Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-07-29
agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

TTrE FOR CUTTING GRAss.-The KiIbourn
City Mirror has the following suitable re-
marks on this subject:
We have had some experience i'm cutting
grass; lnlve heard the opinions of hundreds,
OF good farmers on the subject, and have
read the opinions of hundreds more, and
the summing up Of the whole is, that grass
~ not generally cut as early as it should
be. Grass that has any part of its driving
uohe before 1t ~ cut loses proportionate
part OF its nutrient qualities This is GEN
orally understood 10y farmers: but we think
that as general thing they do not appre-
ciate the amount of loss that is sustained
by allowing grass 10 stand too long.
And IN this region We notice "A still great
or indifference IN regard TO the time of cut
ting wild grss. Some farmers act as if
they think 1T no matter as To when such
| grass is cut, 1T it Is only done before snow
comes. IL IL true that there is a greater
difference III the time of maturity of wild
| grass than of tame; but there is also iust
as great necessity of its being cut when il
Is properly matlred as there is in regard 10
tame grass. We believe that wild hay that
Stands month too long is not worth over
hall as mnch as that cnt in time. and vet
| we think 1T is not uncommon for s,1cb
grass to stand two months after it shonid
| be cut.
IL has been frequently remarked i'm re-
gard to the cattle of this region that they
come ont OF winter"spring poor" and there
rs some truth in the remark. though tbere
aie many exceptions. But these poor am
mails Fat rapidly after getting the growing
feed OF spring. Now we do not believe
that tins poverty of tho cattle comes SO
much from the natural poverty of the wild
nay as from Its poverty occasicned by neg
lect to cut ii in season. There seems To be
Il large amount of nuiriment in our wild
grass, and ii should not be allowed TO es-
cape before il is cut.
VALUE OF AIETEORoLOGIcAT,O ORsRRy ATOMS
An instrument which can aceomplish tho
registration of sunshine AMI cloud would
| furnish information of the utmost yalue to
agriculture and some of the most industrial
pursuits OF our country. We may illustrate
what Is here meant 10y taking one of the
most valuable OF our farm crops-tLe Lay
crop as our example. though, as will he
seen, the remarks apply 10 all other agri-
cultural products. On fertile soil the
weight of grass that may be produced de-
pends on two conditions the supply of n
suificiency of rain, and the furnishing suf-
ficlency of sunlight in the eleven weeks be-
tween the middle of April and the last of
june. The rain brings into the growing
plants the i9noranic materials they reauire
rom the soil, and of course furnishes their
requisite supply OF water; the sun
hght iorms IN them their various organic
and nutriiive material Now lasI wear
(iooo), during the period referred TO. there
was cOpious supply of water, but owing
| TO prolonged cloudy weather Am ipsut,;,
| cient supply of light the grass was ali the
time growing, az it were, III the shade.
When haymaking came, observing farmers
remarked how much longer than they ex
pected 1t took to cure the grass, that is, to
get rid OF Its water, and how great a falling
of there was in the resulting weight of hay
Nor was this all. The diminished auanii-
ty OF nltrogenized material it contained
caused 1T to be less nuiritive; a great
or weight of 1T was required 10 fattep
cattle, or even to keep them in good condi
ton The effect was felt by those inter
ested III raising animals for sale, aud eyentu
ally in the quality and cost of butchers
meat
The object of metere 10 :ieal observations
IL 10 enable us to rec n the past and pro
| diet the future state of the weather and
that the imperfect manner in which tbis
has heretofore been accomplished has been
mainly due To the unreliable and unsatis.
factory mode in which the observations
have been made. When selfrecording
machinery. snch as New York has now in
Central Park, shall have been established
IN all our large cities, the problem of pre-
dieting the weather will undoubtedly be
soiVed' one more important agency is,
however, essential 30 this result it is tele-
graphic communication between such yari
ous observatories. A little consideration
VIII show how this, which is at pres
eht vague conception floating in
the popular mind, can be carried
inlo erect Already tele9raphic compa-
Mes, deslroils Of aiding the progress
Oh science, send over their lines without
compensation brief dispatches of the state
OF the weather and aspect of the sky. They
report Tor instance that al st. Louis il il
cloudy at Charleston the wind is from the
north. They also give the height of the
thermometer. But this information is
really of little Use. What is wanted il n
statement of changes in the weather, with
the time OF their beginning and end. Thus
IL II were stated that rain storm began at
Raleigh, III North Carolina, at a. m that
ram storm began in Richmond, Virginia,
at Ill a. M that the same occurrence ham
psned at Washington at 5 D. H., at Phila-
delphia at I'D p. m, the inference would be
mat this was in fact the same rain
storm advancing northwestwardly, and that
IL would reach New York at about three
O'Clock on the following morning; In like
manner II the time of ending were given al
| such successive stations, Its time of ending
at others not given might be foretod. Ii
TO this information were added the auan-
tlty OF rain that had fallen i'm succession at
each place, the condition of the storm. as
| TO whether it was on the increase or de-
crease, could be indicated, and perhaps the
point at which IL would die ont. Now
what IL here said by way of illustration in
The case OF rain, applies also to wind
storms. tornadoes. periods Of great heat,
| periods OF great cold, and other atmospher-
lc phenomena.-J. w. DRAPER. in IdIper's
Mogasine for august
PREMIUM BUTTER. AT the fair of the Or
leans County (Vt) Agricultural society,
George Is. Brewster, of Irasburg, was
awarded the first premium on a tub of but
ter, and submitted the following statement
| Il keep twenty-three cows of the native
stock, with a slight mixture of Durham;
their feed was the fall feed in my moving
fields, with pumpkins in the morning; the
cream was gathered in three days from
mix that set thirty-six hours after milking;
the cream then set twenty hours. then
was churned; when the butter came it
was put into q wooden bowl and washed
with spring water till the milk was all
washed out. and the water ceased to be
colored, and remained clear; then the Ash
ton salt is worked in by hand at the rate of
one ounce TO pound of butter; the butter
is then set away to stand twenty -four hours;
then it is worked over by hand; taking a
small quantity at a time, and working out
all the brine; then it is pounded down in
the tub; the tub is filed within half inch
OF The top: then il is covered with cloth
over which is spread thin layer of salt
This tub was packed the 4th of October
Cream Is not churned the same day that il
IL SKINNED, as it will sometimes have a
peculiar taste, which it does not have after
standing twenty-four hours. In the fall
the pans are filed two-thirds full, and tho