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Hay and Hay -making. time will bo quite evident. Itisjust
in this particular that clover and
timothy do not (;o well togetbnr, the
in .v, a, 0/0„01., nr „um. Tommi,,latter being later in ripening.
Simla any thoughtful, practice' Authors of works on the various
farmer bo naked what wore the moat grasses any that orchard grass is, in
important oonaiderati0us in bay• other ways than this, more adapted
malting or what should we endeavor i to clover that timothy is. In fact
most to acquire in the process, he timothy seems to owe its groat pro•
would unheeltatingly anawor that valence to the foot that it i+ (mealy
quantity and quality aro the principledistinguished in the market and is
deaiderate to which attentionehould 1 of a very uniform color, Many people
be given in the process of bay know timothy when they don't know
making. With many, however, any other grass. As it i$ altogether
quantity alone is the principle 000• impossible to have all plauts ripen
sideration. This is, to a groat ox- at the same time and the entire crop
tent, traditional, and originated so cannot be cut the same. day and
far back as the Boman times, when many other considerations sufficient
all lauds were considered common ecopo is given for the exercise of
paeturagos as soonas the first Drop judgment and ability whop there is
was removed. The laud -holders knowledge upon which to base this
would naturally seek to got all they judgment. It is thus an easy matter
oouldby allowing the grass to mature to err alightly from what a person
before cutting. But allowing the might wish; some might prefer to
rr on tbe
, as more
wi
l
grass to become "dead ripe, as it be obtained, late
ecau be made more
is called, would result in the loss of quicklyand at Ines risk. It also
many seeds and loaves, and thus be
keeps ettor and is better Fodder for
detrimental to the quality as well as
the quantity, as we obeli see. stook, t, particularly working bosses.
he
f
There are other reason for not I. edTn acivali quality
oaha a ill be destr to
lowing the grass to thoroughly ma -g' by
rain or Ore before cutting. All plants, falling on it after it has bees purely
ospeoially agricultural plants, devote drriied.
s with it, t drier s off
again it mech of car
ele
the early periods of thou oxuetenbe nutritious material of the hay, the accumulation of such enb- also
stances as will be required in build• the aroma, which gives it a relish
•the stook, A
see up their stalk and maturing their and sweet taste to shower of rain in a large field of ha
seed. Afterwards the plant devotes
ie the cense of tt groat lose and for.
tenets is the man who entirely
escapes this element. After a fall
of rain or dow has dried off the grass
wilt be faded and parted color, and
anything which tends to remove the
color also tends to remove the nutri-
tive material, thus a partly colored
hay is at seas depreciated in value
in the ma:•ket. To prevent this
lifting power of clow many farmers
cure hay in wlnrows, cocks, etc., and
thus a less surface is exposed. In
some localities these coc118 are even
covered, or capped as it is called,
with a piece of cotton, which is peg-
ged to the grouucl. This' also pre-
vents the escape of the heat and
faoilitates the curing.
1 its energies to the production of a
l
well-developed seed. During this
early period the plant takes up all
soluble substances with which it
o �'! comes in contact, much in the same
I
manlier as a sponge will absorb any
substances which might happen to
be in the water with which it became
saturated, But when the Beed be-
gins to develop the plaut makes a
selection, choosing only sueb sub-
stances as aro necessary for the pro.
duction of a perfect seed, and con•
centrating iu tbat seed, for tbo de-
velopment of the future plant, all
that was suitable for that purpose
within itself. This office being per
formed the plant dies. The sub-
stances it contains, which, for their
translocation in the plant, were in a
soluble state, become changed into
an insoluble and lees nutritious state.
