The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-06
TERMS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.
AGRICULTURAL.
HAYMAKING.

Scythes Procure good scythe for every man
and boy on the farm who is 10 do anv thing at
moving. This work of cutting the grass is hard
enough, with The best implement that can be
made. AID where the tool is poor, the work
must be done either poorly or Slowly-and in
either case the farmer is losing more than The
cost of furnishing better instrument. u e know
nnt-(by the way, this term zee, am tired of,
and shall wien II so pleases me, use The more
proper representative of my single self, 81
know not that any one of The manufacturers of
this article eXcels all others: some sryihes from
each factory are good, and others are not so )
if you are unfortunate enouIh TO get poor one,
there is no economy in trying 10 worry through
the season with il; gnawing off your grass;
whrtting every FIVE minutes; fir ting your own
body or that Of your hired man going 10 the
grndstone every wa hours these attendants
upon a poor scy the are such consumers IF time
that it is better TO throw the soft the
hriule thing aside at once and purchase another.
As general rule he scYlhe that crooks towards
tie point works better than the straight one-at
least it is so in my hands. The cast-off scythe
should not be put INTO The hands of the hoy who
is learning To mnw-he wants in his feebler and
IN macIictd hands, 81 sharper edge than is re-
guired by the man. Give him a good and light
tool ; or else excuse him from this work
Horse Rake. The value of this implement
for use on a farm Of common inequalities of sur
lace ana OF common SIZE Is OiltD over III
the advertisements and ruffS. Bat the actual
north of it lu>tifies its purchase. We have used
the revolving harse-rok Ike for four or five SEASONS
on farm where two sores is perhaps the a.
mount moved per day the raking mp OF the thick
green mornirgs moving IN tie latter part OF the
afternoon, is flieuirg appendage 10 the pre-
vious hard work of the day. The old horse who
has been in The pasture all dav, and has nothing
TO do al present but to kick heS, can greatly
tighten and considerably shorten this labor: we
generally save in time probably from 45 10 60
MINUTES and in strength more than half THIS
saving towards the close CT the day, comes IN
very oppor,unclY, and we would not part with
the rake for twice its cost.
To manage this instrument skilfully, requires
some praciice-but as soon as one gets little
accustomed TO il, he can lay the wnrow very
VII. On larg, farms its use must be m"re val.
liable than on small ones.-Where grain IS NOW
ed ard raked Up this rake is very convenient and
comfTtabe; ii takes all clean, and saves from
hard hand raking.
This instrument deserves more extensive ust
than It has found hitherto.
Time IF Cutting. Where grasses are no
lodged. it is well 10 cut when t-ey are fairly an,
fully in blossom: but - avoid having sume o
Them get far Iast this state before time can b
found for secui ins, il is prudent TO begin upnl
The more luxurlant fields before they reach full
blossom.
Curing. In the early part of the having sea
son. while the grass is quite green and nue.
tire is required for curing. it is well 10 be bus,
in tu ming il up 10 wind aad sun; he p 1t alon;
as fast as you can--but LATER in the Sc ason, if tn
weathI be good it will be sufficiently cured III
day after moving without much assistance.
Some l.trlr matters amount 10 considerable u
the course of the season in turning up hay
TAX the help Of the wind do this too in raking
in raking after the cart, regard The course O
the wind and the direction in which the team vii
next move, and so arrange as moi tn be Obliged L
rake the ground over twice In this simple laho
of rakiac alter the cart. have found head work
profitable as in any of the operations upon III
farm.
Salt Hay that would be liable to heat AM
sour because no. quite cureh, may often be NOW
ed away with safely, if six II ten quar's of sal
10 the ION are applied. The use IF salt upo
nearly all the hay as it goes into the barn may b
wise | am inclined 10 the belief thai ia! m i
my neighbnrhood OIL which salt has been yer
freely used in that way. had been great
improved by 1t that is, | think Tie ma
nure has been much more efncacious in -onse
quence of the SILT applied to The hay. At hum
we find 10 hav so paatable 10 the stock as tina
which IS cut young, three-tourths dried and wei
sailed.
Clorer. This should be cured without muc
EXPOSURE to the sun. | can tell a story that goe
10 shuw that clover need rot be so thorough
dried as many suppose. Last year, about III
middle June we moved sumo very coarse clio
yer scarc-y begin ing TO blossom, and as full O
sap as clover ever was. The weather cloud
and foggy for several days 81 that but little pro
gress was made in curing it !; it continued heav,
and green; after four or five days, and Will
the cocks were damp with fog we loaded becaus
the indications oiran were strong. Ii was takel
to the barn. slowed away and very thorough,
sailed. In four OF five days it was dripping we
and burning hot in Is days it was mouldy; il
December, it was the hay preferred abov
all other IN the barn. by "old Bug Horn, dainr
COW tat was destined to the sha bles; ever
animal in the bqrn would devour il greedily-
and this too, when most of the hay, and all tn
corn st lks in the barn had been sailed ;-th
salt taste was no rarity.
DISCOVERY AMONG THE STARs.-M. BesseI
alderman astronomer, has made one of tn
greatest discoveries ofmodern times BY havin.
sscertained the paralax of the double star 6
Cyeni. He found, ON repeated observations
made from August 1887. to March. 1910, tina
Inc Paralax of Cygni did not exceed 3 hun
dredths Of second, which places the distanc,