CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



JANUAU IT. 



OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 



In our northern, ice-bound regions very little can be 

 done in this month, further than preparing for the future. 

 "We may, however, take notice of all that will be re- 

 quired, such as the conveying of manure to the plants, 

 painting and cleaning trellises, collecting and preparing 

 stakes, and other matters of like character, which would 

 interfere with time when we can ill spare it. In the 

 South, the instructions for February and March will be 

 suitable at this time. And here we may state, that a 

 similar difference will apply, until about ripening-time, 

 for the mme latitudes. 



COLD GRAPERY. 



Keep the house cool and open with bright sunshine, 

 but close at night, and likewise in the day-tinie when the 

 weathei" is severe and cloudy. Examine occasionally for 

 rats and mice, as Ihey sometimes do much mischief by 

 gnawing the vines. It is well to rub a little arsenic be- 

 tween slices of bread, cheese, or beef, and lay them close 

 to the base of the plants underneath the covering. 



FORCINa HOUSE. 



Here the grape-grower has, fc^ some time to r-^;me, to 



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