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THE farmer’s MANOAL, 
Some persons construct shelves in a cellar, secure 
against frost, and place their apples separately upon 
the shelves, and find an advantage in saving their fruit 
over to the spring, which fully repays the expense. 
This does well, and may be considered in the end 
cheaper than barrels, as the shelves (if properly con- 
structed) will last many years ; but the barrels, by 
neglect, are soon gone. Try both. 
I need not say tiiat great care should be taken with 
your orchards, to cultivate the best fruit ; this every 
larmer knows, who deserves the name of farmer, and 
the manner of effecting this by grafting, has become 
common (o our country. I shall treat upon this sub- 
ject more particularly in my remarks upon gardening ; 
article Fruit. Finish gathering your late fruit for 
cider, make it up as fast as possible ; make some trial 
of Mr. Apderson’s plan, or method, to begin with ; if it 
pays the expense this year, you may reap advantage 
from it the next, besides the enjoyment of drinking 
good cidei’. In Newark, in New-Jersey, they have be- 
come famous for good cider, by such kinds of ma- 
nagement, and their cider always commands the first 
sales, the highest price, and best pay, in market; 
often a double price, when scarce in market. This 
is a consideration which no careful farmer will neg- 
lect. ® 
Look to your flax, and turn it when necessary, as 
the upper surface will rot faster than the under side. 
Lqok to your hemp, or flax, in the water, and see that 
it .js well covered with the water, and that it lies safe, 
(not being washed away with the great rains.) 
Dig and house your carrots and other roots, you 
design for feeding ; excepting your turnips and cab- 
bages ; these may stand to close your field crops. 
Draw your flax from the water as soon as it will an- 
swer, (upon trial as above,) spread it to dry ; and bind 
and house it the first moment it will answer : one 
extra rain may ruin your crop, or destroy your profits. 
Observe the same with your hemp. 
