434 October in Prospect. 
regions of the south, and many of those which have spent the 
summer season much farther to the north, are now again making 
their appearance. 
To the farmer this is a very important month, and it should be 
the object of each to perform all the duties required of him as 
early as possible in the month. It is that period of fair or foul 
weather, sunshine and shower, which usually takes place before 
most field business is stopped by rain, snow or frost; hence it 
may not unfrequently happen that work, requiring to be done 
must be finished next month. " Delays are dangerous," is an old 
and trite saying; and to none will it apply with more force than 
those engaged in the cultivation of the soil, for by delaying the 
performance of things which should be done at the time till a re- 
mote period, we not only lose a season, but frequently hazard our 
very success. We have been so strongly impressed with the truth 
of the above, that we have often thought that it would be to our 
interest to have painted in some conspicuous place in large capi- 
tals— DO ALL THINGS IN SEASON— as it should serve to 
remind us of the value of time. " Time is money," said Dr. 
Franklin, and he certainly must have had the farmer in view 
when he wrote it; for there is no class to which it will apply with 
more force. Besides the moral it inculcates, it would impress 
upon our minds how essential it is to prosperity to follow its 
wholesome advice. 
Potatoes should be dug as early as convenient, and should not 
be exposed to the sun, for it injures them materially. It has been 
recommended by some, and the late Judge Buel among the num- 
ber, to let all the soil adhere to them that will, and to put into the 
cask or bin dry sand, and we will add, or fine charcoal, and to 
cover the top with turf to exclude the air. Potatoes should be 
packed away in such a manner as to secure them from frost and 
moisture. We frequently hear housekeepers complain that their 
potatoes, turnips and other vegetables soon deteriorate and lose 
their fine flavor, after they have been a short time in their cellar. 
This is a natural consequence of the injudicious way in which 
they are too frequently kept — exposed to the atmosphere, and to 