Starch and sugar become credo fibre
and a considerable portion of the
protim is lost by oxidation neoeesery
for many changes of plant life. You
will thus see that if the crop is al-
lowed to beomne perfectly ripe and
many of the seeds are shaken off the
product will be little better than
straw and a great loss will be sus-
tained, or if, owing to their email•
nese, the seeds pass through the
animal undigested the loss will bo
equally as great. So also if muob
of the prude fibre, which might have
been secured in a more digeetable
state, fails to yield to the action of
the digestive system auotbor lose will
be the result,
The precise point at which the
Drop should be out has been a matter
of many elaborate and careful ex-
periments. To determine how long
the plant continues to accemlate ma-
terial from the ground, at what part
of plant life this material may best
be secured, and just how long, in
view of these points, the seed may
be allowed to develop at the ex •
poise of the plant itself are subjects
which have rammed the careful at-
tention of the greatest agricultural
investigators of all •lands. It has
long been known that au apology in
the manner of growth exists between
grass and the oat plant. Areudt ob- •
served in the growth of his oat plant
that there was a very conaiderable
inorease of nitrogen after the first.
blossoms had appeared, and there ie
a feeling among practical men .that
timothy will increase in weight very
considerably if left to mature its
seeds. But the general opinion ie
that if the crop is cut when the seeds
are in the dough state all in the way
of weight: will be realized,while the
plant will not have harvested itself
toany extent in favor of the seeds,
nor will the nutrients have assumed
an insoluble and innutritioue state.
Sinceplants contain, proportion-
ately, less nutrition ae ih growl older
some have argued that if the grass
were out very young and two or three
crops taken a better quality of hay
might be secured, also a greater
quantity, than when only one 'crop
is taken, and that at maturity. There
are many objections to such a course.
Besides being secured at the expense
of a great deal of labor, the product,
which goes by the name of roweu, is
not enitable feed for horses or grow -
Mg cattle. When fed on it their
;flesh becomes soft and watery, They
sweat may and aro liable to stumble.
It is best to feed such hay to miloh
cows. It is always very laxative in
its, effect upon tho bowels and should
be fed judiciously, mixing it with
straw or only one meal each day to
pure rowen hay. All newly made
hay has this laxative tendency, but
while in ordinary hay it passes off
in a few months with rowan it
pereiete..
The advantage of having all plants
in a hay field to ripon at the same.
It is to promote this proper curing
that is the principle reason for put-
ting hay in cocks. While oaring
hay is necessarily drying it still there
is a distinction, which rests priu
oipally in the manner of drying.
Ono great function of the leaves of
plants is to give off water, to exhale
or transpire water, as it is properly
called. This transpiration goes on
most vigorously on dry, hot, windy
days, and lessens in the night, or
when the atmosphere is well satur-
ated with water. A young, growing
plant will, under favorable circum•
stances, trauspire its weight of
water in one clay, and Hellrugel, au
investigator bear Berlin, Prussia,
says a barley plant will transpire
810 lbs. of water for every pound of
dry matter produced in the form of
leaves, stem and fruit. Other plants
were about the same. Of course in
transpiration the water is taken in
at rho roots, passes up the stem and
out at the leaves. The process cen-
times so long as the plant ie green
and when the stem is cut and the
supply of water stopped the plant
will shrink, iu short it wilts. Bat
if the plant be allowed to remain
Mug iu the hot sunthe leaves be-
come dried and the process is stop -
pod, the consequence being that the
hay will appear, from the crispness
of its leaves, to be dry enough for
storing, while, in fact, it is really
too wet. This is more especially
the ease with clover when the stems
are coarse and contain much water.
As some who have worked among•
heavier crops of clover, with less
other grasses, than is usually grown
here. The hay would appear thor-
oughly dry when storing, but would
shortly become very wet, this le, if
not dried thoroughly in the field,
This is owing to the transpiration of
the water contained in the plant
being continued•in the mow. But
had the grass been cooked before it
was dried in the sun and the trans.
piratien allowed' to continue there
for some time and the cooks .after-
wards opened for a short time before
drawing this wetting in the mow
would have been obviated. When
transpiration goes 011 thus in the
mow fermen.tarlon is most sure to
.
accompany it, and the quality of the
hay thereby much decreased. But
if properly cured in the field there
is no danger.
