THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



22c 



CALENDAR OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sow oats and barley on dry lands, and during 

 dry weather ; also spring wheat, vetches, peas, 

 beans, and flax seed. Sow lucerne on well-prepareri 

 ground, trenched or deejjly ploughed, and richly 

 dunged. Sow carrots and parsnips, best on loamy 

 sands and loams, in good condition from previous 

 treatment, without the present application of fresh 

 manure. Steep the seeds in leys of urine, and en- 

 crust with hot lime. Sow sainfoin, and dress the 

 young plants with gypsum. Apply artificial 

 manures as top-dressings on young wheats, barleys, 

 and clovers — soot and salt, malt coombs, rape 

 dust, nitrate of soda, pigeons-dung, and gypsum. 

 Sow cabbage seeds for summer plants, and lay 

 composts on grass lands in the early month. 



Plant hops, and make the hills six feet distant 

 each way; use well-rotted dung, and place four 

 sets in each hill, one in each corner, and cover 

 them lightly with earth, leaving the upper end of 

 the set just in light of day. 



Continue the planting of forest trees, and of 

 young hedges, but cease if dry weather sets in. 

 The cutting of underwoods will now be finished. 



Watered meadows may now be stocked with 

 light animals. Set traps for vermin, and spread 

 molehills. 



Plough fallows for green crops, and also clay 

 lands for bare fallows, if the weather be dry. 

 Shut up the fields that are intended for hay, and 

 finish laying composts on grass lands. In wet 

 weather thrash grains, and carry dung from the 

 cattle-yards to the heaps in the fields. 



In most situations this month will be the busiest 

 lambing season. Feed the ewes amply with juicy 

 succulent food, as beet, cabbages, and turnips; 

 and use the necessary shelter, which in many 

 instances is as essential as the food itself. The 

 shelter sheds must be Uttered frequently to keep 

 them dry — best with chatFs or very short straws. 

 Remove the ewes and lambs to the pasture fields 

 from the lambing paddock regularly, as the lambs 

 get strong. 



Keep the poultry houses dry and warm, and set 

 all kinds of eggs for hatching; feed well, and pro- 

 vide clear spring water. 



Finish the killing of hogs for bacon, and keep 

 all young pigs for summer stores and for early 

 fattening next winter. The latest fattening bullocks 

 must now be sold, or pushed forward by superior 

 feeding. The long days will now require a larger 

 supply of food, as daylight induces animals to eat 



CALENDAR OF GARDENING. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Early in the month dig and manure plots of 

 ground for the main crops of peas, beans, and all 

 the summer vegetables ; carrots on rich sandy 

 earths, without any present manure ; beet and 

 parsnips on stronger grounds, with the dung placed 

 low in the earth. 



Make rich soils for cabbages, Brussels sprouts, 

 the brocolis, cauliflowers, and kales. Cauhflowers 

 require very rich grounds, with deep trenches of 

 dung. Guano water is an excellent sprinkhng over 

 the young plants. 



Transplant and sow for summer hearting cab- 

 bage. Sow a little Dutch red cabbage seed, and 

 green curled savoy for Michaelmas. 



Sow the best French lettuce seeds round spinach, 

 and repeat this in small quantity every three weeks 

 henceforth ; in the meanwhile the winter prickly 

 spinach will continue to yield freely for some 

 months, if the weather prove showery. 



Sow as early as possible in the month the true 

 Spanish onions for large bulbs, and the Strasburg 

 for more common kitchen use. The ground must 

 be deep and rich. London leeks are soon to be 

 transplanted. 



Sow radishes on rich and light grounds, with 

 moisture and warmth to push an early crop, for 

 which a frame and lights will be advantageous. 

 Sow during the month a sprinkling of Dutch 

 turnip, a little celery for succession, small salading, 



nasturtiums for pickles, parsley, basil, and pot 

 herbs, namely fennel, dills, borage, burnet, and 

 sorrel. 



Plant thyme, sage, marjoram, lavender, rose- 

 mary, and rue. 



Plant the early ash-leaved kidney potato — the 

 next in the champion, prolific, and other sorts that 

 ripen in August. Rich grounds without any 

 present manure are best for avoiding the disease or 

 murrain. 



Fruit Garden. 



Prune fruit trees, and lightly fork the soil between 

 the rows of currants, gooseberries, and raspberries, 

 then cover the ground with leafy compost manure. 



Flower Garden. 



Sow the seeds of hardy annual flowers, after the 

 middle of the month : dianthus, Indian pink, 

 larkspur, and mignonette. The half-hardy are 

 raised under frames. Herbaceous plants are 

 now set or divided, and placed in new situations. 



Cut box plant edgings, turn gravel, or put down 

 fresh sweep-walks, and keep all in neat order. 



Carry to a pit that is dug, bricked, or cemented, 

 all Utters and vegetable refuse, straws, and animal 

 droppings, and sprinkle over the mass frequent 

 balings of liquid matters, and soap suds from the 

 house. Much valuable manure may thus be got 

 from articles that are mostly lost. 



