Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
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July brings'more anxiety to the farmer
than any other month of the year; the
great harvest Of grain and hay is mostly
gathered then, and it is his lot to toll
severely through the long hot days. To
many other classes it is the season of rest
and recreation; the springs, the seaside or
the mountains, are the resort Of those
whose business is done behind the counter
or desk. Fortunate for the farmer that in
this season of toll and heat his labor is
not done between brick walls, but where
the free, fresh breeze can fan him, and the
golden hued landscape of the harvest
month invigorate his spirits.
Tile HurUest FgeLd-Good implements
will go far towards supplying deficiency
of men. 1t is also cheaper to use the tools
than the human muscle which they bal
ance. Therefore it is for the interest of
no farmer to enter the harvest field poorly
supplied with tools. Another thing ::
keep the tools in good order, knives sharp,
and bearings we'll oiled. Then work
steadily and don't fret 1t is poor calcula-
ton to risk much in the harvest field.
Grain should be bound and securely
shocked nearly as fast as cut. If the
weather is dry and has the appearance OF
continuing SO, it will do to cut grain when
somewhat green, but if wet let it get ripe
If a farmer could have weather OF his
own choosing he might make his straw
half as valuable as hay by cutting early
and curing well, and he would lose moth
ing in the grain. All spring grain is likely
t. be Of good height this year, and may be
bound readily, but barley is handled, if
unbound, very easily, and there is no bet
ter way Of harvesting, perhaps, than to
throw it in winrows as you reap, and
gather with barley forks.
Harget DrSnkS-Tea and coffee made
strong and drank clear and hot are the
best drinks that can be taken into the
field if the weather is very warm and the
labor exhausting. Homemade beer
cooling and grateful. Alcoholic drinks
are full of headaches and disappoint-
ments.
The Hay Fdd-Haying is the most
pleasant farm work if conducted with the
proper labor-saving appliances. There
need be little poor hay put in the NOW or
stack. Do not burn up the hay by too
much summing. Glover, especially, re-
cock; it will bear stacking in an appa-
rently greener stage than timothy Or red
top. Far more clover is injured by get
ting over-ripe. and by too much curing,
than by stacking or putting in the barn
too green.
CuJtigating.-There is q vast deal of
small corn to be titled in July, and it will
hardly do to neglect it, Many farmers can
find time between their crops to do this
work Especially will this be the case if
they arc strong handed and in most cases
it will pay to have one hand more than
you absolutely need for the sake of getting
in your crops promptly and doing the
Cultivating. Another way is to hire an
extra hand and keep the cultivator going
while the harvesting and haying are
carried on. Either plan is better than
neglect, and the few extra dollars paid out
in the present will be returned with inter
est in the future.
Tile Summer F[dI0lo should already be
broken, and save an occasional narrowing
will need no care in July. But if this is
not the case, blowing will be the work for
dark weather. If wheat is to follow
as the hay is removed; then work the sur
face and top-dress with manure.
TVee1S--It is well to harrow unseeded
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seeds start The autumn blowing will
then destroy them. Beware of letting
weeds rpen and spread their seed during
this month. Many varieties mature at
midsummer, and they need attention.
The Hop Yard-Clean cultivation is
the main thing here. Look after the grubs
and keep the vines we'll to their supports.
Try busting plaster on the foliage for the
insect.
Stacking lay and Gra5n.-The bottoms
of old clover stacks and mows also are
sometimes infested with the cloyer-worm,
which eats the stems. Where such have
been it is unsafe to stack again. Long
and narrow hay-stacks are of good form
to feed out Round ones are better for
grain in bundles.
Stock and Sta&eS.-Horses work hard
in harvest-time and should be literally
fed. Other stock require little care save
that they have plenty of water and salt.
Keep the stables clean and busted with
plaster.
Minor Forage Cr0ps.-Provide for win
tering more stock by sowing turnips, plant
ing cabbage in the corn and potato fields
in the place of missing hills, and sowing
corn for fodder. Make every foot of land
produce usefully. There is q crop suita-