Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-07-10
Cutting Grass Curing Hay.

on retiring and rising early. Neither is
this all. file must bring to his aid the mod
! ern appliances OF agricul,ure-,he moving
machine. the horse and drag rake. and
perhaps The pitching machine. With these
auxiIiaries. having enquiries not half the
labor as formerly
The mosing machine saves large
amount ofLard'w work. and cuts the grass
better than most mowers. IL works ON
roueher ground than some imagine The
farmer who has twenty acres oi far grass
crou,,d sbonId own one. Those who own
les. should club together and buy.
Much Is said and written, OF late year.
with regard to cutting grass early.
IL is cut much earlier than formerly. and
il should be. Farmers in olden times
would not commence haying until grass
was in blossom; consequently the last cut
was dead ripe, dry and woody. II bad los,
tenderness. juices. and. IN iact,iIs nutrition.
! But. we fear. farmers like other people will
run into extremes. Some farmers com.
mence having before the grass is grown
before it las arrived q, point Of nutrition
seemingly for the purpose of getting done
having before their ueighbor..
Grass should arrive in blossom before
cut, Where iarner has large amount
OF having. he cannot Gu, his grass while ut
;his stage. Then be should commence in
season TO make an average Of it. cutting his
earliest grass first.
Cutting grass early-before the sap de.
seconds. Injuries the root. and il damaging
to the crop thereafter We once damaged
meadow by moving il three successive
/ years before cutting our English.
II was many wears before i, recovered It's
accustomed yield.
How much hay should be made rs a moot;
ed question.
Hay is now ~ ale only sbou, hall rs much
as formerly. and ye; keeps wen. The less
hay is made tho better. il It keeps we'll.
We learn that some farmers in Farm ing ton
and some in the vicinity oil Bath. get their
/ hay in a soon Is moved aud The dew dried
( thcreirom. They pack it in solid mows. as
! secure possible from the air 4 few
loads OF dry hay or straw placed on top will
absorb the sap from the green hay beneath.
and keep II free from mould and must II
no dry fodGer he placed on the NOV the
top viii bc uni, Tor We doub; that
hay thus cured is a. good for cattle As though
made IN the common way. The advantages
would be. no labor in curing, and no dan
ger irom>storms. The disadyantags. heavy
pitching. We are not prepared to recon.
mend this IN, bod without farther iniortna.
ton. Men who have pracIiccl this method
should communicate The result; Had we
known their names, VIC would have CORES.
pOndcd.
Farmers, generally, 10 no, believe it
/ hes, 10 salt hay
W. have done At years. and believe il
good idea. Cattle require ,alt-less in the
winter than summer. 1t must be better TO
cat II 10 their fool than 10 have il occasion.
ally. or, perhaps, not At all Men require
I II III their iood-not IN handfuls. WI, no:
the brute: Lay NAV be drawn in with half
She making u iouf or SIX qaaris OF salt bc
applied TO the ton. Farmers in ,hi, way
may save their la, from a acknowledgements
from almost total loss
We once saved SIX loads by the use Of
salt; and the seventh was not worth the
: hauling in. being out IA a mating storm
% We would "ot advise 10 pot sal, 40 hay tia.
j Is or can bc comfortably made. be, -r,cn
; lay is better in IL, barn with salt. dian ou,
, IN storm or heavy shower Your Lav vii
be pure aud sweet aud 10 extra labor to
, make IT. Hay sboaid not be sailed too
: much.
Four quarts 10 the ton tbroushou, til,
NOV. IS sufficient. Sail will pcrme 4tc aLov,
through the now even though applied t.
the bottom load. When young. y e workrl
ioi an old sea Capt. who pot ia bis not ball
mlie applying about peek % ,be ton.
That hay came out bright. aud green a,
when pat boz TIE clover beads were iu l,l
bloom. lis. cattle ca, that bay welr
{ although it secured them there va, too
much salt
! II farmers DO not salt their principal hav.
they should certainly. there meadow apl
/ swalc bay Cailc viii eat 4, Tor lunch g.
grc.ii'y IS huncry man. beef steak, Il
- profitable to salt bay Tor the market. Il
retaining its bright color and weight +. il
not probable Tor the tayefner t. b., il. a,
an animal eat. twice Is mach o. IL.
One great object in hay making Is TO get
the hay about ball made and veil stacked
il ihe weather Is doubtful, u, not open IT,
II there IS indication Of hard weather q,
not open H. Il a rain approaches trim Il