Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-08-10


But all the milk in the pans turned sour.
The storm had past,
For the rain at last
Got tired oftumbling down so FAST
And said Farmer Wood,
AS at work he stood,
''This rain'll do US heap of good"
He cast his eye
To the clearing sky,
And saw rainbow CLEAN on high;
From the arching blue
OF the sky it grew
Twas pink and yellow and every hue.
''Look there" he said
To his young son Fred,
"After the storm, see the sunbeam shining;
Remember, through life,
"a i6y0 In all care and strife, Rso 81
Thatthe darkest cloud mas a silver lining"
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-GGg4rfNe ugHArSIAlr The grain harvest in
Vermont ont iis,now approaching 3 the grain
crop, as well as the grass, coming to matu-
rity at a later date than usual this season.
This is especially true in the Eastern and
Southern portions of the state, where the
dry weather prevailed in April and May.
1t is now quite generally admitted that
early cutting is the most profitable, giving
larger yield, if not a better quality of
grain. Wheat harvested while the kernel
is in the dough state is found to produce
more -four than if allowed to stand until
fully ripe. There is also less loss from
Smelling. The straw of all kinds of grain
is much better feed for stock if cut early.
Julian Winnie of Bethlehem, n. Y, who
feeds seven or eight hundred sheep for
market every winter, and has established
the reputation of a very skilful and success
full feeder, says that be prefers one feed a
day lat noon) of bright oat, barley, or pea
straw, and that the sheep are very fond of
it. Dat straw, cut early, before the juices
are all dried out of it, is very nutritious
and palatable article for sheep or cattle
Dairy farmers sometimes NOW the oat croI
while the berry is in milk, and feed to the
COWS unthrashed, and find the crop very
valuable one for increasing the flow of
milk, gaining more in the improved con
dition Of the straw than is lost by the i'm
maturity of the grain.
1t is a surprising fact the reaper is so lit
tie used in Vermont. Its value as a labo
saving machine was long ago demonstrat
ed; and yet the superanuated grain cradl
yet finds a place on nearly every farm
Vermont is a grain growing state, and he
g., oHorI 20 ha hahinH th
world in the adoption of machinery. Their
is, to be sure, now and then reaper used
but to this day we have never seen a reap
er in Vermont. 1t is sometimes urge
that the reaper will not pay on SINAI
Vermont farm that they are intended 70
the immense grain fields towards the Wes
There is no doubt that the reaper is nc
only paying machine on ordinary Wei
mont farms, it is a necessity. Very few o
the farm laborers of the present day ca
swing the cradle. Suppose farmer hi
ten acres Of grain to cut. His hired maj
who understands all kinds of farm worl
hour, and man must be hired to cut Il
grain. He knows very well when apple
to that the farmer is in fix with his graf
and plays off accordingly. His own bus
mes requires attention, or he has Ian
back; and not until the farmer offers
round price in addition to some cOvet
favor, does he consent, Gust to accomm
date" to cut the grain. If the ten acr
are cut in three days, at So per day, al
board, worth half dollar more, S10,5
the farmer is glad enough. Then there
a three days job to rake it into bundl
which will cost at the lowest estimate 81.
per day, $3.50 Making SO for cutti
and raking. A self-rake reaper, drawn
the farmers horses, which would otherw
lie idle, and managed by one Ordina
hand, at the cost of $3.50 would have {
and laid it in bundles in = day. There
a saving of $3.50 on ten acres. besides
saving Of time, vexation and annoyance
looking for help, and damage to the CT
in cutting it out of season. The lat
sometimes amounting to the entire loss
the crop. Ten per cent year on the c
of a reaper at $3.50, which would pay
interest and ordinary deterioration, if u
with care on only two acres amounts
S15, leaving balance of $3.50 to be GOV
ed by the convenience of the thing, ii
in looking for help, and the increased v
ne Of the grain from being cut at just
right time.
Early cut grain requires to cure in
fields before being stored in the barn.
ter the external water is dried off Fl
wheat, it should be bound up in sn
bundles and set up open as possible
stocks and capped. Oats are apt to h
in the NOV, and should becured with m
care than wheat; they should lie upon
ground until wilted.
1t is so difficult to obtain good help
grading, and binding, that great saw
oflabor is made by moving oats, and S
ing them like hay. They do not pack
well as when bound, and require m
room. We moved, raked and stored
the barn, 16 acres of oats in four and
days last season, with three men in
1t would have taken double the time
they been Graded and bound.-Record
Fdrmer
COOP HINTs.-We present the follow
practical hints, written by an old far
for the Country Gentleman, and comm
them to our more eastern farmers:
Grazing Meadows.-It is great foil
suppose that meadows composed of nat
grasses are injured by grazing. Nov
annually will soon weaken any grass l,
but grazing with cattle and sheep
quickly improve it, if the coarse and
parts are kept down, so as not to hav
ton per acre left on it to protect the I
next winter" as some people recomm
prevent the animals from eating
bare in some places and leaving other |
untouched, some application is desir'
according to the composition of the
which will induce them to eat up the n
parts, if it is sown on early in the sea
salt in moderate quantity will answer
purpose, and plaster will help, or ash,
any kind will sweeten the flavor. All
ate grazing and nowinu il ON ayca