Though Nature smiles when comes her time, Weather, &c. 1 7All Fools. Quite Farmer's Calendar. A man knows no more to any purpose than that he practises. 2 A. 5th Sun. in Lent. fine "You may talk about farming, 3 27*s set 10h. for the and give your opinions on manur4 3C. P. Br. & Bos. C. C.ing, laying down land, planting in 54St. Amb. season. [Len. 65 Sudden 7 6 Low changes. 8 7 tides. 9 A. 6th S. in Lent. P. Very 13 5 rainy. tides. the hill and in the drill, rotation of crops, salting, liming and plastering, and show forth in these matters as if you were brought up at the foot of some great agricultural doctor Gamaliel; but what of all that? I want to see you bone down to the practice. What do I care about your dissecting a squash-bug, or descant[Ips. Sp. ing upon the virtues of urate and Dper. poudrette? I have one of the preHigh mium ploughs, and should like to see you hold of it. Say, Mr. Theorist, do you ever dig and prepare 16 A. Easter Sun. Fine days, your garden-beds? Here is work 17 2C.C.Nant. Fran. d.'90. for the back-bone. Come, in with 18 3S. J. C.Wor. Gr'f. {C. C. Ded. 6 D&h the spade; no flinching!" Such is 19 4 Bat. Con. & Lex. 1775. the language of Tom Tugghard, who 20 5 but cool nights. has an idea that farming consists in "putting in the licks," as he calls it, with little or no calculation. We applaud Tom for his industry; but it is a truth, that there needs some headwork in every kind of business. "That's very true," says one; 25 3S.J.C.Tau. Bos. & Nor." unless it be in turning a grind26 4 Fine & D Dapo. stone." Now let us drive on our 27 57*s set 8h. 46m. again. 21 6 Venus rises 3h. 36m. 28 6 29 7 Middling 30 A.2d S. p. three-cattle team; for no time must be lost in this month. Spring work calls forth every hand, and all the energies of the farmer should be E. tides. rain. awake. To get credit is to be punctual. > First Quarter, 7th day, 3h. 40m. morning. 85 14 7 SUN. 4 56 814 8 Mond. 4 55 814 105 16 9 Tuesd. 4 54 814 125 18 10 Wedn. 4 53 814 145 20 11 Thurs.4 52 814 165 22 12 Friday 4 50 814 205 26 13 Satur. 4 49 814 225 28 14 SUN. 4 48 814 245 30 15 Mond. 4 47 8 14 26 5 32 16 Tuesd. 4 46 814 285 34 17 Wedn. 4 45 814 305 36 18 Thurs. 4 44 814 325 38 19 Friday 4 43 814 345 40 20 Satur. 4 42 8 14 365 42 21 SUN. 4 42 814 365 42 22 Mond. 4 41 814 385 44 23 Tuesd. 4 40 814 405 46 24 Wedn. 4 39 814 425 48 25 Thurs. 4 38 814 445 50 26 Friday 4 37 814 465 52 27 Satur. 4 37 814 465 52 28 SUN. 4 36 814 485 54 29 Mond. 4 35 814 505 56 30 Tuesd. 4 34 814 525 58 31 Wedn. 4 34 814 525 58 The blooming beauties of the spring Cooler, 2 3 S. J. C. Ips. & Spr'f. 3 4 Napo. d. 1821. 4 5 frosty nights, with and misty. 5 6 6 7 7A. 3d S. p. Quite Farmer's Calendar. The foot of the owner is the best manure for his land. The meaning of this old adage, I presume, is, that it is best of all that a farmer is intent upon his business; is here and there, and everywhere upon the lot, seeing that nothing shall suffer for lack of Finer, his care and attention. He should low tides. ever be moving to some purpose. with Come, then, neighbor Spanker, let us be on the tramp around the premises, and see what virtue there may Much thunder. be in shoe-leather. This is one of 8 27*s set 3h. 9 3S. J. C. Bar. 10 4 11 5 showers. 