

MVOTSQ TO AGRIGULTUSE AND ALL ITS KINBRSD ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



WORK FOR THE SEASON. 



At this busy s-eason farmers hate more work be- 

 fore them than they can perform in due time, and 

 they may hardly need any suggestions on the sub- 

 ject. In some sections the sowing of grain is not 

 conaiileted, though it ought to have been attended to 

 last month, had the season been favorable. Wheat, 

 rye, oats, and barley generally succeed best vith 

 early sowing, as thej- are less liable to rust. Yet 

 sonic sow wheat late, at the risk of the rust, in order 

 to scape the ravages of the grain worm ; and often 

 this appears to be a judicious course. Millet and 

 buckwheat succeed best when sowed late. 



Since the rot has prevailed, it is better to plant 

 potatoes early ; yet it Avill answer to plant late. "We 

 planted some last j'ear as late as the middle of June, 

 and on very moist land ; yet they succeeded well, as 

 they rotted but very little. So in regard to this sub- 

 ject, "Better late than never." It is impossible for 

 a farmer to do every tiring at the most suitable time, 

 especially in a backward spring. 



The sooner the seed is sowed for root crops the 

 better, after the 20th or 2.5th of May, excepting for 

 turnip, which may be sowed from the middle of June 

 to the first of August, according to the variety. This 

 crop is admirabh' adapted to late sowing, when it is 

 too late for beets, carrots, or parsnips. This is the 

 month for planting Indian corn ; and when it is 

 planted the last of the month, or early in June, it is 

 better to plant rather early kinds, cspeciaUj- on 

 frosty lands. In very warm summers this precaution 

 may not be necessary, but it is well to prepare for 

 seasons as they usually occur. 



In destroying weeds, and loosening and pulver- 

 izing the soil around plants, a great deal of labor is 

 necessary, and frequently before planting is com- 

 pleted. When this labor is delayed, the expense of 

 hoeing is much increased, and the growth of ten- 

 der plants very much retarded. 



Newly transplanted trees should have the earth 

 around them formed into a basin to hold the water ; 

 and it is important to see that a part of the top of 

 the trees is cut off. In some cases trees seem to start 

 BO reluctantly, that it is necessary to cut off half the 



top ; and when they have been removed under very 

 unfavorable circumstances, it is sometimes necessary 

 to cut off all the top, to save them. 



In pruning fruit treos, wo'/prcfer cutting off large 

 limbs in August or September, or later in the fall, as 

 the v,-ounded part will remain sound. But at this 

 season it is necessary to remove dead limbs, and those 

 that interfere, to thin out tops that arc too dense, and 

 cut off sprouts and small branches that are giving the 

 tree a wrong direction. 



Most farmers, in the hurry of business which 

 almost always occurs at this season, neglect to have 

 a good variety of vegetables and small fruits for their 

 family use. Every one should have a good supply 

 of early and late sweet corn, early potatoes, early 

 beans, both lor shell and string ; a variety of peas 

 for different seasons, early and late cucumbers and 

 melons, both musk and water ; early and late 

 squashes, cabbages, and turnips : early and late 

 parsnips ; also, rhubarb, asparagus, lettuce, radish, 

 spinach, cress, and various other things, too numer- 

 ous to mention. There is still time to attend to most 

 of these vegetables. Small fruits, especially those 

 that are early, should by no means be neglected. 

 Strawberries, raspberries, thimbleberries, gooseber- 

 ries, currants, blackberries, cranbcnics, and Other 

 small fruits should receive attention, as well as the 

 larger kinds. They come into bearing \'ery early, and 

 yield large crops of fruit, which is very acceptable in 

 hot weather, and saves much expense for meat, but- 

 ter, Sec, which are far less palatable and wholesome. 

 These small plants may be moved at this season, by 

 taking up much soil with the roots. 



BONE MANURE. 



In reply to the inquiries of "S. P." in regard to 

 the prices of ground bone, and where it is to be 

 obtained, wo would remark that what is commonly 

 called ground bone, is really only crushed bone ; a 

 part of it is fine, but the greater part is in small 

 pieces, not readily available to the plant ; hence it has 

 been a practice in England, and by a few cultivators 

 in thw country, to use sulphuric acid, and other 