It appears that the principle if
not the only dangers to be guarded
against in storing hay are :-1. Noss
from firmentation due to the pros -
once of too much water in the hay
when it was stored. 2. Such under
expulsion of the original moisture
ac would proveut the hay from rip-
ening properly i'ff the mow. Briefly
the hay may be too wet or too dry.
This ripening process continues un-
til the water present is all evapor-
ated and until it is completed the
hay is considered as unfit for work-
ing horses, resembling rowen in its
effects. It also accounts for the
loss of weight of hay after it hits
•
esu placed n the mow, i or
1 HE BRUSSELS- POST
says it is held ns a tenet of faith
among prectieel farmers in New
England, Llimt for making bright,
sweet, salable hay it is best to dry
the grass in the field no more than
necessary for the perfect preserva-
tion of hay in the mow. It seethe
to Ifo pretty well agreed that bay
keeps best when it is put in the mow
ealireietela
among themselves to a high degree.
They behave worse during their
singing moven, which ie also their
tithe for muting, when they are pop-
ularly suppeso'i to be flitting aout
in the meet loving manner, tender-
ly beseeching each other to be my
"valentine.'." Those who have mule
a close study of birds will toll you
in such a condition of dryuesi or that lentos are won, not by love,
rather of moisture, that on being but pitched battles for the most part
trodden it will settle down upon it the stronger party carrying all the
self into a firm compact mass. It prize. Seine of the more puguao•
being understood of course the barn i ious often fight maul they are killed.
The females battle furiously for the
males, who sit oalmlye y observing
the combat, quite unpejudioed, and
ready to say, "flay the beet bird
win," Sometimes the =Twos
fiias off with her dearly won salon.
tine, only to meet ea her way sume
superior female, Nae disputes the
prize and wins it. If the nuperior
female be a "star" singer in bird
what different than for grass proper. opera aha prlbitbly hay to supper t
Thus the grass may be cult in the her Husband until sbe eau get rid
moraiug, turned at midday and put of tum end ahem another,
into cooks before the clew falls and
while the flay is sttll warm. Next
day the cocks will be opened and 10
good weather wilt be ready for the
barn in the afternoon. The Ilon,
L. N. Bonham, Ohio, says the
secret of the busiueso is in gottiug
the hay iu free from external water
and while it is warm from the sum
aitl n�� hayis mon-
mendable
The system of ti
h
y
mendable under certain 0ircem'
stances. If the weather rh nl.l
threaten the hay may bo housed
rather greener than would be safe
without. It is said the stock oat it
better, but in this part of the world
the trouble is in affording the hay
for them to eat. Salt also prevents
the development of frenzi and eon-
sequencly moulding in the bay. So
also should the crop be weedy and
it be desirable .to cut before they
should seed, the woody not drying
out with the rest of the grass then
salting would be necessary. Bet it
is utterly unnecessary to spread
salt on all '.voll cured hay 013 wane
do.
Should there be auy doubt as to
which field should be cat first the
matter of weeds might settle that
doubt. In any ease It would be
better to begin so that the last might
bo out about the proper Limo than
to wait until all is fit before any is
cut. By this means the grass laud
would be kept in bettor condition,
The plant will be more vigorous in
throwing up fresh leaves. These
will shield the ground and meta
from the scorching sun, cud, if not
pastured too close, from frost of the
winter, and a meek better crop
realized. This is a point of great
importance since the mowing ma -
is airy and well ventilated."
In acoordanoe with this view New
England farmers mow the grass as
soon as the dew is off in the morn-
ing. Then turned repeatedly with
the horse tedder, and pat in the barn
before night. By this use of tea
ohiuery fair weather inay be utilized
to the utmost. If there is touch
clover the plan will need to bis sumo•
chine enables the farmer to secure
his crop before any seeds fall. In
the time of the scythes much of the
crop had gone to seed before haying
was completed, and the seeds shel-
ling out the laud would be re -seeded
at no noticeable exponso to the
farmer. But since the introduction
of the mowers the circumstances
are entirely changed. This illus•
tratee the influence that the adoption
of any new method of farming may
exert in directions that are wholly
unexpected. Some contend that
unless the timothy can be cut shortly
after flowering it would be better to
follow tho old plan and let some go
to seed. But would it not be better
to out as near the proper time as
possible and sow the seed at the
proper time also.
