Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-13
Hay Making.

Editor Massachusetts Pi0ughman
There was never more truth upon any
agricultural topic embodied in the same mum
oer Of lines than the extract credited to the
Saturday Eeeniag Post in last week S
T'L0uQ man entitled . Hay Making
All intelligent farmers will agree that
= Cosmos - is right TO the proper time to
cut clover hay. and all the other grasses
hut. as labor is scarce and high ia the having
season. and the rule is not to cut more grass
with the mower than can be taken care of
with the help at command, it is often quite
impossible upon a farm of any considerable
size either to cut the grasses in the right
time to cure them properly, so as to get
the best results in the quality of the hay.
The moving machine is a great help, it is
true, and some people argue that good
mower leaves the grass in the best condition
Tor drying, Just it falls !; but | have never
>een the moving maching that did. On the
contrary, it often happens, even where the
,rass is light, that one side of the swath will
in few hours be scorched to 4 crisp, while
he under side is as green piece of sliced
pumpkin.
1t Is not sunshine alone that is essential to
hay mahing but sun and air combined, and
IL is mol possible to have coed hay, that viii
spend well, ;" and not must IN the NOW.
and weigh out well when you take it to mar
ket, unless it is cured right. We don't like
our buckwheat cakes burned on one side and
raw on the other Our good wives watch
or tue precise moment TO turn them over,
and in my Judgment it is just SO with hay
making
I After the mower has cut the grass, pitch
in and turn it over. spread 1t, scatter 1t,
/ keep it moving, let the air draw through it.
and the moment it is dry enough, and not
too dry. and dried equally, get out the horse
j md int in, he l,1rn
az soon as possible. But where is the hell
coming from to do all this. admitting what
you say to be true, says one. Wages are
high, help is scarce, and the slowest Irish
clodhopper must have his two dollars day
ami board in haying time? Why, the help is
Just where you want it, nay friend, on your
,wn premises Unhitch your horse or horses
/ from the mower after two hours pull, and
! ct them refresh themselves with the lighter
ask, on the hay tedder, of turning up and
turning over the two acres you have mown,
30 as to give the hay fair chance TO make.
Then hitch up again and go on with your
moving. If you have spare horse, much
the better for one of your boys girls
drive and manage the hay tedder while you
keep on with your work.
The moving machine is great improve
ment over hand labor, and great help to us
farmers but what is the use of stopping
1alf way, when with the hay tedder and the
horse rake we may much in time and
labor as the mower OTer the old fash
oned hand scythe. and save great deal
more in the quality Of our hay:
MlnDLEsEx.
CANADA IHlsrLEs GOT RID OF EASILY
John Vipond of Ste. Marthe, writes About
Twelve years ago l bought from Frenchman
a farm which was covered with thistles from
one end to the other. | set to work in earn
est TO destroy them, thinking it would be
very hard work. but by proper management
for five or six years, L came out victorious.
\ II that did with the land was to do justice
to it, | never pillow: my land more than
three years. In the third seed with grass
seed then leave it in meadow one or two
years, as the case may be- Any one that
follows this plan few. years, will find very
little cause Of fear about the Canadian this
tie The real cause Of trouble with the
thistle, is too much ploughing and bad farm
Canada Farmer.
The Eusning Star Journal says that Mr..
Thompson, of Staten Island, divides potatoes
into three pieces. and calls the seed-end No.
l. the middle-piece No. 2, and the steln-end
No 3. He plants these separately in shall
low boxes filled with sand, and occasionally
waters them with tepid water. keeping them
in warm place, He found by experience
that the seed-end would germinate quicker
and would ripen much sooner than the other
pieces. The stem-end was the last to ger
inmate and the last TO ripen. By this meth
cd of sprouting potatoes and then planting
out he obtained them at least two weeks
sooner than when planted in the old method.