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Show "What Know About Farming" ! ! AfTLit Grellet. "Turnips should never be pulled ; it 'lijures them. It is better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree. "The guano is a fine bird, but great care is necessary in rearing it. It should not be imported earlier than Jane or later than September. In the winter it should be kept in a warm p ace, where it can hatch nut its oung. "It is evident that we are to have a backward season for giain Therefore it will be well for the farmer to begin ett;ng out, his cornstalks and planting his buckwueat cakes in July instead of August. "Concerning the pumpkin This berry is a favorite with the natives of the interior of New England, who prefer it to the gooseberry for making of fruit cake, and who likewise give it the preference over I he raspberry for feeding cows, as being more filling and as tuliy satis'ying. The pumpkin is the most es-uletit of the orange fanii lv that will thrive in the north, except rhe gourd aud one or two varieties of the squish. B it the cus'om of planting plant-ing it in the front yard with the shrub bery is tat going out ol voue, for it is now generally conceded tliat the pumpkin, as a shade tree, is a tailuie. "Now, as the warm weather approaches, ap-proaches, and the gand;rs bgin to spawn " and so on. Mirk luxiin. |