Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-18
DaiIu 'Kennebrr 3ournal.
Hints for August.

Now. after haying, take rest for few
days. This does not mean going of to the
mountains or to the beach for week and
leaving your wife at home to do the chores
If you cannot arrange to take the whole
family along and have a good time, take
your vacation at home Get a tent and set
it up in some of those shady. quiet places
that have looked so tempting all summer
while you we're at work in the sun, and
move in and enjoy it. Get few ham.
mocks. and hang them to the limbs OF
some spreading tree, and take your family
out there, and let the neighbors talk If
they want to.
August is the time to plan the fall cam
paign. 1t often happens that there is much
time wasted on the farm during the fall by
not having definite plan of action at the
start There are so many things that we
want to do that we do not know where to
begin; so we dig a few rocks. few
stumps, cut few bushes. add a few rods
to some old piece of stone wall, and keep
thinking we will lay drain through that
wet place in the field. But when snow
comes we cannot tell what we have done
or where the season has gone.
One important job for August is cutting
bushes They are more easily killed by
cutting this month than at any other season
when the ground is bare in this latitude.
Another thing, which many farmers are
just learning should be done early lis plow-
ing sod land All breaking up that is
done in the fall should be done early. 1t
is better for the next crop than late plow-
ing with fair coat of manure.
Nouy ia tho tip,o IN Snxu ha IN pO0d
rich soil for late feed for cows. 1t will
grow till stopped by hard freezing, and is
excellent food for milk production.
An old bound out grass field on dry
land. if plowed this month. will pr, duce
a good crop of winter rye. Sow the rye
early and it will make good fall feed for
calves or weaving colts. Lambs will
gnaw it too close.
August is usually hard month for
sheep. The pastures get short through
the dry part of the season, and the flies
worry them, and they make but little gain
during the month but with good shell
ter and little extra feed they can be kept
in good condition to grow when the fall
rains and cool nights come. Sheep like
to teed nights when the dew is on, and
for this reason they will live without wa
ter better than other animals, if they have
a chance to browse among sprouts where
there are large leaves to hold the dew;
but if they have water they will drink as
often as any stock.
II you have patch of brakes that are
not injured by rust NOW a LOT and dry
them, and put them in the barn to feed to
pigs in the winter. They will be relished
and are healthful diet for change.
Look out for every opportunity to dig
muck or collect sods or any other material
to make manure of. DO not neglect the
pig-pen day after there is more liquid
than absorbents. Every addition counts in
the supply OF manure tor next wear.
Look over the fences again before the
cattle get out and make trouble
Strapleat turnips sown this month where
early crops have been gathered, will pro-
duce a good crop and keep the weeds
down. On any soil that is fit for cultiva-
ton, even on the burrows OF sward ground.
they will grow enough to produce late
feed for sheep, and the sheep in eating
them off will benefit the soil
Harvest and save early peas, beans, ETC.,
as soon as they are ripe.
If you have not a good supply of water
at your buildings, provide for it this sea-
son; let it be the main job of the fall till
it is done. A well, with windmill, in
many places would be cheaper than an
acqueduct to some distant hillside, and no
more liable to get out of air-MirrOr
and Farmer.