tide #3/4 PM or oposite fractions of tides. Came wecession including 4 days m The 12th 8 13th ligns of the Zodice in tim I washout Sunny hours in every season Wait the innocent; Those who taste with love and reason Those who neither soar too highly, Nor too lowly fall, Feel the sunny days of winter, after all!-D. F. MACARTHY. 2 Tu. Purifica. of V. Mary. Candlemas Day. 3 W. in Apogee. 4 Th. 5th. T. Carlyle died, 1881, aged 85. 5 Fr. 69 C. Changeable. 6 Sa. in Perih., & in Aph. 7 C 5th Sund. after Epiphany. 8 Mo. Low tides. 9 Tu. 8th, O. S. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, 10 W.Queen Victoria married, 1840. beheaded, 1587. Colder, with 11 Th. n # 0, 64 C. 12 Fr. Cotton Mather, D.D., bern, 1663. 13 Sa. 14th. 6 h C, C runs high. 14 C 6th Su. af. Epip. St. Valentine. 15 Mo. Length of day 10h. 36m. 16 Tu. Capture of Fort Donelson, 1882. 17 W. in Perigee. 18 Th. inf., 6 ☀ ?. 19 Fr. V. high tides. gr. h. 1. S. 20 Sa. 6, 6 4 C. 21 C Septuages. Sun. & 22 MO. WASHINGTON BORN, 1732. 23 Tu. snow. C. Now somewhat 24 W. St. Matthias. O sup. 25 Th. 26 Fr. 27th. runs low. 27 Sa. Very low tides. warmer. Farmer's Calendar. IF you want to get eggs in this cold spell, take the early chicks of breeds that like to lay; give them warm quarters, clean poles to roost on, a drink that is not too cold, and a breakfast of corn meal and wheat bran wet down with milk. Feed some meat scraps every day, and keep fine powdered oyster-shells and a lot of gravel within easy reach. A small bunch of oats and some dried clover is just what will be fun for them to pick at, and if they find some kernels of buck wheat and a few sunflower seeds mixed in with the chaff, it wont hurt them any. It is a poor plan to raise low-priced crops on highpriced land; so if your farm is anywhere near a town or village where there is a good market, now is the time to start early gar den crops that are sure to pay. With a cold-frame or a hot-bed, you can get early cabbages that always sell well, and early beets, turnips, tomatoes, and other crops a little ahead of anybody else, and so take the cream of the market. There is no end to the chores, and no need to waste time, cold as it is. Cows and young stock are better off in warm. stalls, and it is a good plan to take the chill off the water you give 28 C Sex. Sun. 9 gr. hel. lat. N. them to drink. We ought to bear in mind that "well-wintered is half well-summered." Twelve pounds of hay, cut and wet and mixed with eight pounds of shorts, will keep a cow a day better than thirty pounds of hay, and at less cost. 1886.] MARCH, THIRD MONTH. ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS. 's Declination. 67 8 M. 6 60 • New Moon, 5th day, 5h. 4m., evening, W. 1M. 6 2015 35 11 152 12 61 2 Tu. 6 18 5 36 11 18 2 15 62 3 W. 6 16 5 37 11 21 2 18 63 4Th. 6 15 5 38 11 232 20 64 5 Fr. 6 13 5 39 11 262 23 65 6 Sa. 6 115 40 11 292 26 66 7S-6 10 5 42 11 322 29 8 5 43 11 352 82 3|26|81| 9|legs 3 56 D Rises. Souths. h. m.h. m. 3 44 8 47 3 27 9 10 legs 4 24 9 33 10 11 68 9 Tu. 6 65 6 5 4411 382 35 5 4 1 1 n'k 9 36 2 45 Through heat and cold, and shower and sun, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1/Mo. Admiral Geo. H. Preble died, 1885. Blustering, 3W.h stat., 6? C, Cin Apo. 4Th. 5th. Boston Massacre, 1770. 5 Fr. O eclip.; invis. in N. E. 6 Sa. 8 O, C. but 7 C Quin. or Shrove Sunday. 8 Mo. 6th. T. S. Arthur, author, died, 1885, aged 76. 9 Tu. Shrove Tuesday. grows winds. 10 W. Ash Wednesday. stat. in 8. 11 Th. 6. 10th. High tides. 12 Fr. milder, with high 13 Sa. 6 h C. 14th. Low tides. 14 C 1st Sunday in Lent. 15 Mo. in Perihelion. 16 Tu. 14th. runs high. 17 W. St. Patrick. in Perigee. 18 Th. & C. 20th. 62 C. 19 Fr. 20th. Very high tides. 20 Sa. O ent. Y. SPRING BEGINS. 21 C 20 Sund. in Lent. St. Benedict. 22 Mo. h O. 21st. 8 20. 23 Tu. 21. gr. elong. E. 24 W. 25th. 1st day of year in Old Style; 25 Th. Annun. or Lady Day. gr. h. 1. N. 26 Fr. 8 HO, 9 gr. brilliancy. 