Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-08-19
AGRICULTURAL.

FARa WORK FOR AUGUST month il
crowded so full OF work of one kind-the
winding up of haIy esting and haying-almost
to the necessary exclusion of everything else
that there is danger of letting other things
slip. But so many things, outside of the i'm
portant work named, occur as very important
TO be attended to that we cannot forbear at
least, TO urge them upon our readers If the
hints we give do no good we trust they viii
do no harm.
lot0 Gram and Grass-Sce that they are
well cured and carefully put up Ventilation
= important to both. In the stack it NAV be
secured by building round pole, to be drawn
out when the stack Is hnished-the hole to he
covered over in case of storm, and entirely
after the stack Is thoroughly cured In the
barn, proper curing may be facilitated by
leaving the doors open most of the time dn
ring the hauling in and for week or two
after the moving away is all done A Iittle
pains in matters of this sort will be amply re-
paid by the superior quality Of grain and
straw. We need not urge attention to the
! barn roof to the end that no leaks be left nm
repaired-that is, we presume not though
knowledge of cases is recorded in our memory
wherein many loads OF wheat have been ruined
by rain, after 1t was believed to be snuglv in
the barn
For Winter IFheat-Plow earIy, so as to get
in early in September
Ihe Corn Crop.-The blowing and cultiva-
ting having been pretty much all done up, it
simply remains to go through once or twice
/ and pull up any large weeds that may have
escaped the implements Let not single
one OF them 20 TO seed, under penalty of be-
| ing denounced rs a sloyes Of tie scogst SORT,
I To'sr Ne1dous-Cut off close to the ground
all bushes, single or in clumps, that nav be
standing as a rcpr0ach TO YOU. Now is the
/ best time to kill them by simple cutting
| Top-drcss with fine compost if you have it.
/ and you ought always to have manures on
hand when you need them, to increase the
aftermath and protect roots OF cut grass from
| the scorching heat of the sun. Keep off all
| stock until the new grass is nicely up
Stoch.-Good feed, q plenty of IT. pure wa
| ter, and salt, are essential. Don't neglect
them if you would have YOUR stock go into
the winter in good plight. Tour swine and
poultry intended for market should be fatten-
ed pretty early to insure economy and the
( best of prices.
The good of your sheep demands that the
rams should be separated from the ewes, and
/ that the lambs be weancd and placed with
/ the yearlings Of the flock See that the I'd
f ders of the ewes do not suffer for want of oc-
casional drawing Of the milk.
The OreLayd-Now Is the time for budding
layering &c It's so much better to have
just the kind of fruit YOU want and the very
/ best kind, than to be eating miserable gnuriy,
good Tor nothing stuff, with selfreproach for
lack of ambition. Look out for the borers
they have Matched, probably, and penetrated
the bark. After them with a knife before
/ they shall have penetrated deeply into the
wood.
7ze Gmda,.-Save all the fruits YOU can
for canning. Fruits are the most wholesome
food ofman, and he is a barbarian who, for
{ 1s-qT Of al.
| compel his wife and children to munich pork
and potatoes the whole wear round II -iscoa.-
SIN FsumG.
fENTmATING HAY STaCKs.-It is not every
/ farmer who has barn-r0Om for all the hav that
he cuts, and must necessarily stack some of
1t out OF doors Newly made hay, when ex-
posed to the weather in the stack is more
liable to injury from heating than that which
IS put into the barn. It also not unfrequcnt-
" occurs that from threatened BAD weather
or IA order to secure hay which Is cut near
the close Of the week, that it is put up before
1t is thoroughly cured. Injury from these
causes may be entirely prevented by excrcis-
ing 4 little care in ventiIating the stack when
II Is put up With this prccaution, hay that
Is quite green VIII cure finely in the stack
and come ont swcetcr and better than that
which Is much exposed to the sun in curing.
Our practice has been, first, to lay a good
foundation Tor the stack, of old rails or poles,
laying two tiers, and crossing them; then 90
stand five or six others up in the CENTRE eight
feet long, and two feet apart At the bottom,
the ends coming together at the top. If these
are allowed to extend TO the top Of the stack
they viii be IN the way of finishing off, as the
stack diminishes But in order to extend the
opening to the top, when the ends of the
poles are reached, a round smooth stick, pre-
pared for the purpose and inserted between
the ends of the rails at the top, and the stack
built up, and as ltrises the stick is drawn up,
and when the stack Is somewhat settled il i
taken out entirely. \ hole is bored through
the end of the stick, and rope or wooden
PIN inserted 10 draw the stick up with. This
centre piece may be six or eight inches in di-
amctcr; thus leaving an air passage from the
bottom to the top of the stack When the
hay has passed through the sweating process,
: and all danger Of moulding is passed, the
opening at the top Is closed with a cap of
straw or hay. This prccautiou costs but lit
tie labor, and is many times compensated by
the superior quality of the hay.-Co,0,tyv
Gentleman
WHAT TO po WITH SUMNER FRUm.-Much
summer fruit Is very transient decaying even
before ii falls from the tree, and sometimes
even before it Is ripe. This Is true of many
pears. Picked, or shaken from the tree and
picked over, they make excellent Jc5yU. which
Is like cider, but more delicate and winc-Ekc
1t needs a cool cellar to undergo its fermcn-
tation in Apples should be made into cider.
Sweet, it brings high price in market. and
Is a delightful cooling beverage, but does not
make as good cider as later when fermenta-
ton is less rapid. The small hand mills and
presses are very good for pressing fruits, and
family may supply Itself with the Juices for
preservation, and considerable quantities for
sale.