DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE AND ITS KINDRED ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



VOL. III. 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1851. 



NO. 18. 



RAYNOLDS & NOURSE, 

 Proprietors. 



OFFICE, UUINCY HALL, BOSTON. 



S. W. COLE, Editor. 



WORK FOR THE SEASON. 



September. — The beauty of summer has depart- 

 ed; the fields are no more adorned with rich crops 

 of grass and golden grain; yet September is one of 

 the most delightful months in the year; the wea- 

 ther becomes cool and bracing, giving additional 

 strength to the system and vigor to the mind. Sep- 

 tember is a peculiar month for fruits; apples, pears, 

 peaches and plums abound in this month; and in 

 perfection. 



Threshing Grain should be attended to as soon 

 as possible, after it is harvested and sufficiently 

 dry for this operation; for a large number of de- 

 predators will be destroying it. Besides what they 

 eat and carry away, they make great havoc by 

 waste. The quantity of grain is constantly grow- 

 ing less from the time of harvest till it is secured 

 in the granary. After the farmer has been to the 

 trouble of raising good crops, it is ot the o-reatest 

 importance to secure them in good season. 



Cleaning Granaries. — Those farmers who are 

 troubled with weevil in their grain, should be care- 

 ful and cleanse their granaries thoroughly, before 

 putting their grain into them. Wash them well 

 in strong lye, and when sufficiently dry, whitewash 

 them. 



Winter Wheat. — Those farmers who have not 

 sown their winter wheal, should endeavor to do it 

 early in September, as it is much less liable to 

 winter kill than when sowed later. This subject 

 is now attracting considerable attention; in New 

 England, many farmers are cultivating it with 

 success. The land should be in good condition 

 for this grain and very finely pulverized; the Blue 

 Stem is doubtless the best winter wheat for New 

 England. Mr. Henry Poor, of Andover, in this 

 State, who has been very successful in raising 

 White Flint Winter Wheat, has recently tried the 

 Blue Stem, and he thinks it rather superior to the 

 other kind. As these two varieties resemble each 

 other in appearance, we think the Blue Stem 

 orig-inated from the White Flint. 



Sowing Grass Seed. — The latter part of August 

 is a favorable time for sowing grass seed, but if it 

 has not been attended to, the sooner it is done in 

 September the better; though it often succeeds 

 very well when sown as late as the latter part of 

 the month. 



Grass is much less liable to winter-kill thai> 

 winter wheat; therefore it will bear sowing a 

 little later. Haifa bushel of herds-grass and a 

 bushel of red-top are a suitable quantity to the 

 acre. By seeding liberally, the grass will be 

 fine; but if the quantity be stinted, it will be coarse 

 and unpalatable. Clover may be added in March. 



Clearing Lands of Stone and Bni'lding Walls. — 

 This is the best month in the whole year for these 

 operations. Teams and men are stronger than in 

 the hot summer months, and the days are sufl^cient- 

 ly long. And as this is usually a dry season in 

 the year, it is generally convenient to work on 

 lands that are frequently too wet for the purpose. 



Top Dressing Wet Lands. — The manure for 

 wet lands should be hauled on, while the season 

 continues dry, and laid in heaps, which should re- 

 main till late in the fall before it is spread. To 

 prevent waste by laying in small heaps, the man- 

 ure should be mixed with two or three times its 

 bulk, with gravel, gravelly loam or sand; these sub- 

 .stances are much better than mud or clay for 

 wet lands. Compost manure with but little gravel 

 or sand, may be dropt in heaps on wet land, and' 

 the heaps covered with gravel or loam to prevent 

 any waste of manure till the time of spreading. 

 This is a more effectual mode for preventing the 

 waste of the manure, and sometimes it is the mo.«t 

 economical as to lal)()r. 



Fattening Hogs. — Cyommence fattening hogs 

 early in this month, as they will gain far mire 

 thnn when the weather becomes cool. During thi» 

 month a great many materials on the farm may he 

 used that would otherwise be wasted. Luxuriant 

 and tender weeds, paiticularly such aspurslain, af- 

 ford considerable nutriment to swine, and weeds *£ 