27 Sa. runs low, changed, 1752, to January 1. 28 C 30 S. in L. Very low tides. 29 Mo. in Apogee. 30 Tu. stationary. 31 W. 69 C. Fine. J. G. WHITTIER. Farmer's Calendar. THERE is enough to do, as the spring comes on, to take up the time and thought of every far mer. There is the town meeting to go to, and no one ought to fail to attend that. Then the stock needs more care than at any other time. The cows and the ewes will soon come in, and they need looking after. The best cows are more apt to have trouble with the udder than your small milkers, and a hot and feverish bag needs a good rubbing with hot soapsuds and warm flannels. Neglect at this time will be sure to bring on the garget, and cause the loss of a part, if not all, of the milk. It is a good plan to begin to feed out the mangolds now to stock of all kinds. They do more good now than earlier in the season. When the warm days come soon after the middle of the month, the canker-worm will begin to climb the trees, and it is best to use tar or printer's ink often enough to stop her. Clover should be sown on lands laid down last fall. Red clover is one of the best crops we can raise, and it makes the land better every time. Ten pounds of red clover and five pounds of alsike to the acre is none too much. It is worth while to roll the ground after the seed is sown. 03 57 14 64 94 Day of New Moon, 4th day, 9h. 31m., morning, E. 91| 1|Th. 15 2716 10112 433 40|12|27| 9|10 h. h. Place. 11 11 h'd 1114 n'k 4 4 9 43|| 3 0 1 arm 9 33 2 21 arm 11 35 4 8 26 27 13 25 4 22 16 12 9 9 rei. 4. 410 34 10 rei. 4 39 11 27 111 sec. rises morn sec. 7 47 0 19 Othi. 8 51 1 11 0 11 thi. 950 2 3 13 2 thi. 10 45 254 21 3 kn. 11 34 3 45 Buds on the bushes, and blooms on the mead, Hark! the Spring whispereth, "Make ye with speed Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 Th. Bismarck born, 1815. 2 Fr. 3 Sa. 4th. & C. High winds, 4 C 4th Sunday in Lent. 5 Mo. 6th and 7th. Battle of Shiloh, 1862. 6 Tu. 7th. High tides. 7W.6 1885. inf. State election with in R.I. 8 Th. 6 C. rain 9 Fr. 8th. Richard Grant White, critic, died, 10 Sa.h C, C runs high. 11 C 5th Su. in L. Passion Sunday. 12 Mo. Low tides. and sleet. 13 Tu. 14th. President Lincoln assassinated, 1865. 14 W. 68, in Perigee. 15 Th. 17th. Franklin died, 1790, aged 84. 62, 6 stat., 6 HC. 18th. Very high tides. Palm Sunday. in 8. 16 Fr. 17 Sa. 18 C 19 Mo. 20 Tu. First blood of the Revolution shed at Lexington. Concord fight, 1775. BAYARD TAYLOR. Farmer's Calendar. It is best, on the whole, to set out fruit and shade trees in the spring, and to get them in before it is time for them to start and grow. It is a good time to graft, but as the bark slips easily now, take care not to make a bad wound. If buds come out below the grafts, as they will in May and June, rub them off as soon as the cions begin to grow. Mulch the strawberry beds with coarse hay or straw, to keep the fruit from the dust. Don't use tan or saw-dust, as they are apt to stick to the fruit. It is worth while to mulch the currants and the gooseberries. As soon as you see any holes in the leaves, take a large spoonful of white hellebore, and put it in a pailful of water, mix well and apply with a syringe or garden-pump. Persian insect-powder is better still, and may be used the same way. It pays to look sharp after the currant-worm. A grapevine that is just set out ought not to bear more than one good shoot to a stake, and pinch off the rest. the first year. Keep that tied up Thin out the fruit by and by. If you take off half that sets, in May or June, the rest will be all the better for it. The fight with bugs and worms and caterpillars must open soon, and be kept up. time. Plant pease, onions, and early garden seeds as soon as the ground is fit. Trench the soil 21 W. 23d. William Wordsworth died, 1850. this 25 C 26 Mo. 8. gr. elong. W. 69 C. of the garden and get it ready for the May seeding. |