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NEW ENGLAND F^VRMER. 



Aug. 



com spires, where they diacuss in cheerful mood 

 the nuoossary prei^arations for their departure. 



But iiK-re homely cares press, and we must at- 

 tend to some of the duties which particularly 

 claim attention in August. 



Saving Grass Seeds. — Sufficient attention is 

 not given to the saving of seeds. It is not a diffi- 

 cult matter, even without theaidof a macliine for 

 the purpose, to gather all the clover seeds that 

 may be wanted on a farm of common size. It 

 may hd taken from the second- crop, and threshed 

 and cleaned up as are other seeds. So with herd's 

 grass— leave a square of a few rods where the 

 heads are large, and where no weeds are int(!r- 

 raixed with the grass, and at the proper time cut, 

 thresh and clean it up. Every dollar saved in this 

 and various other ways by the farmer, will give 

 his Ciish account a favorable aspect at the end of 

 the year. Indeed, a little pains will give the small 

 farm.T all the seeds he requires, of every kind, so 

 that he need not expend a shilling in money for 

 them. Also, carefully preserve all other seeds 

 which will be needed for another year's use. 



KvK AMONG Corn. — Those persons wishing to fol- 

 low a crop of corn with rye, will find it a pleasant 

 way to sow the seed on a flat hoeing and har 

 row both ways between the rows with a suita))le 

 impL>m:mt, or rake in, which may be done rap 

 idly. 



KuTA Baoas. — Give them a dressing of ashes or 

 superphosphateof lime just before hoeing, leaving 

 a vow occasionally without the fertilizer, that you 

 may note the difference between them. 



BcDDiNG. — Most persons now understand the 

 process — we merely remind them that the time 

 has come to do it. 



Ditching and Meadow Mud. — August usually 

 offers the most fiivorable sea-son for ditc'aing 

 swamp lands, and for throwing out a supply of 

 meadow mud. There is scarcely a farm but needs 

 ditching somewhere. VV'c can refer the reader to 

 various tracts of land where their owners have 

 been operating in a greater or less degree for ten 

 years, in order to bring low places into the pro- 

 duction of good grasses natural to upland. But 

 thoy have all failed up to this time, though they 

 have toiled annually to accomplish the desired 

 object. The hands have been active, Mhile not a 

 ray of scientific skill bus guided their operations. 

 The poruwil of a single chajitf r ofa good work on 

 Draining would show them : ow futile are such 

 eCFurts against the laws of nature. 



Those who have not used meadow muck will be 

 surprised to find what a rapacious abisorlwnt it is 

 [f thrown out now and left where it may dniin, it 

 will b;x\-;nie quite liglit in the course of tliroo or 

 four mor.ths, and tlicn may bo hauled in tho win- 

 tor, at a triflug expense. 



I4AYING Lands to Grass. — August, too, is a 



mo,st* favorable season for this operation. This 

 practice is now, generally, well understood. On 

 lands naturally too moist for hoed crops, it is a 

 pleasant and profitable way of bringing it back to 

 yield good grass crops, to plow deeply, manure 

 well, pulverize finely, and sjed liberally ; and if 

 well dun in this month the young crop will gain 

 sufficient strength to resist the freezing of winter. 



The Wheat Crop. — There is really no necessity 

 for the farmer to paj' out much cash for flour. 

 The winter blue-stem and some other kinds of 

 wheat will floiirish finely on most of our New 

 England liilla, provided it be properly put in, in 

 August or September, the ground liberall}' en- 

 riched and limed. An acre will ordinarily Ixi 

 sufficient to supply a family of eight or ton per- 

 sons. Make an experiment on a fourth of an 

 acre, you that doubt. 



These are only a portion of the things which it 

 is particularly proper to attend to in the fejrvid 

 month of August. 



GREEIf COEN PUDDIHG. 



This is one of tho uumorous rural luxuries 

 which the farmer has always the power to obtain 

 at small expense. Tho following is tho recipe for 

 making it : — 



Take of green corn, fall in the milk, twelve 

 ears, and grate it. To this add one quart of sweet 

 milk, one-fourth ofa pound of fresh butter, four 

 eggs, well beaten, pepper and salt as much as may 

 be deemed necessary ; stir tho ingredients well 

 together, and bake in a buttered dish. Some add 

 to the other ingredienta a quarter of a pound of 

 fine sugar, and eat with sauce. It is an excellent 

 dish, cold or warm, with meat or sauce; but ep- 

 icures of the most "exquisite taste"' declare fdr 

 it, we believe, and with the first service. 



As green corn, particularly Prof. Mapes' new 

 kind of sweet Ci.rn, may be kept the year round, 

 tills excellent dish may be as common on the ta- 

 ble of the farmer as meat or bread . 



ROTATION OF CHOPS. 



The difference of soils, location and other cir-' 

 cumstances of different farms, renders tho establish- 

 ing a uniform series of crops in all cases imposai'de. 

 In some places spring wheat must be raise(i instead 

 of winter wheat. In others, rye must be made a 

 sulwtitute for wheat. A good course in some in- 

 stances is : 



1 yciir, Corn or potatoes. 



2 " Wheat or rye. 



3 " Clover. 

 Or 1 " WMieat. 



2 " Corn, potatoes. 

 n '< Wheat, rye. 



4 " Clover. 



Or corn and potatoes may }ye followed by ]>ar- 

 loy or peas, and then wheat. Before t! e crop 

 O'fcorn in all <'aseH manure plentifully. Manure 

 may also bo api)li(^d to great advantage when tho 

 field iestockisd to grass. 



