JULY hath 31 days. [1894. Beneath the open sky abroad, Among the plants and breathing things, Aspects, Holidays, Events, C. 1 G 6th Sun. aft. Tr. 6 5 Th. 6 Fr. 7 Sa. 8 G 7th Sunday after Trinity. 9 Mo. 6 h C. Hot h O. Farmer's Calendar. IF the potato shows any blight on the foliage, spray with Bordeaux mixture as soon as pos sible; and if the beetle has not been destroyed, put a little Paris green into the mixture. Do not get so interested in the hay-field Fair weather. as to forget the weeds in the garden and ploughed fields; small weeds can be destroyed in half the time that it requires to destroy large ones, and the latter inof the Atlantic cable en- jure the crops ten times as much. terprise, died, 1892. Never try to grow two crops on the land at the same time, and have one of them weeds. Stir with showers. 11th. C. W. Field, founder ? destroyed villages and 200 lives, 1892. 10 Tu. 11 W. 12 Th. 6 H (. 13 Fr. 14 Sa. 15 G 16 Mo. 17 Tu. 12th. An avalanche from Mont Blanc 15th. runs low. Con8th Sun. af. Tr. St. Swithin. 18th, Rose Terry Cooke, author, died, tinues hot aged 65, 1892. 18 W. Medium tides. in Apogee. 19 Th. H stat. unless tempered by cooling 20 Fr. St. Margaret. 6. from the north. DOG DAYS BEGIN. in Perihelion. the surface of the soil often until the crop shades the land. If the land is to be watered, do it by way of irrigation if possible. A little water showered on with a watering-pot often does more harm than good unless the plants are not rain. Dig up the old bed of watered every day when it does strawberry plants, and set cabbage or sow turnips, and thus prevent filling the garden with weed seeds. The new strawberry bed should receive particular attention during this month and August; the weeds should be kept out, and if they are to be grown in hills, the runners should be kept cut off. The work in caring for a strawberry bed large enough to supply the family is not great, if it be done at the proper season and with tools adapted to the work. New Moon, 1st day, 7h. 24m., morning, E. 216 4 Sa. 4 407 217 5 S-4 416 218 6 M. 4 426 58 14 16 1 0 14 20 0 57 10 3 1 1 rei. 110 5 22 11 1 91 410 6 3 610 7 4 810 8| 54 61 11 11 9 64 thi. 11 2 63 thi. 11 43 | thi.|11 6 39 7 30 AUGUST hath 31 days. [1894. Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around; D. M. D. W. And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground? Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &c. 3 Fr. O. High tides. 4 Sa. 4th. A. J. Borden and his wife were > murdered at Fall River, Mass., 1892. 5 G 11th Sunday after Trinity. 6 Mo. Transfiguration. 6h C. dull 7 Tu. H. 9th. Mercury vis. 8 W. Med. tides. [in the east. 9 Th. gr. el. W. with 10 Fr. St. Lawrence. 11th. ru. low. 11 Sa. Cardinal Newman died, 1890. some 12 G 12th Sunday after Trinity. 13 Mo. in Apog. 12th. L. tides. 14 Tu. in 8. rain. 15 W. Assump. of V. Mary. in 8. 16 Th. 15th. Sir Walter Scott born, 1771. 17 Fr. 18 Sa. in Perihelion. Much heat. Farmer's Calendar. LET no decayed wood, fruit, or vegetables remain in the cellar. Care should also be taken that nothing injurious to health is thrown near the house. Look well after the cattle; see that they have good pasture and pure water. Now is the time to reap a part of the product of your labors, either in vegetables for table use or for market. Strive to produce the very best for market, and study what crops your soil is best adapted to, in order to know better what to plant another year. Try a few experiments on a small scale; these will teach you a great deal. Keep the weeds out of the strawberry bed this month if you desire large and well-ripened fruit another year. A wind-mill to pump up water is of very great value to 19 G 13th Sun. af. Tr. gr. br. the farmer when his crops are 20 Mo. 18th. Battle of Gravelotte, 1870. 21 Tu. 6 D. lantic seaboard, 1893. planted on high land, or in times of drought. A drought in the Dry and middle or latter part of the season does much greater damage than one early in summer. If large fruit is desired, it must be thinned out on the trees by pickwhere it is thickly set, leaving ing a large portion off by hand the best. A mulching of hay or straw will be of service in protecting hoed crops from drought when no water is available. 22 W. Medium tides. dusty. 23 Th. $27th. Destructive storm along the At24 Fr. St. Bartholomew. Signs of 25 Sa.. 26th runs high. 26 G 14th Sun. af. Tr. 6 27 Mo. 29th. gr. hel. lat. N. 28 Tu. St. Augustine. 69 C. rain. Do not forget to take an occa 29 W. Beh. of St. John Bapt. (in Perig.sional ride with your family, thus 30 Th.& C. 31 Fr. Unsettled. making you all happier, as well George William Curtis, author, died, as healthier. aged 68, 1892. > First Quarter, 6th day, 8h. 3m., evening, W. 249 6 Th. 5 156 10 12 552 22 18 7 812 522 25 18 8 92 72 10 16 42 13 17 12 16 17 582 19 17 3 03 4 Orei. 5 6 12 492 28 18 9 6 312 442 33 19 11 8 8 legs 0 20 8 47 9 9 legs 1 24 9 33 93 legs 2 29 10 17 104 104 feet 3 34 10 59 103 11 feet rises 11 41 250 7 Fr. 5 166 SEPTEMBER hath 30 days. [1894. 1 Sa. 2 G 3 Mo. 4 Tu. What plant we in this apple-tree? 3d. LABOR DAY in Maine, New Hamp shire, Mass., R.I., and Conn. 15th Sun. aft. Tr. 6 h . 5 W. $3d. Thomas W. Parsons, poet, died, 5th. Daniel Dougherty, lawyer, died, 8th 9 G 16th Sunday after in Apogee. 11 Tu. 9th. Low tides. 10 Mo. END. Farmer's Calendar. As a rule, the garden during this month is neglected, and is visited only to gather some of the later crops; and the ground where the early ones grew is covered with a heavy growth of weeds, many of which have already ripened their seeds and scattered them over the garden, to furnish an abundant crop another year. Trinity. This is not pleasant to contem Expect plate; it is not economy. The high winds garden should be kept clean of 12 W. 10th. State Election in Maine. with weeds, and the ripened leaves partly écl., and stalks of the crops removed perhaps a as soon as they are gathered; thus the garden will be an attractive place to visit during the entire shower. 13 Th. 14th and 15th. 70, 1892. 21 Fr. St. Matthew. 6, in 28. growing season. If the soil is kept rich, two crops can be obtained on most, if not all, of the garden. Do not wait for the frost to come before you fill the silo; if you planted your corn before the first of June, it will be ripe the month. If the weather be enough to cut by the middle of dry, feed the milch cows night and morning with some of the corn fodder. Harvest the potatoes as soon as ripe, and sow winter rye either for a crop of grain, for cutting green in the spring to as a green crop; for either purpose feed the cattle, or to plough under it is a good paying crop. Have your neighbors grown such excellent produce that you have nothing to carry to the fair? |