There are notes of joy from the hangbird and wren, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 W. St. Philip and St. James. 9 gr. el.W. Warm. Farmer's Calendar. No time to lose now. Up early and down late, is the rule for this spring. The crops in the fall will tell the story. Oats and all the small grains ought to go in as soon as the ground is 5 F 20 Sun. af. East. Cr. high. 6 Mo. 6. 6 h. in 8. fit, and you cannot get a potato 7 Tu. 6th. inf. and transit. in too early. But it is of no use to try to make things grow where 8 W. 56th. The Crazy Horse band of Indians (900) surrender at Red Cloud agen., 77. the land is too cold and wet. 10 Fr. 11 Sa. 9 Th. Schiller died, 1805. Showery. 6 HD. Low tides. Cool but pleasant. 12 F 30 Sunday after Easter. 13 Mo. in Perigee. 14 Tu. 13th. Pope Pius IX. born, 1792. Why not drain more lots, and so be on hand as soon as the spring opens to go on with the work? Most roots ought to go in now, if you did not get them Signs in last month; but the mangold of a storm. tides. fall. and the swede will do if sown late. It is a great thing to have the bin full of roots when the cows come to the barn in the The time to plant corn will come by the end of the month. Give it rich, light, warm land and a clean field. A light coat of tar on the seed will save it from the crows and the rest of the thieves. Pour hot water on a peck of seed, and drain off quick, then dash on a pint of tar, and you coat over every seed: dust with lime or ashes, and it is all right to plant. Hen-dung and fine peat, or loam is good. Don't fail to pitch into the caterpillars and the rest of the grubs. Save and protect the birds; they do a great deal of good. an eye on the garden. Keep > First Quarter, 7th day, 11h. 10m., evening, W. Last Quarter, 22d day, 2h. 30m., evening, W. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. m. 152 1 Sa. 4 267 29 15 153 2 S. 4 26 7 30 15 154 3 M. 4 257 30 15 155 4Tu. 4 257 31 15 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 3 2 156 5 W. 4 24 7 31 15 7 6 4 2 157 6 Th. 4 24 7 32 15 86 5 2 6 158 7 Fr. 4 247 33 15 159 8 Sa. 4 247 34 15 10 6 9 6 161 10 M. 4 237 35 15 12 6 162 11 Tu. 4 237 36 15 13 6 10 163 12 W. 4 23 7 36 15 13 6 10 I€4 13 Th. 4 23 7 37 15 14 6 11 165 14 Fr. 4 237 37 15 14 6 11 166 15 Sa. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 167 16 S. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 168 17 M. 4 23 7 38 15 15 6 12 169 18 Tu. 4 23 7 39 15 16 6 13 170 19 W. 4 23 7 39 15 16 6 13 171 20 Th. 4 23 7 39 15 16 Dec. 172 21 Fr. 4 23 7 39 15 16 0 D. M. D. W. 1 Sa. The seeded dandelion dim Casts loose its air-globe on the breeze, Along the grass the swallows skim, The cattle couch among the trees. Aspects, Holidays, Events, runs high. Nicomede. 2 F Sun. af. Ascen. 9 gr. el.W. 3 Mo.& C. High tides. 4 Tu. Length of night 8h. 53m. 5 W. Legislature meets in New Hampshire. 6 Th. 6 HC. Bright and sunny 7 Fr. 6th. Jeremy Bentham died, 1832. 8 Sa. Low tides. 9 F Whit-Sunday. Pentecost. 10 Mo. 9th. in Perigee. 11 Tu. 69. St. Barnabas. 12 W. weather. Signs of a storm. 13 Th. 19th. Length of ni. 8h. 44m. 14 Fr. C runs low. Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. The British evacuate Philadelphia, 1778. the year. part of the city destroyed; loss estimat millions, 1877. 15 Sa. Very high tides. Gold 105, 1877. 16 F Trinity Sunday. 17 Mo. 18 Tu. & C. 18th to 2d, longest days in 19 W. 20th. Great fire at St. John, N. B. Great 20 Th. Corpus Christi. Sed at ten to twelve 21 Fr. O ent. . SUMMER BEGINS. 22 Sa. 6h C. Very low tides. 23 F 1st Sunday after Crinity. 24 Mo. h O. St. John Baptist. 25 Tu. in 8. 64C. 26 W. 224 in Apogee. 27 Th.69 C. Rather dry. 28 Fr. Battle of Monmouth, 1778. 29 Sa.. Cru. high. St. Peter. 