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till the earth is fine ; be liberal of seed, and cover in with 

 a harrow and not with a bush, which drags the seeds into 

 heaps, or carries them in hollows. The early part of the 

 month should be improved by all who wish to put in a crop 

 of buck-wheat or turnips. If your pastures are getting 

 short, let your milch cows have something every night 

 in the yard. Corn, sown broadcast, would now render 

 admirable service. 



If you have neglected to raise your bulbs, lose no time 

 now. Take cuttings from roses and put in small pots, invert 

 a glass over them ; in two or three weeks they will take 

 root, and by the next spring make good plants. Gather 

 flower seeds as soon as they ripen. 



9. WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. You should finish seeding 

 your wheat grounds in this month. If sown too early, it 

 is liable to sufier from the fly ; if too late, from rust. Those 

 who sow acres by the hundred, must sow early and late 

 both. But moderate fields should be seeded by the mid 

 dle of this month. In preparing the land, if the surface 

 does not naturally drain itself, it should be so plowed as 

 to turn the water into furrows between each land. Standing 

 water, and, yet more, ice upon it, being fatal to it. See 

 that your cattle are brought into good condition for winter 

 ing. Fall transplanting may be performed from the middle 

 of this month ; take off every leaf re-set, and stake. 



By the latter part of the month, or early in October, 

 according to the season, it will be necessary to raise and pot 

 such plants as you intend to keep in the house ; to raise and 

 place in a dry and frost-proof room your dahlias, tube 

 roses, amaryllis, tigridia, gladioli, and such other tender 

 bulbs as you may have. Let your seed be gathered, 

 carefully put away where it will contract no moisture. Go 

 over your grounds and examine all your labels, lest the 

 storms which are approaching should destroy them. Sow 

 in some warm and sheltered part of j^awj-gaj^Jgn, early in 

 this month, for spring use, spiiwgp, com s:ila-.i, It tln*-&quot;, etc. 



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