THE WISCON!



          Maize and Tobacco.

The Indian Corn looked over the fence,
And what do you think he spied?
A field of Tobacco just ready to bloom,
And stretching ie lordly pride.



  To the broad-leaved neighbor at once he called,
    In accents loud and clear,
    "I thought 'on belonged to a summer clime,
    Pray, what are you doing here? "

    So then with a haughty air replied
    That plant of power and pelf:
    "You are pleased to ask of my business, Sir,
    What do you do yourself? "

    "I feed the muscles, and blood and bone,
    That make our farmers strong,
    And furnish bread for the little ones
    That round their tables throng."

    'I move in a somewhat loftier sphere"
    The foreign guest rejoined;
    "As the chosen friend and companion dear
    Of men of wealth and mind'.

    I'm the chief delight of the gay young spark
    O'er the wise my sway I hold;
    I luck in the book-worm student's cell-
    In the dowagers box of gold.

    Thousands of hands at my bidding work,
    Millions of Corn I raise"7-
    ite ceased to speak, and in angry mood
    Responded the tassleil Maize:

    "You're in secret league with dy~.peIltic ilt-
    A merciless traitor band;
    With cloudy of smoke sou pollute the air,
    Wit?: p'ools of slime the land.

    *Y-u tax the needy laborer sore;
    You quicken the drunlkard'.' thirst;
    You exhaust the soil-and I wish you d a
    T.) the the place whence you came at first."


            Suggestions for June.

  Planting trees &c., and sowing grain and
grass are branches of farm-work which, with
a few exceptions, are supposed to have been
completed ere the ushering in of June. But
the farmer will, nevertheless, never find more
to occupy him than now.
  The mo-t pressing work in hand is to take
good care of crops already in.    The plow, the
cultivator, and the hoe are the implements
Which muMst have to rest.
  Conr-Don't be afraid of cultivating it too
vigoro:-ly.   Thoroughly stirring the soil be-
tween the rows with the shovel plow, and care-
ful cultivation in and near the row itself, can
not be too strongly urged. The destruction of
the weeds is only a part of the object to be
gained; the stirring of the soil also makes it
a eotter ebh.cehent of moisture and ammonia.



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  Hungarian Grasa.-Those who intend sow-
ing should do so from the 1st to the 10th. If
for hay, one-third of a bushel per acre; if for
seed, one-fourth bushel.
  Buckwheat.-Prepare for it by thoroughly
plowing early this month, and again at the
close, just before the time to sow, or about
July 1st. A light, porous soil is the best; one
bushel to the acre.
  The Harvest of Hlay and Grain.-Get ready
for it. See that mowers and reapers, rakes
and racks are all in prime order, nor forget to
engage all needed help so as to cut in time.
Your barns also-don't forget them.   Clear
out old rubbish; feed all uncertain seeds that
may have accumulated in the bottom of hay-
mow, on the barn-floor, or in the feed-boxes,
to the fowls, or destroy them, so as not to seed
your farms with noxious weeds. A clean,
sweet barn is an important matter. Don't neg-
lect it.
  All Outhlouses, Piggeries, Hlenneries, tc.-
Clean them out often in hot weather, and
sweeten with lime. Dry muck will answer an
excellent purpose in the hog pen, absorbing
manurial liquids and gases, and relieving it of
foul odors.
  The Garden.-Don't let the weeds over-run
it. It's easy enough to keep it clean if you
have a system for doing your work. A few
minutes each day will keep it in good order
and insure you a nice crop of vegetables and
fruits.

  The Orchard.-If your fruit trees should be
too heavily loaded for the good of both fruit
and tree, pinch off as soon as the sets are well
5ormecd.

  Stock.-This is the season for the necessary
preliminaries in stock-breeding.  In the se-
lection of males to breed from, be governed by
a wiser policy than often heretofore. There
can be no economy in raising scrubs, simply
because the getting costs a little less. Any
blunderhead must be able. to understand that,
and yet three-fourths of our farmers are fcol-
ish enough to practice upon that principle.
It's time to stop.



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