CHAPTER XIV 



MONTHLY CALENDAR 



IN this chapter are given suggestions and hints that 

 may call to the mind of the busy home owner some 

 of the work that ought to be done and the time for 

 doing it, the detailed directions for the doing of which 

 will be found in previous chapters of this book. These 

 suggestions are given under headings which will enable 

 the reader to find the desired suggestions without s.earch- 

 ing over all of each month's calendar. They are espe- 

 cially adapted to New England, and to make them 

 apply to more southern sections select those of two 

 or three months ahead, while for the more northerly 

 select those one or two months later. 



JANUARY. 



The Land. When the land is covered with snow or 

 frozen hard, manure may be drawn upon runners or 

 wheels better than later when the weather may be 

 more favorable . for other work. This manure, how- 

 ever, should not be spread upon the surface if the land 

 is very sloping, as much of the liquid would be washed 

 down hill during heavy rains or thaws. This month is 

 the time to make plans for the coming year. It is the 

 school time, when we may stop and take a breath and 

 learn from books, agricultural papers, farmers' insti- 

 tutes, etc., what others are doing, the best methods of 

 growing our crops, desirable varieties, the best markets 

 and methods of marketing, etc. Seedsmen's and nur- 

 serymen's catalogues should be studied and orders put 



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