NATUICAL 1[I5TOIIY-.
DON'T FIGHT THE '1'EAiI. — If a
horse shows signs of etubborness or
contrariness, just get mad yourself,
and you can rest assured you are
fixed for the rest of tbo day, as long
as you want to keep it up. Horses,
like men,. are generally set in their.
ways ; and when a horse with only
moderate some gets into trouble
with' a man with only moderate
sense, tb,e . two generally , have a
"monkey and parrot time" from
morning till night.. Well•bred
horses are seldom stubborn and
unruly, and in this respect there is
a striking analogy, between horses
and men. Homo docile, obedient
and tractable in the hands of one
man are vicious and unruly in the.
hands of another. The reason is
that the one knows how to manage
them, the other does not. Bad die.
positions are generally the result of
bad' handling. A few slaps' and
jerks, accompanied by a little sharp
talk or fierce yells, gets the most
gentle horse clear beside himself
and ready to worry and fret the
remainder of the day. The more
quiet and steady you keep your
horses the better it will be for them,
yourself, and all concerned.
141110Ni 1d4,' of the r risli peaeaalY.
It is very unlucky to meet in th e
early ururuing a helloing dog or a
barefooted wowau.
When a corpse retains animal
beat overlong au0tber member
nt the family ie to die ttithin this
YL '.
el 1
til r not circled each
If the stacks ere t o e
night by rho noiseless barn owl, a
silent will fell upon tbe next season's
crops. •
Any three id a atrolces of a stick
in the' ashes or a spade or other
farm tool in the soil making a figure
resembling a coffin is certain to por-
tend death in one's family.
The linnet pours forth the most
melt on of all risk birds
melancholy song I
and I have seen honest hearted
peasants effected by it to tears.
\Vheu tbo nest of a thrash or
=via is built unusually high in the
thorn bush this b•'tokenv a great
calamite to a neighborhood.
Over in Conusmcia to this day a
funeral procession nu its way to
church will bolt et some distance
away and cost together a huge pile
of '101100.
Ono of the oddest of all Irish
snperstitiaus is the belief that if you
chase and notch ii, butterfly you im-
prison tate soul of your grand-
mother,
LOVE IN Bum Lx .—What frauds
birds are. They aro represented in
poetry ae sweet, gushing things,
rising to meet the morn with mel-
ody, and bursting forth in song on
the slightest provocation. To react
bird poetry ono might &insider them
the moat amiable of clod's creatures I
when the filet is, a&cording to nat. 1
tiraliots, the majority of singing
b l 1 tl St birds are waspish and quarrelsome
Platteville will have a public
meeting ou Nov. 27, to ctiscuts the
Jesuit bill.
John Gook, Wssbidgtou, thresh-
ed 850 bushel+ of oats from five
and it quarter licr01.
possa. raw
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Well Assorted, consisting of Black, Young Dyson and
Japan Teas, which were carefully selected and bought in
large quantities for Cash. Customers can always depend
upon getting Extra Value, Our Coffee at 40e. a pound is
Strictly Pure and the Finest Ground,
The Choicest new Season's Fruits at Lowest Prices.
Special Value in Pure 'Sugar Syrup and
Pure West India Molasses.
Canned Beef, Chipped Beef, Canned Tongue, Salmon,
Sardines, Strawberries, Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn,
Peas, eze , aces Meier CHEAP.
We would call Special Attention to our Sugars,
which we are selling at prices that will compare with, i'f'not
better than, others in the Trade
Crockery Department.
Printed Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets, Decorated Tea and
Toilet Sets, Plain and Fancy China, Plain and Fancy
Glassware, also a Large Assortment of White Granite Ware,
which we sell considerably Below the regular price.
Bakery Department.
Bread, Buns, Cakes and Pastry Baked Daily
and of the Finest Quality.
Wedding Cakes a Specialty.
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