Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-09
PREPARING FOR THE LABoRS
OF SPRING.

| PREPARING FOX IhE LAbOkS
or SPRING.
With many farmers the present Is .
season Of comparative leisure, and how
can they better employ their time than
in mAkiag preparations for the coming
springs work - l, is not 10 the cred
il Of farmers that !, 10 often svered,
With too much Of truth. many times,
that they never plan ahead for any Of
their needs. bu, wait until actual necess-
ity calls for every article needed. and then
mus, purchase .i any price. by little
study and fOre,hOugh,. many Of the AZ
tieles thA, . farmer purchases can be OBJ
tanned beforehand AZ reduced rates, and
the trouble Of going fOr them At time
-hsn everything IL hurping will be
avoided. II commercial fertilizers are
used. they can be drawn cheaper now
than over the muddy roads Of early spring.
and The team can be fIr better spared
now. II no, supplied With grass seed.
BOW is = good time TO ge, e; n often
the marks, price Is less than JUS, before
The time for usins. Undoubtedly the
mo-, Of our readers use plaster upon hoed
ercp., and il is an absolute necessity 10
use upon the potatoes When the bugs sP-
pear Nov Is the best time TO lay in =
store Of IL suflieien, for all needs. JUS,
reckon the amount you will probably use.
reckoning one hundred pounds per acre
Coz every acre Of potatoes planted. besides
the amour, used q, planting. then add
another hundred for smsrseneies, and
you will be pretty sure 20 ge, enough.
Some farmers of our sequAintAnce slsays
draw their manure 20 the fields before
The sno~ leaves. and thu. save nearly or
quite two weeks labor in spring. This
involve. one extra handling Of the ma.
nure BAT. We ,hink !, may be fn,d and
spread enough moie syenly 10 odse, tbs
labor. For some years We have drawn
and spread our manure upon the trsi
SHOWS. la; have no, been qai,e satisfied
with the results. % have drawn 10 large
hesps, on OF near the grounds 70 Be
plo-ed. from which Il vii be dnvL aud
spread a. ,ooa as possible in the spring.
II nO,hing prevents. We shall move scon
And have Il in readiness 20 be a, once
spread upon the land Upon the elose
clay sol Of our field ne doab, the prac-
,icabiliiy Of fall plowing. exeep, 10 break
up The bard snd roush plaees by the ae'
ton Of the fro,,. II often require. n
much labor to p1lverirs and mellow up
the lAnd after !; has been packed by the
rains Of spring As is gained by the f.ll
plovins. and still no, get the land as
mellow a. with spring ploving.
Have We al decided on The crops 10
BE- planted the coming season '-and 30
made = definite plAn for our labor II
not Il ,hoald be done ~ once. because
no time VII have 10 be taken from the
labor Of preparing and planting IN de-
yslop our plAns. We believe in laying
our plan, We should make ample pro-
vision for fodder. when there is but
little choice between two crops, the one
iha, will leave the nos, fodder upon the
farm should be planted. ss by 30 doing
there will be far less lOss Of fertility, and
the ne, income will be larger than II more
money had been obtained =, lOss Of
fertility.
whea making the annual reckoning
each year the condition Of the farm
should be taken into Aeooun, and always
kep, good. Because. IL drawn upon sv-
cry year more than ], Is replaced. we are
losing our farms by system Of 'lo-
starvation Jus, A. surely a. We should
lo.e our animals, II pa, upon starvation
Diet by careful system Of planning
a, this time. We may avoid much o. the
waste that constantly zoe. on around our
farms. And by lessening our expenses
add 20 cur income.
Then. II We have no, engaged AL The
help We need f0r the season, now Is .
good time 10 10 50. as the best Of IL Is
always engaged early, and We may be
too late.
Are all the tool. in readiness for use ,
The car, repaired. the plows furnished
with new points. the hauo-s and cult.
va,or. al in good shape Have We all
the hatd tools necessary. and in good
repair, A good marker will pay for al
the trouble Of making il, Ia making the
rows even and straight. A good one Is
made BY taking light, s,rOng pole OF
sufficient length and fixing q pair OF
shafts and handles in IL % ths, !, will be
drawn side~ise, then bore two-ineh holes
in /, Just the distance apar, that the
ro~s are 10 be and have them 30 that
they will incline backward. Then take
pieces Of hard wood Abou, one foo, long,
sharpen them and drive into the pole
these will make . good mark. or quite =
furo~. II desired, by loading . little,
and IL they incline backward enough and
the points are made something like .
sled runner. they will no, catch any OBJ
s,ruetion. There are patent markers
Manufactured. bat simple one like the
one described answers all purposes. Even
II planter Is used they will be found .
great help. one Of our neighbors has =
hAnd-plan,sr that is used to drop corn
and beans. l, does It's work well and
enables one man TO do the work Of three
with hoes The Ross hose-plAn,er gives
good satisfaction. We used !, one year
with good results. With one horse and
boy 10 guide him. one man can plant
four acres in day. l, can be made to
dis,riba,s phosphate q, the same time.
The Blling. hore-plantsr is also highly
spoken Of. but the ROss is used by seere-
iary Gilbert. who likes il very much
As . delay Of one day in plating viii
often cause great damage, and reliable
help i scaree that can be obtained AZ
minutes warning. a planter viii often
save its COS, in single season. A seed
so~er will often save iis rfee In = single
se..on A hsnd-sover can be purchased