Agriculture, is the most healthy , the most useful , and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL. vm. NEW YORK, MAY, 1849- NO. V. 
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OUR HINTS ON THE WORK FOR THE MONTH. 
In our hints and directions on the work for each 
month, as plowing, sowing seeds, planting trees, 
&c., it will be observed that they do not, in all cases, 
appear to he adapted for the season. But when 
the wide extent of country is considered, to which 
these directions are presumed -to apply, together 
with the variety of climates embraced, at a time, 
within its limits, it is obvious that discrepancies, 
in these respects, must unavoidably occur. For 
instance, in the southern parts of Florida, Louisiana, 
and of Texas, where frost seldom or never is known, 
the operations of planting, harvesting, &c., may gen¬ 
erally he commenced at least a month earlier than 
in the northern parts of Carolina, Arkansas, and 
of Tennessee. Again, similar operations on the 
farm, in the southern parts of Virginia, Kentucky, 
and of Missouri, may be commenced a month or two 
earlier than in Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, or 
in the northern part of New York. 
Hence the necessity, in general directions like 
those under consideration, of adapting them to the 
most southern limits of the regions they are de¬ 
signed to be applied. If too early for the first of 
the month in which they are published, the saga¬ 
cious husbandman can readily postpone them a few 
weeks, when nature and experience should alone 
be his guide. 
WORK FOR MAY, NORTH AND WEST. 
General Remarks. —Any work neglected to be 
done in April, or impracticable to be performed 
from the state of the climate, or the backwardness 
of the season, as directed in our last number, may 
he accomplished this month. Deep spring plow¬ 
ing may be done, manures applied , various kinds 
of crops planted or sown , fruit trees and orchards 
manured and cleaned , lawns top-dressed , fences re- 
paired , &c., &c. 
