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farming operations; for there are autumns when this month is 
a more favorable one than its predecessor. This, however, can in 
no wise be depended upon; and it therefore behoves the husband- 
man to defer as few of those necessary farming affairs as possible, 
which annually devolve upon him during the autumn, until so late 
a period of the season as the present. 
The season for harvesting the crops is now nearly over. The 
pressure of work for the past month may have prevented some 
from gathering their corn, but no time should now be lost in se- 
curing it. Circumstances may also have occurred which pre- 
vented the farmer from accomplishing all the work usually done 
in October, which consequently will be thrown upon this; the 
labors which are usually severe in November, will therefore be 
particularly so now. Let each and all then do all they can, and 
the reflection it will carry with it, will more than compensate for 
any disappointment. There is much which the prudent hus- 
bandman may find to do after his crops are harvested. 
As bad or stormy weather usually sets in this month, farmers 
should keep a strict watch for fine clear weather to do all the out 
door work remaining unfinished. 
Late as the season has now got, and harsh and cold as the 
weather frequently happens to be, it is recommended to turn up 
with the plow, the lands which are intended, particularly if they 
are of a tenacious nature, to be tilled the next season. The 
mellowing influences of rains, frosts and snows upon the soil, 
when thrown into furrows, is greater, we may suppose, than if it 
is suffered to lie in the position it was when the crop was taken 
from the field. This operation exposes the eggs of insects which 
pray on our crops, to the destroying action — cold. 
Some prefer breaking up sward land in autumn, that is intended 
for planting the next year. Others choose to break up late in the 
spring. We have found it more advantageous to break up such 
lands in the fall, if there is time to do it without neglecting other 
work that can not be put off; for at this season of the year, your 
team will do the work with less exhaustion than in May, and the 
