1874. 's Declination. MAY, Fifth Month. Astronomical Calculations. 42 20 20 21 20 15 27 22 20 27 16 37 12 18 13 18 19 37 24 20 50 30 21 49 O Full Moon, 1st day, 11h. 25m., morning, W. 0 30112| 3 316 0 114 8 5 1 thi. 9 28 1 6 124 4 M. 4 527 125 5 Tu.4 507 126-6 W. 4 497 127 7 Th. 4 48 7 214 10 5 131 11 M. 4 437 10 14 275 24 132 12 Tu. 4 427 11 14 29 5 26 133 13 W. 4 41 7 12 14 31 5 28 4 27 9 134 14 Th. 4 40 7 13 14 33 5 30 144 425 7 7 feet 2 34 8 13 4 26 81 81 h'd 2 58 9 3 9h'd 3 21 9 53 M. Doves on the sunny eaves are cooing, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Fr. St. Philip and St. James. Cec.,inv. 6 ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Farmer's Calendar. THE busy May has come at last, and we must be stirring early and late. Put every od hour into the garden. Why don't you set out an asparagus bed? Every farmer ought to raise a lot of asparagus of the very best Salmon P. Chase, Chief quality. It is very healthful and Justice U. S., died, 1873. nutritious. Get a hundred roots at Newport. 4 Mo. O. High tides. 8 Fr. 6 h C. 9 Sa. Low tides. 10 D Bogation Sun. Frequent two or three years old, dig down light a trench and manure a square showers, rod or so, and set out a foot apart in rows, and when set out take good care of the plants. In two or three years, and ever after, you will have an abundant in supply for the family. Get the cows out upon the ground early. They do better to get at the grass as soon as it starts, but two or 17 D Sun. after Ascen. 6 ? three hours a day, at first, is bet 11 Mo. Wm. Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died, 1778. 18 Mo. 19 Tu. 21 Th. runs high. 20 W. 6 H (. 1819. 1849. Pastures in 8. Maria Edgeworth died, ing hay in the barn. do better to be kept down a little 22 Fr. 24th. O sup. h stat. close now, and fewer grasses run 23 Sa. Queen Victoria born, by thunder up to seed stalks and waste. Get 24 D Whit-Su. Pentecost. & C. corn in early. Sow sweet corn at intervals of ten days, so as to have a succession for the table. If you fear the squirrels or the crows, steep the seed in saltpetre or copperas water, or pour on 25 Mo. Very low tides. 26 Tu. in Apogee. 27 W. Paganini died, 1840, in Per. lightning un hot water and then a little tar. Plant shade and fruit trees. You places. can graft now. Sow mangolds, 31 D Trinity Sund. 9 in Per. and beets, and carrots. Last Quarter, 7th day, 8h. 34m., morning, W. 152 1M. 4 26,7 29,15 153 2 Tu. 4 26,7 30 15 36 0 46 1 217 01 66 3 219 1 2 legs 11 5 2 37 66 3 22 220 21 23 legs 11 42 3 33 86 5 221 3 3 legs morn. 4 28 5 19 1 D. W. O, what a glory doth this world put on Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Mo./Nicomede. 6. J.G. Bennett, founder N. Y. 1872. LONGFELLOW. Farmer's Calendar. THE weeds must be kept down. 2 Tu.ru. low. Hi. ti. Herald, died, Let them get the upper hand and 3 W. L. of ni't 8h.54m. . H. legisla they give a heap of trouble. Pull ture meets them up root and branch. That's 4 Th. Corpus Christi. 6. the cheapest in the end. Keep 5 Fr. Rev. Charles Cleveland died in Boston, Fine growing 7.D 1st Sunday after Trinity. There is nothing like it. 6 Sa. aged 8 Mo. Low tides. died, 1815. the hoe or the cultivator going. It not only kills weeds, but mellows the soil and makes things grow. If you have a piece of orchard grass weather. and clover you will find it will bloom this month, and it ought to be cut by the middle or the twentieth. Don't put off haying, as we used to when I was a boy, till after the Fourth of July. 9 Tu. 8th Andrew Jackson 10 W. in Perigee. 6. 11 Th. St. Barnabas. 14th. 6 C. 12 Fr. Rev. Thomas Arnold died, 1842. 13 Sa. 20. 14th.Very high ti. 16 Tu. 69 C. 14 D 20 Su. af. Tr. Cru. high. Cut grass as soon as it is ready. 15 Mo. C. Magua Charta signed, 1215. Dried grass is better than dead Showers. hay. Clover ought to be cut before it is lodged. It is always 17 W. C. Battle Bunker Hill, 1775. best to get at the haying early 18 Th. From 18th to 24th longest days of the year, and keep ahead of your work. 19 Fr. Length of night, 8h. 44m. Hoeing and haying crowd a little, 20 Sa. C. Accession of Queen Vic- to be sure, just now, but put on a little extra help; and you won't 21 D 30 Sun. after Crinity. make a mistake in cutting too in Apo. Very low tides. 22 Mo. toria, 1837. SUMMER early. Nine out of ten of us err the other way, and cut too late. I hope you have a good piece for Swedish turnips. Now is the time to put in the seed, say the storm about this time. twentieth or twenty-fifth of this Turkey, 1861. 23 Tu. 21st. ent.. in 8 30 Tu. 29th. Elizabeth B. Browning died, 1861. month. The Swedes make a good crop for feeding out in the of roses ought to give us an eye early part of winter. The month to beauty, and lead us to fix up about the farm. Last Quarter, 6th day, 1h. 18m., evening, W. 193 12 S. 4 347 36 15 20 14 5 28 101 102 br. 2 58 11 11 194 13 M. 4 357 36 15 10 15 5 6 12 84 8ị thi 3 41 morn. rises 0 12 8 44 1 8 11 11 br. 4 1 0 10 Oh'rt sets 1 5 1 h'rt 9 21 1 56 0 48 9 18 1 35 10 15 2 33 11 14 |