Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-13
Agricultural.
June on the Farm.

iai" "orA Is unusually pressing this month,
and Doth teams and men viii have TO gy round
The horseshoe and the cultiygtor come IN fire.
quent requisition. Hayng also is coming an
earlier III n usual The present. appearance !.
that 1t will be TWO or three weeks earlier Grind
up the scytbes, therefore, and sharpen the cut
teis oil the moving machine, the first rainy dav
Nine out OF ten will tel you they'd rather
nave thelr grass cut in the blossom. but thew
KNOW very well that IT they walt Ter il To come
INTO blo'som, considerable PORTION Of il will
be out OF blossom before they get through. The
only way Is to begin early, Tor of the two il il
lar Deter to DO tOO early than too late. E,pec.
ialiy Is TINS The case II the hay is to be fed IN
cows IN milk or to sheep. The proper cond,
uon io' hay Is that IN which the Juices ara hest
preserved 30 as 10 make It, as far us no.s,hlo
ike the sweet green grasses IL NAV NOT snend
30 well, and, II tho object ~ to ieed TO tattenp,
cattle II may produce less satisfactory resnIfs
than hay that Is better rlpened but ior am.
ana helers we think It Is worth more wbon On,
even beiOre getting INTO full blossom. B.s,dss
there are important advantages IN eettny On
with tut naylng early. Tne land n less ey,
hausted than II the grass is allowed 10 mature
lhat Is worth looking at. Tnen again we mu.t
LOOK forward IN majority OF years to A DRY
time IN July when the glassts arc rapldlv r..
pened ano urea up, thus losing q considerable
portion Of Their nutriment,
zoe oil The most Intelligent practical farmers
we KNOW says he prefers to cut grass when m
blossom because It viii make moro mill and
n"re lat' ana another says: " prefer To cut
III the olOssOm because II makes more milk mor,
growtn aud more beel For working Carl.
and hurs he cuts trAe later, Az IL ia AN, :,
scOur or loosen Ihein. ~
begin carry, Therefore, and if the crop "a no,
quite 80 heaVy, you may be sure of getting II in
ulo second crop Don't ny to cut too olos,
especially IL you are IN the Timothy lot Inn.
"tiy won stand the close shaving of man,
otter grasses. IL starts slow enough nnvhow
out IL Juu cut II too eiuse II wont su,tt M MI ,
the weather Is dry.
VIC oelltNe III moving machines Thew saw,
an Immense amount OF time and labor, and m,
IN haylng Is money you know. We bel,,,e
eVefyOooy, ID TACT believes in horse raks Tn,
nay teGder Is another machine OF slmble can
sfuctlOn which We rave got TO come TO- w,
Know II ID tathtr expensive, and we don't 81
why IL can DC made cheaper, or rather at lea
Cost Oheap things don't pay. II 1t can't b
maue "et' ieSs Than seventY.hve dollars, make /
well, Ne say anyhow. Pay the price ol a goo
mschihe anu Dc sure you get 1t , insist upon II
oeing good and II ltlsn't, send it back
Farmers often Dry their hay too much. Tru,
IL II Is cut very ,arly It needs more curing IN.
wien cut 'ate but we, as a general ruie. ar
IL 10 crisp, anoybow. Grass should never h
ot'eu any more tdan Is absolutely NECESSARY I
make IL keep safely ~ the NOV. Get il in a
gr'en as II VIII possibly do and reserve is rio
juices, III which Its chief value consss IL
needless to say that tins may be CARRIED too f.,
IL requires Judgment ana skull To dec,de IN,
when II viii do. -
Desides hoelng and other care OF the India
corn crop during this MONTH we shall have ,
Buaru IL against the attacks OF enemies of nr
o'her klnd. The cut-worm is now active A, m
fo0ts oil the corn, oabbag,s and many 9TH,
crops. II Is chiefly duiing this month and .Inl
"a' Wv worms are most dc rucliye. AN
wer fa'aees most annoying In some section
'heiT numbers are 50 gr at tnat whole corn-6eld
are ia'u 70 waste anu cabbage plants fall A sur
prey 10 their sharp jaws, even alter thew nav
grown 70 Considerable SIZE. POTATO vine,
oeshs ana beets do not always escape. and nl,,
Tue must cherished plants Of our flower garden
are STACKED aud are iound willing 10 the NOR
ing sun' IL Is usually in the night that The
cav VI the tender shoots OF corn near the sn,
iaoe ihey are rather difficult TO get nj
the moths hy IN the night, ttey are not sa.,l
destroyed 10 the moth ttate. The hat. beln ,
some But one pretty good way is 10 mai
notes with smooth round stick near tbe ,oo
oil plants. The worms will iall ,nto ,beo, ~" ~,
may be destrOye Piovghnar.