of Homeopathy, d., 1843. 1W.6 h C. 2d. Hahnemann, founder 2 Th. L. of ni't EMERSON. Farmer's Calendar. CAN you say, with Shakespeare, 8h.48m. Hi. tides." I am a true laborer. I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man Frequent hate, envy no man's happiness, | 3 Fr. O in Apogee. in Perigee. 7 Tu. 6 C. 8 W. Low tides. with and Zachary Taylor am glad with every man's good, 6 O. and content with my own farm"? showers That has the true ring, and that is thunder the spirit that ought to be put into this hot hay month. No time to lose now. If you got at the haying last month, you can spare a day or two, now and then, to lightning. bring bring up the hoeing. So you Cru. high. Small grains need looking after. have two strings to your bow. 13 Mo. 6 C. 12th. High tides. The oats begin to whiten on the 9 Th. in Aphelion. 10 Fr. 11th. Peace of Villafranca, 11 Sa. stationary. 12 D 6th Su. af. Tr. 14 Tu. 6 15 W. St. Swithin. C. &C. 16 Th.69 C. 17 Fr. died, 1850. 1859. light stem as they hang like rainVery hot drops in the air, the rye is getting and yellow, and ready for the cradle, while the wheat and the barley, with their dull green and their Middle of July to end of August good time to bud fruit trees. 18 Sa. 6. Juarez, President of Mex-swelling ears, begin to nod be fore the breeze that sweeps over them. They must not get too ripe. Cut them while still a little green, and the grain is better and heavier. These grains ought to uncomfortable be cut about ten days before they 25th. DOG DAYS are quite ripe. Celery can be set out now, and if you cover the plants to shield them from the sun, they will make out to pull through. Set out cabbage plants, BEGIN 25 Sa. St. James. 28 Tu. 29th. 6 6. weather, also, and let them go into and fill with frequent up every nook and corner of 29 W. 6 h C. 30 Th. 29th. Wilberforce died, 1833. 31 Fr. Very high tides. spare land. They are first rate for stock. Sow turnip seed showers. where the early pease grew. Last Quarter, 4th day, 6h. 3m., evening, E. Length Day's Rises. Sets. of Days. Decre. 213 1 Sa. 4 52|7 19 14 27,0 49 214 2 S.4 53 7 18 14 25 0 5r A2215 3 M. 4 547 17 14 23 0 53 216 4 Tu. 4 55 7 16 14 21 0 55 Jul214-5 W. 4 56 7 14 14 180 58 218 6 Th. 4 577 13 14 161 619| 620 21 22h'd 6 21 3 6 22 5 18 6 23 0 229 17 M. 5 9 6 58 13 491 27 4 6 23 3 sec. 9 23 4 1 3 sec. 9 44 4 42 sec. 10 10 5 26 thi. |10 42 6 14 310 52 6 thi. 11 24 7 6 kn. morn. 8 1 7 81 kn. 0 16 8 58 1 19 9 56 2 31 10 54 rises 11 48 AUGUST hath 31 days. 1874. White with its sun-bleached dust, the pathway winds Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Sa. Lammas Day. in Perigee. WHITTIER. Farmer's Calendar. THIS is the great month for the 2 D 9th Sund. after Trinity. of July and August make the crop growth of corn. The hot nights 3 Mo. & HO. 8 ho. 64C. sure. I hope you don't give up 4 Tu. stationary. stationary. the corn crop. Did you ever 5 W. Length of night 9h. 43m. think what a universal food it is? 6 Th.ransfiguration. Hot and Cows and calves, oxen, horses 7 Fr. Low tides. 9th. Rev. Adoniram and colts, pigs and poultry, and Judson born, 1788. even dogs like it when it is fixed 80, 1872 dusty 8 Sa.runs high. 9 D 10th Sund. after Trinity. 10 Mo. St. Lawrence. 6 C. 6. 11 Tu. 6 C. {' Lowell Mason died, aged 12 W. 6 9 2. High tides. 