Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-08-20
AGRIGuLTlRAL.

crowded so full of work Of one kind-the
winding up of harvesting 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 inn
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 will
do no harm. . "a
tsz Yoaa Grain aud Grass-See that thew are
well cured and carefully put up. Y entilation
is important to both. In the stack it may be
secured by building round pole, to be drawn
utfwhen the stack is fnished-the hole to be
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 du-
ring the hauling in and for a week or two
after the moving away is all done. A little
| 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 I'M
repaired-that Is, we presume not; though a
! knowledge of cases is recorded in our memory
wherein many loads Of wheat have beenruined
| by rain, after it was believed to be snugiy in
! the barn. 49,.
For Wmte' EFheat-Plow early, so as to get
in early in September.
Tie Corn Crop.-The blowing and cultiya-
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 a single
one of them 60 to seed, under penalty of be-
| ing denounced as a Siorcat of tie ayorst sort
| Your Headoacs.-Cut off, close to the. ground,
| ali bushes, single or-in clumps, that may be
standing as reproach to you. Now is the
best time to kill them by simple cutting
Top-dress 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. -
| STATEHOOD feed, plenty of it, pure wa
ter and salt, are essential. Don't neglect
them if you would have your stock 90 into
the winter in good plight. Your swine and
poultry intended for market should be fatten-
ed pretty carly TO insure economy and the
| best of prices. 5G
| The good Of your sheep demands that the
rams should be separated from the ewes, and
that the lambs be wcaned and placed with
the yearlings of the flock See that the I'D
ders OF the ewes do not suffer for want of oc-
casional drawing of the milk. .ya-
| The Orchord-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, gnurly,
good for nothing stuff, with selfreproach for
lack of ambition. Look out for the borers ;
they have Matched, probably, and penetrated
the bark. After them with knife before
they shall have penetrated deeply into the
| wood.
The Gaden.-Save all the fruits you can
for canning Fruits are the most wholesome
food of man, and he is a barbarian who, for
want of a little effort at the right time, will
compel his wife and children to MUNICH pork
and potatoes the whole year round-Wiscon
! sin Fd3mer
| VENTMATING Hay STAeKs.-It is not every
| farmer who has barn-rOom for all the hav that
he cuts, and must necessarily stack some of
it 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. 1t also not unfrequent-
| ~ occurs that from threatened bad weather,
or in order to secure hay which is cut near
the close of the week, that it is put up before
it is thoroughly cured Injury from these
causes may be entirely prevented by exercis-
ing little care in ventIating the stack when
/
is quite green will cure finely in the stack,
and come out sweeter and better than that
| which is much exposed to the sun in curing
Our practice has been, first, to lay a good
foundation for the stack, of old rails or poles
laying two tiers, and crossing them; then to
| 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 will be in the way of finishing off, as the
stack diminishes. But in order to extend the
opening to. the TO-, when the ends Of the
poles are reached, 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 it rises the stick is drawn up,
and when the stack is somewhat settled it is
taken out entirely A hole is bored through
the end of the stick, and a rope or Il wooden
| pin inserted to draw the stick UP with. This
centre piece may be six or eight inches in di-
ametcr; 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 mouliins is passed, the
opening at the top is closed with a cap OF
straw or hay. This precaution costs but lit
tie labor and is many times compensated by
the superior quality Of the hay.-CoD1tg
/ Gentleman.
WHAT TO DO WITH SUMNER FRUIr.-Much
summer fruit is very transient, decaying even
before it 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 perry, which
| is like cider, but more delicate and wine-like
1t needs cool cellar to undergo its fermen
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 fol
preservation and considerable quantities fol
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