be looked after. When a
man feels that feeding chickens is beneath
his dignity, he may as we'll quit farming
Mirror and Farmer.