Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-15
eAll p,ow,No AND MANuRlNo.

FALL plOWiN0 AND MANuRiNo.
All the plo~ing Tor next springs seed
lng should te done this fall, In readiness
Tor the work ne soon a. the ground
opens. The se~iing time of spring In
these nor,hsrn attitudes is short at hest,
many years Afforiing Only four 10 six
weeks In which to do the work. On any
farm, large OF ANAL, there is not, under
sny coodltIous to bs expcetcd, time
enough In spring to accomplish all the
~ork that ought to he performed on q
fArm, aud gct m complstcd In its proper
.es.cn. unIe.s the forvthought IL exer-
ci.cd Of doing . gccdly measure of u the
autumn teforv. Mature puts In = kindly
provision here In ALL of performing this
work la advance, As We are nov advocat-
Ing. whcrc this needed work of soil
preparation IL done st this season OF the
year, the trusts of winter scoa seal u up
In their cold embrace, followed prompt
ly by IN. covering of snow, which, rc-
naming In the spring months until sessi
time 1. At hand. holds the .oll In the
same mellow aud porous condition that
u Vas In when bat Just turned by The
plow. The frosts looscnlng their hold,
leayc friable condition favorable Tor
the further work % the pul,eriser and
the planter. without snow, the frequent
tha~ing abd packing of the so,l that
always Il partner to such q condition,
packs q soil plO~ei In the fall so that u IL
even harder than II pio~ had not dis
tutpsd it. Our favored covering of SNOW
thus enables the farmer here to antlci-
pate the work of spring time, aud b- la
full rcadines. ~iththat which the spring
iocs not aford the nc.siei time to per-
form. Ouly in this way can he make
up Zoe the short spring season, and siill
work thoroughly and ~ell the large
scrvs nec.sssry To his success In his
farming.
Every farmer, then, should Get every
furrO~ turned aud every possible stroke
~ work completed thi. fall. Of neces-
sliy this IL the mo.t driving season of
the whole year Tor the enterprislng
farmer ~ho PROPOSE. 10 conquer a sue
ccss cut ot hi- business. Farmers, asa
rule, do not have enough of their land
un.irr IN. plow. Morr corn and grain 10
ne,d.-i a. 90 With the hay. Tho-e ''oh
n-lds.~ producing bot q fec hundred
pounds Of hay Ia the acre. amount To
nothing az they are. They should b.
plo~ sSi up, aired, stirred, frriiliI~d, aud
made Ia contribute something to the
farm stores. To do this they must hc
plos~l now, when the work Will not
Interfere With other farm operations and
they may BE- reaiy Tor timely seeding la
.pring. Every rod of land 20 be plant
ed OF .o~cd next spring should be plow-
"a this autumn.
Every stone In the way of the moving
machine, harrow or planter, should Ia
cleared b.forc plowing. Modern tillsgc
aud boald.rs are fatal Ia each other.
cue or the other must ~. IL s not
costly removing th. f.~ that are left.
Three Or four tsn-cent cartridges of
dyn.mit. will make small fragments of
. big bould.r, and the boy. delight In
..slng the piecc. 'y. hi. clearing the
field. of rock- ready for the riding
harrow. l. bu.lnes. the boy. never Tire
ot.
Lastly, cart oat every load % manur,
left on hand ani apply u dir,ctly Ia the
ploxei lands where there will h~ no
furth.r co.t of handling. The plling of
manur. In the fi.lis at any season when
the .oil l. not covered With growing
crops, .hould 20 with the Lost arts.
There l. comparatively little Of thi.
practice nov left, and u IL quite time
hi. remnant .hould disappear. u is a
waste Of manure sui 9 waste of time.
Applied dirrctly 10 the soll the work !.
doae and the manure !. where IL !. want
Ell.
All this work make. the last day. Of
the oTsn season busy time. Hut the
farmer aud all hands this cool weather
can .nsp for while Tor the season sill
...,n y, AZ hand ~hen such work will be
scal.~i up for the long winter ani until
again opened by the ;,nl.l sunshine of
another spring time.