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street, Boston, owned by J. R. Newell ; connected with which 

 is the seed store of G. C. Barrett, where may be procured the 

 best of seeds both for garden and field culture. 



MAT. 



Attend to you-r pastures. Do not turn cattle into pasture 

 ground too early in the spring, but let the grass have a chance 

 to start a little before it is bitten close to the soil. If your 

 pastures are large, it will be good economy to divide them as 

 stated page 300. Cleanse your cellars, as well as the rest of 

 your premises, from all putrescent and other offensive and un- 

 wholesome substances. Plant Indian corn as soon as the 

 leaves of the white oak are as big as the ears of a mouse. 

 Page 28. Not only Indian corn, but peas, oats, buckwheat, 

 and probably most other seeds, are benefited by wetting them 

 in water just before sowing, and rolling them in plaster. Plant 

 potatoes for your principal crop. Page 271. Sow millet. 

 Page 145. Sow lucerne on land thoroughly prepared, and 

 keep it free from weeds. Page 19. Declare war against in- 

 sects. Page 317. The artillery for the engagement may be 

 elder juice, or decoction of elder, especially of the dwarf kind, 

 decoction of tobacco, quicklime, lime-water, soot, unleached 

 ashes, strong lye, tar or turpentine water, soap-suds, &c. Dis- 

 solve about two pounds of potash in seven quarts of water, 

 and apply the solution to your fruit-trees with a painter's 

 lii.h, taking care not to touch the leaves or buds. A lot of 

 land well stocked with clover is wanted by every good cultiva- 

 tor for pasturing swine. Page 167. 



Summer made Manure demands attention. Most farmers 

 yard their cows at night through the summer ; their manure 

 should be collected into a heap, in some convenient part of the 

 barn-yard, to prevent its being wasted by the sun and rains. A 

 few minutes' attention in the morning, when the cows are turn- 

 ed out to pasture, would collect a heap of several loads in a 

 season, ready for your grass grounds in autumn. Dress your 

 Indian corn and potatoes, thoroughly extirpating weeds, and 

 please to place a handful of ashes'or plaster, or a mixture of 

 both, on your hills of corn and potatoes. These substances are 

 commonly applied before the first or second hoeing. But ashes 

 or quickhme (which is also an excellent application for corn) 

 will have a better effect in preventing worms if laid on before 

 the corn is up. Be careful to save all your soap-suds after 

 each washing, as they answer an excellent purpose when ap- 

 plied to fruit-trees, both as manure and as an antidote to in- 

 sects. 'Plaster or live ashes sown upon your pasture grounds, 

 will not only repay a handsome profit by increasing the value 

 of your feed by bringing in the finer grasses, such as white 

 clover, &c., but will greatly improve your lands for a potato 



