Agriculture is the most healthy , the most useful , and the most noble employment of man. —Washington. 
VOL. VIII. 
NEW YORK, 
JUNE, 1849. 
NO. VI. 
Messrs. Allen, Editors. 
C. 
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WORK FOR JUNE, NORTH AND WEST. 
General Remarks. —A portion of the work neg¬ 
lected to be done in May, or impracticable to be 
performed from the state of the climate, or the back¬ 
wardness of the season, as recommended in our last 
number, may be accomplished early this month. 
Such as the felling of resinous timber, hauling fuel , 
sowing Indian corn for soiling , planting corn and 
potatoes , as general crops , shearing sheep , sacking 
wool , <^c., fyc. 
Peeling Bark. —The bark of the hemlock spruce, 
and of the black oak, (yellow oak of New Eng¬ 
land,) may now be peeled, without reference to the 
state of the tide or the face of the moon. If in¬ 
tended for tanners’ use, it should be exposed a few 
days to a hot sun, immediately after being taken 
off, turning the rind or epidermis side outwards or 
upwards during foul days and nights, so as -to pre¬ 
vent it from becoming wet by rain or dew. When 
thoroughly dried, it should be carefully housed, or 
compactly piled up and covered over at the top with 
refuse boards. 
Planting Potatoes. —If your land be rich and 
warm, and your potatoes are beset with vigorous 
sprouts, an inch or more in length, they may be 
planted as late as the 15th of this month, with a 
prospect of a tolerable crop. For directions for 
planting, &c., see pp. 155 and 156 of our seventh, 
and p. 55 of the current volume. 
Millet for Soiling Cows. —This plant may be 
sown for the purpose of soiling any time this 
month. It will flourish on any soil adapted to the 
cultivation of Indian corn, but will produce the 
heaviest crop in a deep, rich loam, refreshed, if ne¬ 
cessary, with an abundance of street or barnyard 
manure. The ground may be prepared as for ordi¬ 
nary crops of corn or grain, and the seed may be 
sown broadcast, at the rate of about one bushel to 
the acre, or it may be sown in drills from twelve to 
