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16 TEXAS ALMANAC.
JUNE.
THE PLANTATION.
OATS and millet will now have been cut. If stacked, let it be done with much
care, and upon a platform of rails raised from the ground on blocks. Cotton
will require constant work this month. Corn must be laid by. Pumpkins,
if neglected last month, may yet be planted; the earlier the better. If the
season is a moderately dry one, ordinary woodland pastures will now begin
to fail; in which case, the great value of a few rods of drilled corn, put in
once a week, during March, April, and May, will show itself ;-as food for
work-oxen, cows, and even mules, we have found it indispensable. Every
preparation should be made for cotton-picking; sacks and baskets made, if
not already done ; scaffolds arranged, aiid every other arrangement made that
may facilitate the great business of the fall, and which should all be com-
pleted before fodder-pulling begins. "-
THE TYEEvIL.-The great cause of the damage from the wesii is, the
leaving the corn in the field until overrun with the weevils, and th~irhousing
in the shuck, by which all of the insects are stored with the grain.
We should recommend neat, compact, frame corn-cribs, raised some feet
from the ground; the space beneath being so arranged as to admit of being
closed tight when desired; the floors of the cribs slatted; the sides tight,
with ventilators in the roof. Two cuibs, a short distance apart, would be
advisable. These should be carefully cleaned out each year fumigating with
sulphur thoroughly, and whitewashing, adding a good share of salt to the
wash. Gathef the crop as soon as ripe, or shuck the corn on the stalk, by
which most of the parent insects would be left in the field. As soon as one
crib is empty, clear out, fumigate, and whitewash thoroughly; and transfer
all of the corn from the other crib to it, with as few as possible of the weevil,
destroying all that can be found. Should they appear to be still injuring the
corn, close up tight and fumigate with charcoal.
GARDEN CALENDAR.--JUZE.
KITCHEN. GARDEN.-6mtral Texas, etc.-Showery weather is usually
expected this month; during which a good deal of sowing and transplanting
may be done. Plant for succession, melons, Qkra, and corn. Tomato plants
should be set out ; or if none are ready, cut back the earliest bearing plants,
manure and dig around them, and they will usually make a fresh growth
and bear anew. Should the previous sowings of cabbage seed have failed,
sow more now. Plant out a few, both early York, drumhead, and green-
glazed. Continue to plant cuttings of sweet potato vines; those planted
this month, and especially of yams, will make the finest and best keeping
potatoes. This is the best time to sow celery ed, for the main crop, to be
planted last of August. Every thing which ay be desirable to keep in a
growing state will require plow, spade, and ce. Watering may be requi-
site.
THE FnRU1 GAR DEN AND ORCHARD.-The apple does not hold the place
it is entitled to amongst fruits in the South. The late fall and winter varie-
ties may not be so fine, as fall and winter fruits, as they are in the North and
West. In Northern and Eastern Texas, the apple is reported as growing
and producing in as great perfection as anywhere on this continent.
The land must be limed or marled, or the trees receive a good dressing of
the compost recommended for the aplile. They may be planted, if standards,
from 20 to 25 feet apart, and-should invariably be set in horizontal rows, or
so as to admit of being tended with plow and cultivator. They should branch
out at not over 3 feet from the ground, so as to shade the soil they grow in,
as well-as their own stems and branches.
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The Glaveston News. The Texas Almanac for 1867 with Statistics, Descriptive and Biographical Sketches, etc., Relating to Texas., book, December 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth123772/m1/18/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.