Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-06-28
AGRIC U 1t U & E.

HINTS ABoUr HAVING Few farmers farm al |
we'll as they know how. Generally they are
more perfect 10 theory than practice, and this
arises sometimes from circn instances which it !
Ia impossible to control, and frequently from
want of energy, and careful foresight. Take
haying tor an instance to illustrate these as
sertions. There comes certain time when
tue farmer sees that clover should be cut
That time, we think, sll things considered, is
inst before the period Of full blossom--betore
brown clover heads appear much iu the field.
prolonged period OF wet weather may then
delay The cutting beyond the proper tune and
tue farmer is not in fault but more frequently
1t is not the weather which puts back the cut
Ting OF the clover, but some other unfinished
| term work--hoeing perhaps. The remedy for
tnis clash OF farm work Is well laid plans,
energy aud plenty of help in execu ing them.
| Tia nice thing to make the best oil hay;
even if the weather be good it requires skill
| tul anipulation to attain the object. Clover
must not be exposed too long in hot sun
! Let it cure in the shade, or in other words,
III the cock. All the summing 1t requires is
just suffl cient to wilt IT, Dried grass ia not
nay When the water Ia the grass lie evapG-
rated sufficiently to make it safe TO bulk u,
fermentation changes lt - hay. Now THIS
fermentation should take place partly in the
ield-in the coca l. will be hnIshed in the
stack, and NOW. And the lesi the grass is
dried 10 the sun and wind. and gotten in prop
er condition TO undergo the fermentation il
, the STACK without danger OF mold or heating
tue swester and brighter will be tho hay.
OF all our common crops for hay, clover In
a jures most perhaps, by gettiug over ripe
r Tue stalk Is then worthless. Stock will rel %
it, aud in handling 1t, this over rips ewes viii
If break aud fall eft or crumble iuto powder -
You may set 1t down as q sound farm max i'm
that more food will be obtained by buttini
= clover Que week before 1t atteins It's ful
growth, than one wsek af.er the blossom;
1t begtn to dry up. Aud there is auoth impor
tant consideration 10 favor OF early cnttlug--
i II gives good chance tor good crop Of Glove
r. seed.
If The quality of hay depends also gren
a deal on The fermentation which is undergo
"a in the NOV or stack The nature of this
y not very we'll understood 1t varies great
a 10 different years with grass In APPARENT
"a tho ss,ue conditions. D0ubtless the quality
"a the grass affects II materially -wuether il
IA rieu in certain nuttii 70 elements OF not
I'd In stacking or moving large quantities it
10 well to provide SONS method of ventilaliu
Of the hay thus permitting the heat ami vap
n. to escape freely. a small quantity OF qui,
n; lime-say two quarts 10 ton--has BET
y lii bly, recommended by practical men az
~ preventative against mold. Salt is someti ~
N, used for the came object, and to come exte
: ii is beneficial, as it renders the hay more pa
W ! atabs to stock. But salt also gathers moi
nc ture' hence ii should not he too freely use
M or too much reliance placed on its preserV
.er tive qualities, II the hay is not ia proper co
.lr d,ttou.-RuraI Ntw Yorker