The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-07-09
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Make Good Loads, but not high ones.
All leaders have q tendency to draw in
their loads at each end. This involves an
unnecessary expenditure of power on the
part Of the pitcher. 9islsiN 60 p 72hso e !!
A boy to dripe the soagon from cock to cool:
will save much time. A good pitcher will
give a loader all he wants to do without his
having to look after the team. Where the
loader drives, half the time is often spent
in getting from cock to cock. If you
doubtit, test it by the watch.
Z a Little Salt, say quart to ton, may
be scattered upon the hay as it is put in
the barn or stack with advantage. 1t is a
mistake to suppose that salt draws mois-
sure from the atmosphere. 1t draws it out
of the hay.
Wheat Should be Cut as soon as the grain
ceases to have any ''milk" in it, but not
before. With us, straw is so valuable that
we cut as close to the ground as possible.
An inch of straw at the ground weighs as
much as two inches at the top. 'a''' y
~ Indian Corn.--It will not do to neglect
this important crop du ring haying and har-
vesting. Whenever man can be spared,
let him take horse and cultivate corh.
Farmers are improving in this respect, but
even yet we rarely cultivate our corn half
enough. We often cultivate our own corn
as late as the first Of August. at is
the last blow that kills the cat, !" and it is
the last hoeing or cultivating that kills the
weeds and insures clean land. Let the cul-
tivator run shallow so as not to cut the
roots. Put muzzle on the horse to
prevent his eating. He will 60 much more
steadily, and the work will be better done.
Go over the field with q hoe, and cut out
or pull out any weeds that the cultiyator
can not reach.
Potatoes should be cultivated as long as
the teeth do not disturb the runners.
Afterwards, keep the land clean with the
hoe, or by pulling out the large weeds by
hand. You must get rid of the weeds or
give up the hope Of raising good crop.
4 Saoede Imaips or Ruta-bagas should be
sown without delay. Drill in from one to
two pounds Of seed in rows q to 81 feet
apart. Thin out to ten or twelve inches in
the rows.
Common White 7muips can be sown
any time during the month.
Mangel- Wt1xel or Beets should now be
ready for the second hoeing. Use the
cultivator freely between the lows, and do
not suffer weed to grow. ID d Il. 81
Summer dllows should be plowed the
second time this month or, at any rate,
kept entirely free from weeds by the use OF
the cultivator.
Plaster may be sown ON clover as soon
as the first crop is gathered one to
two bushels per acre. q asl15l n
Manure may be drawn out and spread
on meadows or grass land, and narrowed
with smoothing harrow. Or it may be
drawn out and spread on the fallows for
wheat. t.t-.s
Corn for Fodder, if sown in drills,
should be repeatedly cultivated. If
sown broadcast, we have no hints to give.
You onot deserve good crop, and prob
ably will not get it. isTef saS
Horses. if not worked hard, will be bet
ter at pasture than in the stable, A good
clover pasture is best for them. If the horses
are thin, and you wish to get them in bet
ter condition, let them have in addition to
the pasture all they will eat Of a mixture
OF cut hay and oat or corn meal, in the
proportion of bushel Of chaff to four
quarts Of meal. aFgas s4s n fg y
Mich. Cows on our own farm are allowed
the mixture alluded to above. When the
pastures are good, they will not eat much
of this cut feed, and we mix less chaff
with the meal. We want each cow to get
a quart Of corn-meal twice day, but want
her to eat something else with it.
Sheep require comparatively little atten-
ton this month. See that they do not
suffer for want of water. Do not let the
butcher tempt you to part with your best
eve lambs. liz not already done. dip the