In Summer 'tis a blithesome sight to see, As step by step, with measured swing they pass, The wide-ranked mowers, wading to the knee, Their sharp scythes panting through the thick-set grass. 5 Mo. C. 6th Sun. af. Trin. 6 6 Tu. Very 5th, 1868; ther. 96 in shade, 128 in sun. Farmer's Calendar. HAYING must be pressed forward as fast as possible now. Don't overdry the grass. Some farmers make it so much in a hot sun as to leave it little better than Great heat in New Eng.. 3d, 4th, and straw. Hay is best dried slowly stat. Geo. P. Morris, author of in the shade, or in cock. If you Woodman, spare that have fifteen or twenty tons to get, 7W..tree," died, a. 64, 1864. it will pay to buy a tedder. If 8 Th. gr. hel. lat. S. warm. you have twenty-five to thirty 9 Fr. 6 HC. HO. Cr.high. acres to mow over, it will pay to 10 Sa. C. [High tides. have a mowing machine. Two or 11 C. 7th Sun. af. Trin. DO. in Perigee. 12 Mo. 13 Tu. Changeable, time to bud fruit trees. of Brazil, 1941. 8th Sunday after Trinity. 19 Mo. 6 h C. gr. hel. lat. N. 22d. Pilgrims sailed from Delft Haven, three farmers can often club together and own one in common, where they are not able to have one to themselves. Don't fail.to C. French Revolution began, take good care of it, as it costs too Middle of July to end of August best much to be neglected. Wheat, gr. elong. W. Low tides. rye, and oats should be cut while in the dough. Don't let them get 18th. Don Pedro II. crowned Emperor too ripe. Both the straw and grain are better cut green. Oats with cut green, and cured like hay, make a valuable fodder. Buckwheat may be sown about the middle of the month, after a crop of early pease or potatoes. Cabbages should be set out now. They showers, make an excellent fall and winter feed for stock. Weed out the root crops. If pulled or cut early, or in 8. [Dog Days beg. while in blossom, the weeds make Expect a good addition to the pig-pen. dry Top-dress mowing lots, after the 29 Th.. 25th, Seba Smith, author of grass comes off, with compost, Jack Downing Letters," loam, muck, or other substances. d., a. 75, 1868. weather. The garden still needs attention. 31 Sa. in Perihel. Low tides. Gather herbs when in blossom. 1620. 14 W. 15 Th. 16 Fr. 17 Sa. 18 C. 20 Tu. 21 W. 22 Th. runs low. 9th Su. af. Tr. St. James. H. in Apogee. New Moon, 7th day, 5h. 24m., evening. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. 023 42 5 arm 11 15 5 55 Now on the hills I hear thè thunder mutter; Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1 C. 10th Su. af. Trin. 64 C. 6 Fr. 7 Sa. 8 C. High ti. 9 Mo. 69. in Perigee. Farmer's Calendar. THE crowd of work is usually over by this time, except on the long stretches of meadow, where the haying continues often till out September. Swale grass should be cut early, and if it were taken before the upland, on many farms, it would probably be all the better be top-dressed to advantage. A for it. Upland mowings may now light dressing of old compost protects the roots of the grasses and improves the land, which, if kept in permanent grass, needs a dressing every three or four years. 14th. Horse "Dexter" makes Great compost of muck and manure is stationary. Low tides. excellent for this purpose. Plas15 C. 12th Sun. af. Trin. in 8. ter, ashes, or bone dust is a useful 16 Mo. 15th. Napoleon I, born, [6 applied as soon as possible after addition to it, and it should be heat. the grass is off, at the rate of fif 11 W. & 10 Tu. 12 gr. hel. lat. N. C. sup. Th.20.11th. Hon. Thad. Stevens 13 Fr. 14 Sa. died, aged 75, 1868. the shortest time on rec., '67. 1769. 17 Tu. 26 Th.D. A teen or twenty cart-loads to the acre. On the bare spots, here and there, a little grass seed may be Sown to advantage. The English or round turnip, may be sown the first of this month, on land from which oats, potatoes, pease, or other early crop has been taken, and they will give a good yield. The Purple-top Strap Leaf is one and of the best varieties. Scatter the 27 Fr. Thomson, the poet, died, aged 47, 1748. 28 Sa. 6h C. seed on all available spots, and let the ground be occupied by something useful. Wheat should go 29 C. 14th Sunday after Trinity. in the last of this month or the 30 Mo. Low tides. 31 Tu. sultry first of next. Ditches may be dug weather. or cleared out in low lands. New Moon, 6th day, 1h. 23m., morning. Length Day's 53 br. 11 45 6 25 We too have Autumns, when our leaves Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1W.ru. high. Expect more 3 Fr. 4 Sa. Farmer's Calendar. ANIMALS to be fattened should have greater care now. They will begin to take on flesh rapidly as the cooler weather approaches. in 8.adelphia, 1774. General Congress at Phil-Good pasturage, and a liberal 15th S.af.T. Dog Days end. feeding of corn or oil meal daily, in Perigee. High tides. will soon give them a start. Don't 7 Tu. 6. {Vermont. 5 State election in 8 W. 69C. 5 C. 6 Mo. warm weather. 9 Th. &.itzy confirm timer, 1867. 10 Fr. 2 stationary. bury annex'n, State election 11 Sa. 6h. 14 Tu. 15 W. 16 Th. eat down the fall feed on the mowing lots too closely. Many farmers make a great mistake by turning in the cattle as soon as the crop is off, keeping the aftermath fed down all the season. It leaves positive injury to the field. Let the grass roots exposed, and is a the second crop get well started before turning stock upon it, and then a portion of it will be trodden down, and so remain to protect the roots in winter. Some of the crops will be harvested this Prof. Johnston, the agricultural writer, month. Beans should be pulled died, aged 59, 1855. 17th Sun. af. Trin. and after they have turned yellow, and 19th. Sir Fred. Bruce laid up on stakes or poles to dry d. at Boston, a.53,767. unpleasant. 21 Tu. St. Matt. in Apo. II. ti. pieces of corn may be cut up and before being thrashed. 22 W. Oent.. Aut. beg. 6. stooked towards the end of the 23 Th. Days and nights nearly eq. month. Take it when the ear is 24 Fr. 62. 17 Fr. 18 Sa. 19 C. 20 Mo. dull Corner-stone of the Public Library in Boston laid, 1855. Look 25 Sa. gr. elong. E. 26 C. 18th Su. af. Trin. 27 Mo. 28 Tu. early and there, and a sweet bit given frosts. to the cows. Winter wheat ought 29 W. Mich. Day. Cru. h. Lo. ti. to go in immediately on land well Th. 6 HC.{at Salisbury, N. H., n. 105. Soak in strong brine over night, and roll in Mrs. Betsey Eastman died prepared and mellow. plaster or lime before sowing. |