JULY. :4S5 



PARE AND BURN. 



Wherever there is an improvement going on of 

 any extent, this work should never stop while the 

 weather permits it to be continued. In the spring, 

 for potatoes ; then for turnips ; now for cole-seed ; 

 and, when that is over, then it may go on. for 

 wheat, or on mountains for rye. An improver 

 should not let the hands thus employed go to any 

 other work. The stoutest and most skilful hand 

 will not be able to pare (without the burning) more 

 than an acre in a week, even where the work 13 

 smooth and free from impediments* 



HOGS. 



During this month the stock of swine way be 

 supported on clover, chicory, and lucern ; for 

 sows that have pigs, and for weaned pigs, the early, 

 sown lettuces on rich warm land will be ready, and 

 prove very useful. Garden-beans planted for this 

 purpose, are also applicable to the use of all sorts of 

 swine. This is not a month of difficulty for this 

 animal; and the young farmer should take care 

 that his dairy-wash is accumulating in his cisterns 

 for sows and weaned pigs, for a time when they 

 may want it more than at present. 



FAT OXEN. 



Careful graziers make it a rule, however exten- 

 sive their farms may be, to ride round and see every 

 beast in every enclosure, at least once a day. 

 Fences demand perpetual attention, and high-fed 



F f 2 cattle 



