Copied from Texas Civilian Yahoo list. Posted October 2007 by Annette Bethke
October
All hands are, of course, busily engaged in Cotton picking. Not a day should be lost during this month, that can possibly be avoided, as we are apt to have violent changes of weather toward its close. As soon as practicable, gather in the Corn...The Hogs, intended for killing, having ranged alternately in the woods and in the clover lots, all summer, and then in one or more oat and pea lots in succession, if now turned into the corn field and into the potato lots, after the crops have been gathered, will soon become fat enough for the knife; if not, they had best be put up at once, and fed off on Corn or cooked food. Seed Corn should be selected in the field, before the
crop is gathered...Pumpkins are usually sadly wasted, being left in the field as they grew, for the stock to cull and ...Prepare
for storing Sweet Potatoes. It is well to wait the first fall frost before gathering...
As frosts are to be expected about the last of the month, few seeds can now be sown with saftey. Amogst the few that may be sown are Onions, Leeks, Parsnips, Turnips, Mustard, Radishes; Early York and other spring Cabbages...as also Lettuce, Cress, Celery, Parsley, etc. If any Drumhead or Savoy Cabbage, Brocoli Endive or Lettuce plants not yet set out, attend to them first showers....Dress and manure Artichokes and Asparagus beds.
There is also a large multipage ad for the Grover and Baker's family and plantation sewing machine.
October
All hands are, of course, busily engaged in Cotton picking. Not a day should be lost during this month, that can possibly be avoided, as we are apt to have violent changes of weather toward its close. As soon as practicable, gather in the Corn...The Hogs, intended for killing, having ranged alternately in the woods and in the clover lots, all summer, and then in one or more oat and pea lots in succession, if now turned into the corn field and into the potato lots, after the crops have been gathered, will soon become fat enough for the knife; if not, they had best be put up at once, and fed off on Corn or cooked food. Seed Corn should be selected in the field, before the
crop is gathered...Pumpkins are usually sadly wasted, being left in the field as they grew, for the stock to cull and ...Prepare
for storing Sweet Potatoes. It is well to wait the first fall frost before gathering...
As frosts are to be expected about the last of the month, few seeds can now be sown with saftey. Amogst the few that may be sown are Onions, Leeks, Parsnips, Turnips, Mustard, Radishes; Early York and other spring Cabbages...as also Lettuce, Cress, Celery, Parsley, etc. If any Drumhead or Savoy Cabbage, Brocoli Endive or Lettuce plants not yet set out, attend to them first showers....Dress and manure Artichokes and Asparagus beds.
There is also a large multipage ad for the Grover and Baker's family and plantation sewing machine.
