Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-07-19
pY FLETCHER & TOAER,

ana 'hongh In every case there - n O,a.t
saving OF TODD, the long, woody, aud comnarn.
'lVeiy naked stems OF the plants, M,th l-s...
Always more OF iess ~iihefed, are pethap, moi
go valuable ,n the production of beef or lsttsn.
ihS stock, as much smaller weight of her
page taken ia by paslurage. Milk cows now
ever, are so impatient of heat aud insect, that
ms way of feeding them. III least for a mart Of
the day IN WARM weather., ought To he mora
generally adopted aud the 1Uurpnien,. al
havug working horses always at hand, b,siflrs
mat they I'll their sfo,nachs speedily, Is not of
less Importance thau ecunomy
Liop Of clover, or santlo.n, according 10
Loadon, When cut in the eariy part Of the
season, may be len per cent lighter than when
II IS iuiiy ripe but the loss is amply counter
balanced by obtaining an earlier and more na
riiious article wLIle the next crop will pTo-
rotiInnahly be more hravy The hay from old
hibage viii caIry or stock, but u "a -uul, hay
from young heritage thai ~ II fa,ten theln.
Nnen The steGs Of Culver become bard and
ssplesS 10y being allowed 10 bling their seeds
towards maturity, they are Of nile more ,aiue
as rfoVeneef, than an equal qaanfity Of the
hner SORT If straw of cnru.
he n.ude ui making clover hay and L,a, 81
all heibaee plants as prdciised by Inc best larm
The ground d ia as uniform aud perfect ,nau.
ner as II IS possible ip accomplish, by The
scyihe Kept constantly sharp. The surface
having bpea in tho .,h celing spriss, freed from
stones mud wei rotd The siahble allpr
the .1uoe or ought Ia be short aud smueih As a
well shaven grass lawn. What part al III.
stem is len by the sCyihe is uot only lost, but
the after g'Owti'ls neiher 50 vigorous uor SO
weigtlts AZ hen the hrs cutting 10 taken as low
as possible
As soon rs the sWatli or roW of cut hetbape
IS thoroughly d'y abpve, ~ ~ genuy turned a
yer (not tended ~ scattered without bleal,luy
a. Sometimes tins rs done by the hand or by
small fork, aud some tarmetS are ~ anxious
to prevent 'he swaih fiom'beipe hIuhen, thu
they wiil not permit the ufrle rake shalt
lie grass when tnrHed over, ~ tae morning
OF dry day, is put lnlo eocks III No at,er.
hoou.
The best managers dsapprove of spread
Ing oui the swaths vi clover. The less il Is eA-
puseh 10 sun aud air, provided il Is suillclendy
cufrd to prevent rs heating Ia the NOV Or
stack, the better.
As the cocks are replaced in liae, it Is easy
To put iw0 OF more Ihio one afterwards and 1 t
larger cocks may ne speedily draSa together.
{" be pat Into irnTp-ficks ny meaas Of ropes
thrown round their bottoms and dragged "a
fopg by a horse 1t is impossible 10 lay dow0
any ruies for he management OF hay, after II
10 put luto cocks Que thing is, however, Away
attended 10 not To snake out, scatter, or eX peae
the hay oii.nrr than is necessary los ats preser
walton. The practice of mixing nav with old
hay is good one, and saves n great deal Of
time aud labor at she same time Tint Old hay Is
much improved by tir mixture
Saltipg hay has bern frequently recon
Dended by Americas writer's aud PRACTICAL tar
iner5 and Loudon observes that The salnns
ofhay at the Time oil stacking, has been prac.
ti,ed IN DerbyshiFe. add IA The A4ith Riding
Of Yorkshire. / he sat. particularly wnen ap-
piled 10 he crop OF rouea, or whoa the hrst
crop has received much rain, che Cks The ter
men,ation. aud prevents mnudiing. II straw
be- mixed with Toe hay, ,he heating OF The
stack is ,t,H further prevented, by tue straw
mbibing me a.oistUIs. Ga,ile viii eat, not gu
~ such salied hay. butefen the straw mixed
WITH il, more eagerly nan beiieI hay not salt
ed aud also Inrive as we'll upon II. The
quantity recommended, Is, apeck oi GROUND
rock salt to a ton OF hay. By this application,
hay that had been flooded was preferred by
cattle 10 the best hay, that mad not been salt
ed