, 1869-06-23

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Into the mere newly settled parts o. the West ne
WI nnd men cutting Prairie grass after the seyt
Nost; snd, even tn this county, We do not recol-
less IN autumn during the past fifteen yeaxs that
large quantities Of this frosted grass has not been
cuf II Is not strange to hear this class Of farmer3
cay that stock cannot be Ktnserrd without The aid
OF corn- have wtntered stock without com, with
hay and corn, and altogether with shock coyu-
that u com cut up tn September, aefaro lsost and
fed With all the corn.
This Is ona Of tns Esost c1rrayasaut and vas&e.
ful modes Of wintering eas,le, both IN material
and labor that Il pgsct.aed, and On tho whole the
ssocf viii c1mc through in less good condition
tnan L lad with hay. At Ieast this Is my sxpe-
Renee: IN both c2ses the Etoek hays had the ad-
vantaEs OF good sheds and stahles.
II costs no mort Labor to cur and properly put
up An acre Of hay In good condition than In poor
Ont, though II probable that the Yield psr
hundred pounds may he leM tn tbs former than
tbs latter case, ~ the woody stems viii b. more
solid and weigh more; but a the etoek VIII NOT
cut the1e hard STAINS ahera u no gain In thar case.
fns whole subject then resolves Itself IN this,
that the graas ehooM b. cut when in growing
suceulent state a1d hetofe tbs dpeuing process
las begun. Our ccazsest slough gr7sa u cut when
naH grown, makes TerJ good hay, much better
than the richest prairie grass cut At maturity
When boy, two farmers both tn the dairy busl-
ness, bad farms side BY side. One Of them always
put his hay in the barn the day that 1t was cut:
a~ays late IN the morning In the meadow and
Late at night for the nst load must be In the barn.
G1a2a wns then cut with the scytne and spread ont
BY tand With the use Of 3 wooden fork; II heavy
It Was turned over at II O'Clock, and at the
faf1n3 up commenced and tho hauling followed.
On ths other farm the mowers we're out IN tha
wet gFhss and had = long noon spell AIS or
rak1og and cooking commenced, and the hay WIS
put up to thorougiy cure. In this condition IL
o1ten stood week. "Let rs get through with
cutting and then make a job Of hanllng," was
the usual remark, Then, again, the former cut
when In bloom, whtlo the other wanted the benefit
Of the seed; he wanted his grass fully grown 80
as 70 have Its full salue, @uone OF your wiahJ-
Was1y hnt.grown uaah." Both of these faluera
stabbed their stock, but there Wns marked dif-
ference In their appearances, greatly TO the cre,!t
Of the early cut and half.cured hay. do not TO-
member 70 have heard any other reaeon given In
favor Of the latter practice, unly that sit was 50
and no mistake" When We examine INTO the res
son, the difference Ia apparent At once The early
cut grass contained the sugar aud the suocuient
Juices, and these not being washed out By the
rains, hleanned BY dewz or evAporated By long
e1posua 10 tho sun, were all retained In
the fo7nge tn their natural condition, and wera not
other hand, tho later cut grass had the su9ar
shanged to starch In part, the Juices had eEapo-
rated IN the process Of Hpenlng. aud thus the
stems had become woody nhre, better calculated
for fuel than for fool The rain and dew had
also seriously injured the hay, BY subt1acttug It's
most palatab1e and nutritious properties, and tho
atoc1 eat only enough Of It to sustain LIE.
The s.ack1ng Of hsy "a o bad practice, but 1t Ia
not possible In new country 10 have full supply
n hmYY1 IA I'm 4 f&~v pr,rl
who Bells large quantities Of hay, and who h2s the
reputation Of superior quality Govern his stacks
with temporary rool Of boards. uztng twelYc feet
stock pine boards for the pur-
pose. Az the ha9 Is sold the boards
aze put away under oover, ready for
the next seasou- Barracks, matched with straw,
Rse used In soMe ca2aa At the East; and In Eng
land MI stacks Of hay or grain are tnAtched TO
keep ont tbs wet. In this country, stacks Of TIM
othJ arc often topped ont with coarse slough
hay. "a -.
HAY HARxA
There Is no question that 1t Is good economy to
have barns for hay as fast ~ means will Rltow.
With the new mode Of unloading With horse-pow-
er, We arc permitted to cheaper the space by har-
ing the building higher, az height Is no great o.
lection In this mode Of handling. In the old barns
the posts were usually sixteen feet now twenty to
twensy-tW are quite common, thus adding shird
to the capacity Of q hoy-mnW at small compaT3-
tive cost. Then, again, By tho common use Of
hascmenta, by pnttlnz tho stahle2 below, a1l-
other point ts gained II TO LOOK over
new settlement We nnd nearly all tho
buildings almost resting on the ground, and IN
the case Of barns with posts to suit the old hand
mode Of pitching, sixteen feet high. Now, Il We
wou1d raise these barns eight feet high, ard put
under them brick basement tor stAhles aad
Storage use, the upper part for hay, they Will be
rasty Improved In many cases, where good
drainage may be had, II sunk Ia the earth two
feet atI feet above Will answer tho same pur-
pose. With the new apparatus the unloading ca1
bo done from the outst1e- 4 few days since saw
horse barn twentJ-four By thirty leet, TINT
would only hold come three tons in tho LOTT, that
had been raised eight feet AMI. basement put In.
The hay was put In nom the outside, through
large aiding door, BY tho use Of Loodons hay
pitcher. A iostr two by eight inches, twenty. four
feet long, wna suspended In the peak
Of the root By rppcs 1T each. end,
and along this tho apparatus travelled.
carrying below It the fcrt Of hay 1nd dropping tt
It at Any desired point on the route Of the josr.
The cost Of the apparatus was but ten dolIars,
which. with haJfort, rope and jolst, made mp a
sum OF some twenty-five dollars. The unloahng
Il done With harsc triven oy { boy dozen 5cars
old. II We allow two men to unload fifteen tons
day ut cost OF four dollars, tho bog and horse
will un1nNd II IN half that time se roa+ ~ ohnrr
ono dollar. But this Is not oll No two men could
unload and NOW uway TINT amount Of hay IN a
day. It would require one ran on the load to
pitch on, one 70 throw In back and or tive, "a
she Gaze naJ be, to nov back. But tue boy With
the horse makes 9hoFt work OF the load. while tho
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| ralue to the whole West. have looked through
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