News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-07-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE KITCHEN GARDEN IN SUMNER.

Next years crop of asparagus will de-
pend upon vigorous growth of tops
this summer; do not allow them to bel
cut away.
Plant bush beans for succession.
When Limas reach the tops of the
poles, pinch off the ends.
Continue to SOW early kinds of beetsI
Tor late use and for greens.
Set out late cabbages and caulihowersi
Us soon as the plants are large enough.
Celery should now be planted; make
well-manured rows three feet apalt,i
pioWlng out furrows, manuring them,
ana turning back the soil; roll and har-
row until the surface is fine, and set out
the plants six inches apart.
Continue to sow early kinds of sweet
corn.
If cucumber seeds are to be saved.
mark the earliest and finest specimens
before any are cut for use. To prolong
the bearing, cut away all of the proper
size, whether needed for use or not.
Sow seeds for pickles.
Melons and watermelons are beset by
various enemies, none worse than the
two-legged pest found everywhere not
far from villages and towns; secure q
stringent trespass law and enforce it,
Onions as a rule, pay best when sold
| half-grown or more, and still green;
| wash and remove any loose. skin, and
tie in punches of three to six, according
| to size.
If the vines Of late squashes take root
at the joints, do not disturb them. Con-
tinue to hand pick and crush the eggs
of the squash-bug. Squashes of late
kinds that are set too late to ripen,
should be used for the table; they are
superior to any earlier kinds
Sweet herbs may be transplanted to
| vacant places not needed Tor OthSr crops.
Keep the ridges on which sweet pota-
toes are growing free from weeds. When
the vines begin to run, do not allow
them to take root; lift them OCCASION
nlly.
If the tomato rot appears, cut away
and burn all affected fruit as soon as a
spot appears.
Sow turnips of the Ruta-b -baga sorts
the first of the month. The "Long
White FRENCH is superior to all others
for the table.
LIVE STOCK IN MIDSUMMER.
The midsummer season is not irving
one to live stock, except in times of
protracted drouth. Water must be pro-
vided, but the quantity need not be
great, and when it is low or has to be
hauled, animals, except milch cows,
should be limited as to quantity. Mich
cows should have corn-fodder cut up
and fed green daily, if it IS an object to
keep up the flow of milk during the
drouths. This is also useful for mares
with foals running at pasture, and
moderate quantity of grain and bran is
always useful for milk-giving stock.
Lambs will probably need to be weaned
this month; watch the ewes, and draw
the milk from all full udders every sec
ond or third day; give the lambs
handful or two of oats or brain daily.
Tar the noses of all sheep TO keep off the
fly, and watch the feet for any lndica-
tion of foot-rot. If suspected, clean out
and dress with a solution of blue vitriol
or carbolic acid.
THE FARM IN JULY.
Our hot sun and dry weather ripen
grain and gTass-Or at least bring il for
ward so that it is ready for the scythe
and the sickle much earlier in the sea
son than in the climate of Europe. July
is really the first, and perhaps the most
important harvest month. The great
grass crop, with which ''the early and
latter rains" has blessed millions of
acres, is to be cut, cured and harvested.
Winter grain, over great part of the
is to be cut this month, while,
at the same time, when from any cause,
short crops ale anticipated or are to he
provided against, it is even now not too
late to get in a crop of millet or of fod-
der corn.
July is seed time for plants of the
turnip kind. There are, indeed, cold,
heavy soils, where Swedes need to be
sown in June to make crop, but gem
orally the former half of this month is
early enough, while for those known as
English turnips, if sown the latter half,
snd up to the tenth of August, they
will give good returns.
There are weedy fields that really need
to be thoroughly summer-fallowed be-
fore anything is done with them. In
these the plow must be kept going, and
in light lands the weeds are destroyed
1t sacrifice of nearly all the organic
matter, which must be kept replaced in
some way. Hence, it is almost always
better to fallow with root crop, SOW
ng in drills and giving thorough cul-
,ure- The fertilizer containing no weed
iced, the cleaning of the land may be
7ery complete, and the soil will be inn
proved in fertili y.-AmericaR AgrieuL-
u1ist for July.