The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-07-30
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Alas for tho poetry of farmiDgi
All the songs Of milk-maids must be
now listened for 10 the old English
poets. The whet,iog Of the mowers
seythe is almost Over--quitc over
on my farm Instead Of that, ono
hears the sharp rattle Of the mower,
aud sees the driving mau quite at his
case riding round and round tho
meadow, for oil the world as IL ho
we're cut alringl Whereas, hereto
fore, two acres would be counted
large days work; uow, ten aud twelve
are easily accomplished. lH- Iir43d
Nor is the contrast less remarkable
in all the after work. When was
boy, l was placed in line, With all
the men that could be mustered, to
shake out the hay with forks; and
after a few hours, all hands were
called to go over the ground and
turn II. To do this rapidly, aud yet
so the bottom sido would come to
the top, was no small knsek. Now, a
toieicr, with one man riding, win lit
orally do the work Of ten men, aud
do it far better than the most expert
can. Have you ever seen, q tcdderg
| have-Bow-a a perfect one. The grass
rolls up behind Il aud fosms, was
going to say, like water behind the
wheels Of steamer. The grass leaps
up and whirls as il it we're Amazing.
ly tickled with such dealings.
The result is, that unless grass IS
very heavy, aud the weather very
bad, you may cut your hay in tho
morning aud get il into your barn
before night, in far better condition
than it used to be when it required
never less than two, aud generally q
part Of three days to cure IL.
But, l have forgotten the Horse
Rake. Instead Of the old fashioned,
long handled rake, and The Eve or
six men, pulling aud hauling 10 get
the grass into winrows, that same
fellow, with that same horse, rides
his luxurious rake, and ia u ffth
part ofthe time formerly required to
put il into equally coed shape. In
deed, haying, ifit has lost its poetry,
il has also lost its drudgery. A man
can now manage hundred acres OF
grass easier than he formerly could
twenty. The only thing that remains
to be made easy is pitching on and off
the load 1t is true that horse forks
have been invented, but / have never
seen any that did their work we'll;
aud in my, barn at any rate, work Of
pitching aud moving remains; and II
you wish to know what fun is, get on
to the NOW, under the slate roof Of
my barn, on a hot day, aud let Tin
pitch of hay, as he will if give him
the wink. You will have to step
lively, aud even then, you will often
be seen emerging from heaps Of hay
thrown over you, like a rat from
bunch of oakum. Aud then il is so
pleasant when a man is all a-sweat,
to have his shirt filed with hay seed,
each particular particle Of which
makes believe that it is q flea, and
wiggos aud ticklcs upon every square
inch Of your skin, until you are half
desperate
1t is the second of July, and my
grass is all cut, and the last load is
rolling into the barn as write How
sweet it smells How jolly the chill
dren are that have been mounted on
the top Of the load; aud their little
scarlet Jackets peep out from their
nest while Tim stands guard aud
nurse. A child that has not yet ride
den up from the meadow to the barn
on a load of hay, has yet to learn one
of the luxuries of exultaut childhood
What care they for jolts when the
whole loa is vast and multiplex
spring2 The more the wagon j0sn-
ces the better they like i'll Then
come the bars, leading into the lane
with maple trees on each side. The
limbs reach over, aud the green
leaves kiss the children over and
over again. SO would l, if | we're q
green leaf, aud not consider myself
so green after all. And SO the load
rolls slowly up the hill. There is
no such thing as momentum in an
OK. He 10 always ut a dead pull
and at the very hardest. But the
children like itt The slower, the
longer is thu fidsl Let them take
all thescomfort they can. By and
by they will be grown, and OWE hne
carriages, aud roll in style through
the streets, But there is many n
fair face that rides in silk-lined
coach. with a sad heart, and would
go back if she could, oh how gladly
to her joyous ride on load Of hay.