The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-04-09
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Hints for the Season.
L. 1t is to be hoped, that you allow no
cattle, or sheep, or horses. to pasture in
your cichard. If by any chance they
should get in, drive them out at once,
and put up the fence SO high that moth
ing can get in again.
3, You are making sugar, if you have
sugar maple trees enough to make the
operation a good one. The price Of SUI
gar has induced you to do so. A few
things, on this matter, may be recalled
to your mind. Have everything clean.
from the trough, or tub, to the strainer;
let no sap fsugar water) run away; boil
it as soon as possible after gathering
Be careful to keep cattle and hogs out
from among your sugar trees; they knock
out the spouts, drink the sap, and hurt
themselves by doing SO.
s. Take great care OF feeble oninaals-
some Of them may be hooked by the
stronger ones; or they may be thrown
down in a hollow, or marshy place, and
be unable to rise; or they may be out in
rain, or snow; or they may get into
some corner of the woods, or pasture, and
fail to come up with the rest. They had
better all be kept in the stable, or at least
under cover, and have the best care for
some weeks. Feed them well, rub them
off. and give them gentle exercise. Keep
yermin from intesting them, for these are
very apt to attack animals in poor con
dition. By these means you may save
them. You ught not to have apoor ami
NAL at all, for last fall you should have
sold allthat you could not winter through
in good condition; but if you have kept
them along until now, it is best to try
to save them.
a. Your cows need to be looked after
now, for in the course of the next month,
nearly all of them viii have calved.-
Keep close watch over them. Ifthcy are
weak, help them at the proper time.-
In general, they will need no help. Cows
generally seek a retired spot to drop thei,
young; indulge them, if you can. in this
see that they "clear" well. Drive the
cow soon to the stable, or shed, and give
her good mash of bran, and good soft
bed to lie on. Milk her soon, and let the
calf draw down the udder afterwards
Sometimes. though rarely, cows, whose
udders have become very large, should
be MIXED before calving.
5. Take great care for some weeks now,
of your working animals. Horses and
oxen whose work must be heavy for the
next two months, should be well and
eavenly fed, regularly curied, and not al
lowed to get at the ground to eat any
young grass. This spoils their appetite
for dry food, and weakens them rapidly.
Do not hesitate TO spend some money, if
necessary, for grain or meal for your
teams. To starve or stint them now,
would be like cutting off the right hands
of your men in harvest time.
8. II your tools were all put up last
fall in good order. they viii need little
preparation this spring. Still it is well
to look after them. Is the plow-beam
weak? Repair it or have new one put
in. Is the point dull? Screw on anoth-
er. Is the mold board rusty? Brighten
it up; tighten all the nuts and put in com
plete order. Examine and repair all the
tools, gears, and vehicles for spring use,
in the most careful way. After you haye
tried it once, you will be likely to do so
always afterwards.
z. At the same time. place axder cover
yo,r winter tools and vedicles. That sled
should be placed in the shed, and its rum
ners raised from the ground. That
sleigh has been out several weeks--it is
too good one to rot. That hayrack may
be put where the rains won't soak it
through; with care it viii last two years
yet.
8. Place your wood, too, under cover;
see that the wood house is full of wood,
all ready for use; it is much better to
havei all done now, than to stop in the
rush Of spring or summer work, to pre-
pare a load of wood.
= Sugar Making.
The following from the Indiana State
Journai may be an item of great useful,
ness to many Of our sugar makers at this
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