12 6 Vacci. ap. '96. D per. the most important months for the 13 7 High 14 A. 4th S. p. Easter. Very husbandman, and "he knows but little that knows not this." The seed is to be put into the ground, and it should be done in good season. Fences must be attended to. Mind 17 4C. C. Edg. Good plant-this, "master Brook." If, after la boring day after day, to get your crops in, and to plan out your grounds, for an abundant harvest, you let your fences remain zigzag, scattered and broad-cast, as, mayhap, the winds and floods have left them, (I here mean not stone wall,) you better let alone all pretensions to 24 4Q. Vict. b. '19. Dapo. agriculture, and go drive a pegging 25 5 Ascen. H. Thur. low awl, as has become very much the 26 67*s r. 4h. fashion. A plague on the negligent. lubber who ne'er cares a fig for his fence! What vexation, botheration, and abomination come from inatten 's Declination. 1843. JUNE, sixth Month. Astronomical Calculations. m.Days.d. m.Days.d. m.Days.d. Days.d. 1 22 N.0 7 2244 13 23 12 19 23 m.Days. d. m. 22 37 12 23 D. M. 8 18 23 25 24 23 26 30 > First Quarter, 5th day, 9h. 51m. morning. 1Thurs. 4 33 814 546 0 3 2 Friday 4 33 814 546 s. h. m. h.m. F. 0 2 3 Satur. 4 32 814 566 4 SUN. 4 31 814 586 5 Mond. 4 31 814 586 6 Tuesd. 4 30 815 06 7 Wedn. 4 30 815 8Thurs. 4 29 815 9 Friday 4 29 8 15 10 Satur. 4 29 8 15 11 SUN. 4 28 815 12 Mond. 4 28 815 13 Tuesd. 4 28 815 14 Wedn. 4 27 815 15 Thurs. 4 27 815 16 Friday 4 27 815 17 Satur. 4 27 815 18 SUN. 4 27 815 19 Mond. 4 27 815 20 Tuesd. 4 27 815 21 Wedn. 4 27 8 15 22 Thurs. 4 27 815 23 Friday 4 27 815 24 Satur. 4 27 815 25 SUN. 4 27 815 26 Mond. 4 27 815 27 Tuesd. 4 27 815 28 Wedn. 4 27 815 29 Thurs. 4 28 815 30 Friday 4 28 815 60 124 6 44 neck 0 225 7 3 28 11 51 11 45 5 39 morn. 6 20 087 035 7 44 1 55 neck 1 3 8 29 2 arms 1 47 9 17 2 19 10 8 3 911 1 11 26 breast D sets 11 56 1eve 11 breast 8 31 eve 51 2 0 46 heart 9 8 1 44 "Is it right?" is a question which should never be evaded. D. M. .w. 11 51 sway; Fair Summer reigns o'er all the land- Courts, Aspects, Holidays, Weather, &c. Warm and 2 6 sultry. 3 7 Saturn rises 10h. 15m. 4 A. Whitsunday. Farmer's Calendar. Improve rather by other men's errors, thun find fault with them. "What is the meaning of this?" says Peter Query. Why, I suppose it to be, that, if I see a farmer going 5 2C.P.Nant. Art. El. Bos. ahead the wrong way, I had better 6 3C.C. North. Con. Tides let him find it out by experience, 74 Gen. El. N.H. Change-There is no little conceit on this subthan to enter into a quarrel about it. 85able. increasing. Dper.ject of husbandry, and no one wants 9 6 to be called a fool in it. Years ago 10 77*s rise 2h. 30m. of I discovered that one acre well tilled 11 A. Trin. Sun. 6 D 12 2C.P.N.Bed. Con. rain. 13 3C. C. Gr'f. Light dashes 14 4 of 6 Dh 15 5 Much signs rain. 16 6 Gr. Ecl. 1806. and manured was far better than half a dozen skimmed over, as in days gone by. But Smallfadge said "No! no!" shaking his head very wisely. "I know about these matters," said he; "you are not to teach me by your much ploughing and spreading Low all your manure upon a lot no bigD 2 ger than a cabbage-yard." So I let tides. him wag on in the old beaten track. Wor. He had his way, and I mine. But harvest time showed the difference, and brought somewhat of an acknowledgment from him one day, while he stood looking at my abundant crops, viz., "Fags! neighbor, I really think there is something in it." I let him alone, and he comes into my system at last by little and Some little. Nevertheless, Smallfadge is Oecl. so actuated by prejudice and conceit 28 4 Bat. Mon. 78. rain, that he will ever be but a poor farmer, though he has great posses29 5 St. Pet. St. Paul. with sions, and wants to own all the land 22 5 23 6 Cool 24 7 Nat. J. Bapt. 25 A. 2d Sun. af. T. 26 2C. P. Len. Mid. 27 3C. C. Sp'f. Ded. 30 6 Dapo. nights. 6D tides. thunder. that joins him. Coveting what we need not, takes from what we already have. |