MARCH hath 31 days. 1873. Fair seem these winter days, and soon And hither urge the bluebird's wing. Aspects, Holidays, Events, ent. Paris, ATA 5 W. U.S.; 48d Congress meets. WHITTIER. Farmer's Calendar. Now the cows will be coming in. Do not feed them too high for two or three weeks before calving. Just before the time is up give them a warm pen, free from cold drafts of air, and see that all goes right. After calving, give a pailful of water a little warm, after stirring into it a pint of rye 8 Sa. 9 in Perihelion. in Smeal, and give it often for the 9 E 20 S. in Lent. Very low t. first day, warm as at first, but 10 Mo. 9th. 6 H C. never more than a pailful at a Don't give much to eat! in N. H. the first twenty-four hours, and 7 Fr. Rebels defeated, 1862. 11 Tu.6. Cin Apo. {State elec. time. 13 Th. uncomfortable give no grain of any kind, or in weather any form, for a week. A few roots will be a good thing. 14 Fr. Jared Sparks died, aged 77, 1866. equal. tering 18 Tu.6. gr. elon. E. Hi. ti. 22 Sa. If 15 Sa. Andrew Jackson born, 1767. A blus- the cow is all right the calf may died, 1850. It 1873. 's Declination. Days. d. APRIL, Fourth Month. Astronomical Calculations. m. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. 4N.46 7 7 9 37 20 11 5, 55 10 8 10 16 19 22 ·6 18 11 8 32 2223 10 > First Quarter, 4th day, 1h. 52m., evening, E. 100 10 Th. 5 276 36 13 9 4 6 113 101 10 bel. 4 50 10 54 114 11 11 rei. 5 10 11 35 10 11 016 11 rei. rises morn. 0 sec. 7 38 0 17 03 sec. 8 47 1 1 1 sec. 9 56 1 49 > First Quarter, 4th day, 7h. 49m., morning, E. h. m. h. m. m. 59 14 45 Fast. Moon's Full Sea, 's Boston. h. እ. 121 1 Th. 4 55 6 Place. 21 52 DD Sets. Souths. h. m. h. m. morn. 4 14 0 19 5 6 1 39 6 43 1 3 5 21| 3 |br. 3 3 6 34 32 br. 6 3 7 41 43 h'rt 9 3 8 5 5h'rt 4 9 6 6hr't 71 bel. 2 32 8 9 4 11 781 bel. 2 54 8 50 4 12 8 82 91 rei. 3 14 9 31 9 10 rei. 3 33 10 12 MAY hath 31 days. 1873. M. The early flowers bloom bright and fair; The birds make music in the air, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1Th. St. Philip and St. James. Cru. hi. 3 Sa. 4 E 5 Mo. in Apo. 69 inf. 6 Tu. 5th. Napoleon died at St. Helena, 1821. 5 Gen. Lincoln C. 7 W. Conn. Legislature 8 Th. Very lo. ti. 9 Fr. died, 1810. 10 Sa. C. the Buchanan Read, 11 E 4th S. af. E. Ceclipsed, vis. stat. □0. [6 12 Mo. 13 Tu. 14 W. 15 Th. 16 Fr. ANON. Farmer's Calendar. STRAWBERRIES and currants are worth more than twice as much as they cost where there is a family of children. Every farmer should raise them. Give all the time you can to the garden, but don't forget to lay out meets. Washington, stock. Roots not only do much $8th. Treaty of for a large field crop of roots for providing for settlem'i of Alabama Claims for the health and comfort of by arbitra., signed, '71 animals, but there is nothing better for a change of food for So don't fail to dairy cows. put in an acre or two of mangolds, and some swedes or rutabagas. The mangold ought to be sown as early as the 10th of this month if the land can be got ready, and if not, it is best to sow them in a seed-bed, and may be transplant them. That gives a chance to plough deep. Let the land lie till the first crop of weeds has started, then spread on well poet, died, 1872. Polk declares war to exist with Mexico, 1846. A rain runs low. High tides. gr. hel. lat. S. storm Govern't troops enter Paris. 17 Sa. 6 h C. 27 Tu.at Newport. runs high. R. I. Legislature meets 28 W. 29 Th. rotted manure, and plough again shallow. Let the land lie for the second crop of weeds; then harrow thoroughly both ways, and when the surface is quite level, stat. furrows three or four inches deep. put on the marker, and open the Sow into these rows some good about fertilizer; set out the plants in damp weather. The long-red| 28th. Gov't of France conq, insurgents, mangold is a first-rate root, and and obtain comp control of Paris, 1871. so is the yellow globe. The sugar 6HCbeet is a good root, but you can't 30 Fr. Decoration Day. Rev. Dr. Chalmers 31 Sa. died, 1847 this time. get so much to the acre. |