MAY hath 31 days. [1892. D. M. D. W. 1 2 Mo. 1st. We dropped the seed o'er hill and plain, And frightened from our sprouting grain Aspects, Holidays, Events, B 20.8.a. E. St. Philip & St. James. 3 Tu. 4 W. 5 Th. Helena, aged nearly 52, 1821. in Aphelion. 21 Sa. 22 B gr. elong. W., 6 ♂ C. besides two dogs. 21st. The McKinley Tariff bill passed the House of Representatives, 1890. Rogation Sund. 68. 23 Mo. Island at Newport. Farmer's Calendar. Do not plant your seed in soil that is half prepared; plough it well, and harrow it until it is thoroughly pulverized, not forgetting to apply a good dressing of manure. No farmer is wise enough to cheat nature. If a good crop is to be obtained, it must be well fed, and well cared for, and the work must be done at the right time. To plant a week or ten days late, or to neg lect to cultivate until the weeds are as high as the crop, is, as a rule, to reduce the crop one third, and greatly increase the labor. Look after the tent-caterpillars; as soon as they are hatched tie a rag to a long, light pole, and dip it into kerosene oil; rub this through each nest early in the morning. By occasionally dipping the rag into a dish of kerosene it will make thorough work, if done within a week after the worms are hatched. The currant worm should be looked after about the 10th of May. This enemy can be found in the centre of the bush, near the ground. A little hellebore dusted on is sure death, if the work be done before the worms get scattered all over the bushes. Give each boy, as soon as he is old enough, a plot of land for a garden, that he may grow his own melons and strawberries. > First Quarter, 2d day, 4h. 51m., morning, W. m. h. m. h. m. m. JUNE hath 30 days. [1892. D. M. D. W. The sun-brown farmer in his frock Aspects, Holidays, Events, Occasional 1 W. Nicomede. 7 Tu. historian, died, aged 79, 1891. Whit-Sun. in Apogee. C. 5th. Low tides. Premier of Canada, died, aged 76, 1891: 8 W. 9th. Charles Dickens died, 1870. (9-11th. French and Indians attack 9 Th. 10 Fr. 6. Wells, Me., but are repulsed, 1692. Fine growing 11 Sa. St. Barnabas. runs low. 12 B Trinity Sunday. time. 13 Mo. in 8. 15th. Med. tides. 14 Tu. ho, ¿ JC. Dry 15 W. 19th. 64 C, gr. h. 1. S. 16 Th. Corpus Christi. atmosphere. 17 Fr. 9 stat. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. 18 Sa. in perih. (18-24th, LONGEST 19 B 1st Su. aft. Tr. 9 in 8. 20 Mo. O enters. SUM'R BEG. 21 Tu. in Perigee. Warm. 22 W. C. 24th. V. h. tides. 23 Th. 20th. 6 24 Fr. St. John Baptist. 25 Sa. 69 C. 24th. 26 B 27 Mo. 28 Tu. DAYS, 15h. 17m. superior. C. r. high. 20 Sunday after Trinity. 21st. Alphonso Taft, ex-Secretary of War, died, aged 80, 1891, gr. hel. lat. N. 29 W. St. Peter and St. Paul. Showers. 30 Th. 6 h C. 29th. Med. tides. Farmer's Calendar. THIS is a good time to plant beans for winter use. Squashes planted late are not so likely to be infested by insects. As most of the other seeds have already come up, take time by the foretop, and do not let the weeds get ahead of you; crop them down before they retard the first growth of the plants. By rooting them out early you will save much hard labor, and perhaps find time to take your wife and children out for an occasional pleasure ride, thus making it agreeable all round. A few flowers in the dooryard or near the house are a source of much enjoyment. If there is any one in the family who can take care of them, have them by all means. Cut English grass when in blossom, as animals will relish it much better than when left to get riper. Now you can enjoy the fruit from the strawberry bed, which you set out a year ago. Do not allow any waste from fruit and vegetables, or any other refuse, to be thrown near the house, as the odor from them will be likely to infect the air, and perhaps cause disease. See that the springs are well cleared out in the pastures where your cattle drink. Give the chickens a few ground oyster-shells and some meat. First Quarter, 1st day, 9h. 13m., evening, W. 1111 0103 102 kn. Place. h. h. m. h. 312 7 4 43 rei. 5 5 rei. morn 6 19 512 9 61110 63 100 60 rises 11 59 184 2 Sa. 4 12 7 25 15 130 92 93 br. JULY hath 31 days. [1892. D. M. D. W. 1 Fr. But blue skies smile, and flowers bloom on, The dear God still his rain and sun On good and ill bestowing. Aspects, Holidays, Events, 69, e in Aphelion. 2 Sa. 3d. 6 HC. 4 Mo. INDEPENDENCE 6 W. 7 Th. 8 Fr. 9 Sa. 10 B Hot with in Apog. DAY. showers. 277, 1890. O inferior, H stat. 4th Sunday after Trinity. 11 Mo. Gen. John Charles Fremont died, aged 12 Tu.. 12th. Edw. Burgess, yacht designer, died, a. 43, 1891. 13 W. Day 15 hours long. 14 Th. Very high tides. 15 Fr. St. Swithin. 0. 16 Sa. 2 C... Unsettled. 17 B 5th Sunday after Trinity. 18 Mo. 17th. in Perigee. Farmer's Calendar. IT is not good policy to try to harvest the hay and small-grain those which require much hard crops with poor implements, or labor to use them. The mowers, rakes, tedders, and reapers of the improved patterns do the work so easily, and so fast and well, that they should be used on every farm. Where the farms are small, several farmers should unite and purchase a set of laborsaving machines, or have an understanding that one shall buy a mower, another a reaper, another a rake, and lend to each other; but on large farms there should be no joint ownership of farm implements. Do not forget that the weeds will grow quite as fast this month as in June, and that many crops need cultivating quite as much. Keep the cultivator in motion among such crops as will admit of its use during this month and August. Plough up the old strawberry bed as soon as the fruit is gathered, and set with cabbage if the soil be heavy, but if light, sow turnips. When the farmer had to harvest his hay and grain crops by hand labor, he was so Hot and busy this month that commonly the garden was neglected, and became overrun with weeds; but 19 Tu. 19th. Prof. C. F. H. Peters, astronomer, in 8. 24th. HO 2 in Perih. 27 W. 25th. DOG DAYS BEGIN. dry. 30 Sa. 31st. HC, Q stat. with the labor-saving implements of to-day the harvesting can be done so quickly that it leaves the farmer no good excuse for a weedy garden. |