11 Tu. 12 W. 13 Th. 14 Fr. 15 Sa. Vintage in the island of Zante this month. runs high. 10th S. af. Trin. Battle of Spring field, Mo., '61. in Apogee. Peach-trees blossom, this month, in New Zealand. It is springtime there. Tobacco planted this month at Port Natal. Farmer's Calendar. Is N'T it time to begin to cut up green corn fodder for the cows and other stock? I suppose you planted a piece for this purpose. It pays well, you know, when the pastures are dry and parched in the burning sun. Have you ever thought what an enormous burden of fodder you can raise on an is near acre of ground, well tilled, and 6 sown thick with corn in rows? Sultry You would hardly believe me if weather. I should tell what I have heard 6.68 C. 16 D. 11th S. af. Tr. A storm perhaps and seen too. It beats all. A Very good lot of extra fodder, roots, fine etc., helps out the season, both again. summer and winter. With fodHigh der enough you can keep more tides. stock; more stock will give you more manure; more manure will 17 Mo. 69 h. Rain may enable you to keep up the fertil18Tu. 6 h C. 69 C. beity of your land, and add to its 19 W. & C. 18th. 63. profits. It's a good plan, I think, 20 Th. Cotton in blossom 25 Tu. 26 W. 27 Th. C. C. Unsettled Lawrence. in 8. 28 Fr. Forts Hatteras and Clark taken, '61. 29 Sa. High tides. 30 D. 13th S. af. T. 81 Mo. nearly together. Sun and clock to stock up to the full capacity of the farm, and it is better to have to buy a little hay, than to sell, unless you have some extra facilities for getting manure. The purple-top strap-leaf turnip may be sown broadcast the first of this month, if you failed to get in the seed in July. Look again at the remarks made on Ploughfor top-dressing last year. ing, ditching, draining, and sowing grass-seed, will fill up the 6 month with useful and profitable days. work. some Last Quarter, 4th day, 8h. 25m., evening. Length Day's Rises. Sets. of Days. Decre. h. m.h. m. h. m. h. m. SEPTEMBER hath 30 days. 1863, But when the fiery days were done, The hill-sides gleamed with golden maize. Aspects, Holidays, Events, 1Tu. 11 Fr. 12 Sa. in Vermont. runs high. Erie, 1813. Battle of Lake 13 D. 15th S. af. Tr. in Maine. 14 Mo. {State Flection 6h. Farmer's Calendar. HADN'T you better keep an eye Finer on the melons and the fruit there in the garden? It's a shame a for man can't lie down to rest, after 6. a day's work, without the fear of Low ti. thieves at his melon-patch and fruit-trees at night, to rob him of what he has looked forward to 3 Th. 4 Fr. 5th. Dog d. end. 5 Sa.sta. C. 6 D. 14th S. after Trinity. 7 Mo. 6th. in Aph. some so long. Now, boys, I've a word 8Tu. Worcester. 69. days. 6 days. to say to you on this subject. 9 W. 8th. in Apogee. Don't you do it. It's worse than 10 Th. Battle of Lake Changeable, highway robbery. A man would with rain. rather have the money taken from Some his purse, than the fruit from his favorite tree, which he has plantHigh ti. ed with his own hand, and tended 6. and watched from the start. It's frost. mean to sneak round at night, or 6 Cially on a Sunday afternoon, to in broad daylight either, especMore rain rob an orchard or a melon-patch. Robbing hen-roosts-about the runs 1. meanest business that 's done. is quite respectable to it. Hold on, then. Don't do a mean, cowardly thing; but, if the temptation is too strong, go up like a en- Autumn begins. Days man, and ask farmer Goodman and nights nearly eq. to give you a taste; or, what is better, go to work and raise some yourself. Never lose your selffiner respect. The law is very stringent on this subject, as it should be; but every manly boy, every boy who has any regard for his reputation, ought to be "a law to himself." 18 Fr. 16th. 9 gr. hel. lat. S. 19 Sa. 20th. Battle of Lex ington, Mo., '61. 20 D. 16th S. af. Tr. 21 Mo. St. Matth. 22 Tu. C. C. Taunton 23 W. 24 Th. 25 Fr. and Dedham. is Low tides. at hand. ters 28th. Detroit evac. Becomes 26 Sa. 27th. 6 C. 1863. 24 OCTOBER, tenth Month. Astronomical Calculations. m.Days.jd. 's Declination. m. 333445 123426 3 S. 11 7 5 44 11 7 117 9 13 28 7 12 7 24 189 16 23 11 25 29 Last Quarter, 4th day, 2h. 37m., evening. Length Day's OCTOBER hath 31 days. 1863. Now glows the apple with its pencilled streak 12 Mo. 6 h D. in 8. 16 Fr. 17 Sa. 18 D. 20th S. af. Tr. 19 Mo. 20 Tu. in Perih. 21 W. Massacre of Ball's 22 Th. 23 Fr. Bluff, '61. 21st. Battle of Fred- 19th. Surrender of 24 Sa. 6C. We shall have sleeping enough in the grave; let us not sleep our lives away, nor idle away time in use6 less lounging. Many a young Expect man has begun a golden career high of success by improving his evenlow.ings, and making the most of his runs 6 time. in Now, how is it about the school, St. Lu. Ev. the lyceum, the farmer's club? sta. 20th. in Per. Have you an agricultural library Low tides. your neighborhood? What books have you selected for the winter's reading? Do you mean winds. to leave this subject to chance, Colder, and read only what happens to with come in your way? There's a better way than that. Sit down a and make a list of what you will elo. W. read and study, and stick to it. storm Get the best standard works on agriculture and the sciences connected with it. If you don't master them all, they 'll suggest a C. rain or snow. thousand things that will be usegr. hel. lat. N. 60. ful in your work on the farm. 25 D. 21st S. af. Trinity. 26 Mo. Rhode Island Leg. meets. 27 Tu. High tides. gr. 28 W. St. Sim. and St. Jude. |