13 Th. greatest elongation W. 14 Fr. 13th and 14th. Great storm $ 15th, Napo on a lantic Gust, 1973. { eon b., 1769. 15 Sa. Assumption of V. Mary. 6. 16 D 11th Sun. after Tr. 9 in 8. 17 Mo. in Apogee. in 8. 18 Tu.6.14th Admiral Farragut 19 W. Very low ti. 15th. 6 9 20 Th. 18th. Emperor of Austria born, 13). 21 Fr. 6 HY. 22 Sa. in Perihel. died, aged 6, 1870. 23 D 12th Su. af. Tr. right. It is good in brown bread, Showery lasts. If you turn over the sod 27 Th. 29th. Very high tides. 29 Sa.ehrad. of St. John Baptist. Cin Per. 92 7 72 9 42 12 17 12 422 34 4 1 256 13 S.5 37 257 14 M. 5 38 6 6 Last Quarter, 3d day, Oh. 10m., morning, E. Length Day's 244 1 Tu. 5 256 34 13 245 2 W. 5 26 6 33 13 ung Age. Full Sea, 15 12 392 37 4 2 0 0 rei. h. 226 81 83 h'rt 1 1 rei. 12 12 342 42 5 4 1 2 sec. 7 47 2 39 258 15 Tu. 5 39 6 10 12 31 2 45 5 5 21 21 sec. 8 10 3 22 259 16 W. 5 40 6 260 17 Th. 5 41 6 261 18 Fr. 5 43 6 262 19 Sa. 5 44 6 8 12 282 48 5 6 22 -7 12 26 2 50| 6| 7| 33 5 12 22 2 54 6 8 41 3 12 19 2 57 6 9 31 thi. 32 thi. | 9 17| 4 37 43 thi. 10 3 5 49 51 266 23 W. 5 48 5 56 12 8 3 7 17 1 54 arm 7 53 2 51 8 13 91 92 feet 2 39 10 26 Then step by step walks Autumu, Nor grief nor fear, to the death of the year, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 5 Sa. Low tides. {D DOG DAYS 8 Tu. Nativity of V. Mary. C. Bishop of Mass., d., 1872. MISS MULOCH. Farmer's Calendar. IF you didn't get ready to sow grass seed last month, the quicker want to keep land in grass for it is done now the better. If you hay, about the best crop in New England at the present time, it can be ploughed up and re-seeded and if the work is well now, done, as it ought to be, success is almost certain. But grass seed sown on land newly broken up ought to have the use of a liberal top-dressing of manure to give it thrifty start. a I like to seed in the fall. That is the time that 13 D 15th Su. af. Tr. in Apo. nature seems to have marked S Duke of Wellington died, out. The seed ripens and falls, Signs of a storm. in some cases to start at once 16 W. 17th Walter Savage Landor died, aged into a new life, in others to lie 14 Mo. 69 C. 1852. 15 Tu. 89, 1864. 17 Th. Battle of Antietam, 1862. 18 Fr. Very low tides. 19 Sa. C runs low. preacher, died, 1872. in 8. and wait for the winter to prepare it for germination in the Cool.spring. Fall sowing will do better, as a rule, than spring, though in both seasons we have some 20 D 16th Su. af. Tr. 9 in Aph.risks to run. The winter grains, 21 Mo. St. Matthew. 2. 6 h too, ought to go in now, but they 22 Tu. Days and nights nearly equal. would have done a little better 23 W. O ent.. AUTUMN BEGINS. if they had been sown last month. 24 Th. 25th Rev. Peter Cartwright, Methodist Thin out and weed the turnips, 25 Fr. "Look out for them. and keep the soil loose about You can set out straw26 Sa.in Per. Very high tides. berry plants now with success, 27 D 17th Su. af. Tr. ¿C. though the spring is better for 28 Mo. 29th. Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton died, 1872. this work. If you are to fatten any stock this fall, by all means begin now. Cattle gain faster now, on the same feed, than they will when it gets to be colder. 29 Tu. Michaelmas Day. 30 W. St. Jerome. gr. elong. E. an easterly storm. |