The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-08-22
J Dagasa.lau3al.
From the Carolina efs.,,er.

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sCURfNGs.AN STACKING FODDER.
Mn. EDfToR: Until last year, was in the
habit df curing my fodder wholly in the sun
and putting il up in dsable stacks. This ]
call The old plan. The objections to it are;
: n the first place. ,ha, esany ofthe leaves dry.
crumble, and are hssa> ere the stems and
succ1ient portions are tit tc be stacked In
The second place. thar intensely hot sun is
lsuftfui ta the fodder that cured in the shade
! being always the most Nagecat and nutrI-
iious It'll the practice OF the bes, English,
French and Flemish, farmers in curing their
\ hay, ,to. exposs Il as lasse as possible 10 the
sun. i I, is carried IN 1sy. but It preserves
sits green coior; aud yea see haytwo or three
years old in their nsa4&Ns Of SO bright green
color. that we would scarcely c"nceivc il {"
be ciIred; yet fhey ase IN the practice "l pre-.
serving il f,r wears, and Salae 1t more fnr lis
/, age. Cured in this way, scarce = leaf is
wasted and the hay preserves lis freshness
and fragrance; and 1t is said that at least te"
per cent. is gained "a p,antty. and as much
in quality. "A third objection to the Md plan
: j., that The fodder Is ense liable I" be seri.
u,sly injured by dcws and rains and the fact
}. is, in a season like this, WHEN we have had
I rairis almost every day, ifwe arc 10 depend
apon caring our fodder wholly IN The sun,
we shall mt have one good sack In ten.
: lf.fhereforc, we can faX upon 4 plan by
!. which we anmake he,tcf fodder and with
less sunshine, we s.ali nf crarse, he running
less risk, and stand A better Chance oi get
ting IN that part nf the crop. With this
view, Ifave the fodder which is pulled in
I s,,se freaoan stackedin the evening Of the
same day, provided there has been ~ rain
4 abemta. II itiswe,, | sllnw it Ia tccnme
perfectly dry before i is s'ackeJs std my
l,laa is simply this
A pole rs placed is the ground. at the
9 sp,i where ycu intend 10 slack, Four osh-
i crpoles. OF fence rails II your Stacks be small,
are placed around the centre pole about
a ioot or more from the bos'nm and then
/ .alltied together at the top with grarc
.v,ne or anything handy, forming cone.
Place some brusl, or a few rails at the bot.
tom. 50 as 10 raise the fodder little off the
1 uround.g Then commence laying your ind-
ssder limsingle bundles around this cone and
when yna have finished, it will he hollop
: stack. Tic air having free passage under
meath the stack. will circulate in The hollow.
and the fodder finish curing in the shade and
Sunexposed 10 the weather. You may cure
. and stack pea vine. in The same way.
For this Improvement, as conceive it TO
be, / am indeb'ei 10 an old agricultural
friend who had all his lie followed the good
! old way' Of curing and stacking fodder, un-
iii about two years ago, he happened to learn
from an agricultural paper. not al .'old
neg,n.r thai the best mode of curing hay,
] &C.. was To expose it but little to the sun,
he conceived his plan Of stacking fodder 80
asto have It cured partly III the shade. He
has adopted the plan for the las, two years,
and thinks l,c makes better fodder by it, and
:, certainly runs less risk Of weather, | have
also bad my fodder stacked in the same way,
and am a,ncf, pleased with tile plan; AMI
now send it to you to make "book kno,otedge'
o il. FGSUM.