30 F 20 Su. af. Tr. in Perih. DE VERE. Farmer's Calendar. WEEDS are the curse of our lands. They grow here and there, crowd upon our crops, and sap the moisture and the rich juices from the soil. They rob us more slyly than any other set of thieves. They are starting now, and need a close watch. and the cultivator on the go, Keep the hoe, the horse-hoe, and nip them in the bud. There is no other way to get back what it has cost us to plant. I like to sow the swede soon after the a The way 20th; it is early enough. With wide breadth of mangolds sown the middle of May, and a good lot of swedes this month, we can get a large stock of cattle through next winter. to raise roots is to keep the land and the manure free from weedseed. If you use none but old and fine compost, or ashes, or some well-made stuff that you buy, you can steer clear of a host of weeds; it costs less than dung from the yard. The true way is to work the land quite I clean and free from weeds, and to use no foul ground for root crops. Cut the first crop of grass soon after the middle of the month. The red clover will then be in bloom; cut and cure it so as not to waste its leaves. Don't dry it too much in the hot sun. It will cure in the cock. 1878. JULY, Seventh Month. Astronomical Calculations. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. Days. d. m. 23N. 6 7 22 34 13 21 23 2 8 22 57 9 22 52 10 22 46 11 22 5 22 40 12 21 57 > First Quarter, 7th day, 3h. 36m., morning, E. Last Quarter, 22d day, 7h. 31m., morning, W. h. m. h. m. h. m. h. m12. m. 1M. 4 277 40 15 130 3 4 1 183 2 Tu. 4 28 7 40 15 120 4 4 2 184 3 W. 4 28 7 39 15 110 5 4 3 185 4 Th. 4 29 7 39 15 100 6 4 4 186 5 Fr. 4 29 7 38 15 90 7 4 5 187 6 Sa. 4 30 7 38 15 80 8 4 6 188 7S. 4 317 38 15 189 8 M. 4 317 37 15 190 9 Tu. 4 327 37 15 50 11 195 14 S. 4 367 35 14 590 17 196 15 M. 4 377 35 14 580 18 197 16 Tu. 4 377 34 14 570 19 198 17 W. 4 387 33 14 550 21 199 18 Th. 4 397 32 14 530 23 200 19 Fr. 4 407 32 14 520 24 201 20 Sa. 4 417 31 14 500 26 202 21 S. 4 427 30 14 480 28 203 22 M. 4 437 29 14 460 30 204 23 Tu. 4 44 7 28 14 44 0 32 205 24 W. 4 447 27 14 430 33 206 25 Th. 4 457 26 14 410 35 207 26 Fr. 4 467 25 14 390 37 208 27 Sa. 4 477 24 14 370 39 209 28 S. 4 48 7 23 14 350 41 210 29 M. 4 49 7 22 14 330 43 211 30 Tu. 4 507 21 14 310 45 60 112 kn. rises morn. 8 29 0 45 They drive home the cows from the pastures Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat-fields, Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1/Mo./3d. Battle and massacre of declared, 1776. Hot 2 Tu. Oin Apo. 6 C. H. tides. 1755. 9 Tu. Braddock's defeat, 10 W. 1877. CHILD'S WORLD. Farmer's Calendar. WE must keep up with the A wide swath and a times. smooth one, and mind and not let them cut your corners, was the rule when I was a boy; but now it is the horse and the machine, the tedder, the horse-rake, and what not, and the grass is cut and cured in a new way. We must give it up with a good grace, acwith knowledge the corn, and fall thunder and into line, or the boys will get ahead of us. It is best to cut 11 Th. 12th. Battle of the Boyne, 1690. grass early, and not to dry the 12 Fr. C runs low. lightning life out of it in the hot sun. 13 Sa. High tides. 14th. Gold, 105 3-8, The weeds will be apt to grow 14 F4th Sunday after Trinity, and spoil the corn if you do not 15 Mo. & C. St. Swithin. and look after them, now and then, The with a sharp hoe. They sap the 16 Tu. (Strike on Balt. and Ohio R. R. strike spread rapidly until many of the ground more than the crops, and 17 W. most important railroads in the U. S. were stopped. Riots occurred at Balti- rob them of what little moisture more, Pittsburg, Chicago and elsewhere, there is in the soil. The true accomp. by the loss of many lives and the destruction of property to the value way is to keep them down. It of many millions, 1877. may take time, but it pays in the end. Don't let the grain stand too long. If you have any to cut, let it come down a few days before it turns, and it will weigh more and be all the better for it. Did you think to patch up the roof of the barn last month? Nails are not good to mix with hay. They are bad for a cow's teeth. You can sow buckwheat now, and it may not be too late to put in a little Hungarian. Swedes for the table may go into the ground now. 21st and 22d. Terrible riot at Pittsburg, Pa., 1877. 18 Th. 531st. Russians defeated by |