The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-07-18
9arnr ann 6arSe,n.
STACKING HAY.

appeared In American Farmer Maya
zine. October, 1865, are from one who
has practiced stacking hay more or less
during more than fifty, years;
Under your head, (''Work for the Month";
of September, on page 2, Noa 4, you
say,-'tIet every stack he looked after.
Fiji up the hollow at the top of the stack
which has been caused by settling at
the center" That prevention is better,
thanlcure' Is doctrine as applicable
here as elsewhere. There, should never
by any hollow at the top, nor on any
part of the stack The stack builder
who makes stack that will have hol-
low in 1t from settling is unfit for the
business.-needs to be taught how to do
the work. The middle of the stack
should always bs kept fullese-Rert
browning from bottom to top through
out the whole process of the building.
The builder should be active and kept
in motion, treading on all parts alike as.
much as possible. The work should be,
done systematically. The builder should
start from where he receives tho
hay, and go around the circle with it as
regularly and uniformerly as possible.
There should be no hollow, no iFreeu-
larity that in the settling will make a
hollow
Begin by taking three large, strong
rails, as nearly as may be of equal size
and place them parallel and eGui-distant
the distance apart of the outside two,
to be equal to the Ieagth of one. Cover
these three entirely with rails crossing
them, thus making bottom that will
keep the hay from the ground. On
these place four more rails,-two on the
ends of these two. Now begin with hay
by plllng it in the center, going from
the center outward, always keeping the
center browning, as before directed.
If tie stack is to contain as much as
three tons, 60 up with as much as one
wagon load before laying out wider than.
the extent of the rails. Afterwards,
the laying out should be so gradual as
to prevent the hay resting on the ground
when the stack is fully settled If there
be failure in the calculation and any of
the hay touches the ground in the set
Ting, it should be pulled out No bay
should be wasted on the ground.
The stack should have no corners.
Neglect building on the corners of the
at the start. Start the
stack in circular form and keep it SO.
When the weather and other circum
stances will permit, the work will be-
better done to allow the principal part
of the stack to settle twenty four hours,
more or less before finishing. O. S.M.
Fosters Crossings. Warren County,
June, 1872.
SHoEING HORSES.
The Mirror and Former truly says:
ut is almost impossible to get horses
shod without having the frogs cut away.
All veterinary surgeons. all horsemen;
all leading blaeksmiths, agree that the
frog should not be pared one particle
not even trimmed. No matter how pIia-
BILE and soft the frog is cut it away smooth
on all sides and in two days it will be
dry as chip. You might. as wellc off
the leaves of trees, and expect them to
flourish, as to- pare away the frog and
have healthy foot. The rough spongy
part Of the frog is to the foot what leaves
are to the trees-the lungs. Never have
a redhot hoe put upon the foot to burn
it level. you can find blacksmith,
that is mechanic enough to level the
foot without red hot iron, employ
him. The burning process deadens the
hoof and tends to contract it. if you do
not think SO, try the redhot poker on
your finger nail. and see if it will not
effect the growth of it.
PLASTER FOR POTATOES.
According to MIR. Compton, author
of the prize essay on the cultivation of
the potato, very remarkable results are
obtained from plaster by busting the
vines with it as soon as they are through
the soil; again Immediately after the
last blowing and hoeing and at inter-
walls through the whole growing season.
The first application may be light. the
second heavier, and after that more
bountiful, say 200 pounds to the acre.
1t renders the plants less palatable to
insects, and appear to be fatal to many
of the fungi family. The--vines retain
bright lively green color and the tubers
continue swelling until stopped by the
frost besides potatoes thus grown are
so sound and free from desease as to be
easily kept for the spring market with
out loss by rot. Mr. Compton says he
has seen field all planted with the same
variety at the same time, on one-half
of which that had received no plaster,
the yieldwas but 60 bushels per. acre.
and many rotten. while the other half,
to which plaster had been applied.
yielded $50 bushels per acre, and not an
unsound one among them.
KEEPING CREAM.
Next In importance to have the milk
perfectly pure and sweet, and freed
from all animal odors, comes the matter
of keeping the cream after it is taken off
the milk. in the first place the less
milk there is 10 the cream, at the time
it is set in the cream jar, the better. A
great deal of carclessness is shown in this
matter. For be it known that milk
makes cheese, while the cream only
makes butter, and the more milk there
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