FARMER'S CALENDAR 



The following calendar is intended merely as an asrricultu- 

 ral prompter, noting that certain kinds of work should be per- 

 formed about the time in the year specified at the head of each 

 article. The figures refer to the pages in this little volume, in 

 which farther directions may be found relative to the opera- 

 tions which the season in general demands from the diligent, 

 correct, and careful cultivator. 



' At tho beginriing of every month, a good farmer, whether 

 he has or has not a book of this sort, is obliged to reflect on 

 the work he has to perform in that month : he ought to foresee 

 the whole at once, or it is impossible that he should make due 

 provision for its performance. I leave it to any one to judge, 

 if such an esi'mate of monthly business can be gained so easi- 

 ly without such an assistance to the memory a^ is afforded by 

 such a calendar ; and even if such a work but once in a year 

 gives intimation of some important work which might other- 

 wise have been forgotten, its worth must be acknowtedged.'* 



The directions in the following pages are intended for the 

 New England states, or about the'latitude of forty-two degrees 

 north, and the vicinity, or a small elevation above the sea. 

 Allowance, however, siiould be made for height above the sea, 

 as well as for situation north or south of any particular lati- 

 tude ; but we believe it not possible to state with any near ap- 

 proach to precision what such allowance should be. The na- 

 ture of the soil, the aspect, the exposure, the forwardness or 

 backwardness, or what may be styled the general character 

 of the season, are all to be regarded. We will, therefore, not 

 claim precision, where accuracy is not attainable. ' Calen- 

 dars,' as Loudon has well observed, ' should be considered as 

 remembrancers, never as directories.' 



JANUARY. 



Stock. If cattle are fed with straw, it should be done with 

 necessary attentions and limitations. The celebrated Arthur 

 Young observed, that ' the best farmers in Norfolk are gene- 



* Young's British Farmer's Calendar. 



