146 MAY. 



honours" are become "thick upon itj" and 

 felled to the ground, or left a blasted skeleton 

 in the midst of summer greenness. 



Abundance of grass now plunges the house- 

 wife into all the cares, and nice clean processes 

 of the dairy,, skimming, churning, and cheese- 

 making. The farm-house is now an affluent 

 place, abounding in all the good things which 

 may be made from milk ; rich cream, sweet 

 butter, curds, curds and cream, syllabubs, cus- 

 tards, and so forth. Where there is a dairy, at 

 this season, fetching up cows, milking, churn- 

 ing, scouring utensils, making, pressing, and 

 turning cheese, etc. leave no lack of employ- 

 ment. 



Osiers are now peeled, and it is a pleasant 

 sight to see groups of young and old seated in 

 the open air, at this employment. The garden 

 demands various operations of weeding, train- 

 ing, and putting in flower-seeds. The children 

 of the poor have an easy and pleasant occupa- 

 tion in gathering cowslips for wine. Poultry- 

 broods, as last month, demand attention ; corn 

 is weeded, and rearing calves turned out. 



