



Vol. XV., Second Series. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST, 1864. 



No. 8. 



CALENDAR fflNTS FOR AUGUST. 



The quantity of water that will evaporate from the 

 surface of the ground during this month, under fa- 

 vorable circumstances, will be two or three times 

 greater than what will fall in rains. Hence, if the 

 earth does not become quite dry in August, the natu- 

 ral heat which it has imbibed, and the probable lack 

 of rains in September, will be Ukely to cause vegeta- 



Late-sown wheat has turned out badly in Western 

 New York, having been much damaged by the wheat 

 fly called "weevil," and suflered unusual injury by 

 the freezing and thawing that took place in the month 

 of March. This experience will prompt many to sow 

 whatever wheat they intend to put in, at an earlier 

 period than they have heretofore practiced. To the 

 wheat-grower, August is a stirring month to prepare 

 his fields for seeding. Any neglect in tillage will tell 



tion to suffer from drouth in autumn. E7aporation 

 from the leaves of all living plants, and h 3m their 

 stems and the ground, draws pretty severely on the 

 scanty supply of moisture that usually exists in this 

 month. If it were practicable for farmers to irrigate 

 their recently-mown meadows and their pastures, it 

 would add immensely to their fall feed, aid in the 

 fattening of all stock, and gi'eatly increase the pro- 

 ducts of the dairy and the profits of the farm. 



against the crop when it comes to be harvested. All 

 grass, weeds, thistles, briars and bushes should be 

 extirpated and killed, if it be possible; for the growth 

 of these in a wheat field is a serious detriment to the 

 grain. 



Hogs intended for meat this M\ ought to have a 

 good chance to take on flesh in August. If properly 

 kept they will gain rapidly, and yield the maximum 

 returo foB the food consumed. Nature disposea all 



