The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-17
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wemsy be told that it is tar toe
.oo, 20 think of using the roll or chair
S.r-ov. bus it will assuredly be found
n..,er the mark to spply them when
the ground is in scottish state, toward
tbe end of January, than to wait till
March or April, when the surface i,
often 80 dry IS to leave no impression
yhstever. By doing it thus early,
You forward the work at 8 period
when you may be able TO do little else,
and the use Of heavy iron roller nov
forms the best preparation for the
moving machine Before rolling, the
droppings of the cattle, and mole bills
(f any), need to be spread. 1t is also
q good time to apply farm yard dung,
either for moving or grazing. No
doubt it viii 90 in sooner if applied
on the removal of hay. and then get
well washed by the July rains; but
as the Cheshire farmer said, the best
timeis ''to put it on all the year
round'-or, in other words, to apply
it when you can. Now, it is not every
one who has much spare manure in
summer but at this season, q stock
yard of long dung may very readily
be emptied during frost, and carted
to q convenient part of the meadow
then place it in good sized dung
hill, adding one ton of guano, or two
tons of hslfinch bones to every FIVE
hundred yards of dung. BY lying |
for two or three weeks, end receiving
q couple of turnings, you may expect
at the end of that time to have rich,
soapy mass, which, If well spread and
then chain narrowed, viii be all safe
into the ground, even if applied SO late
as the middle OF March.
Grlpes, or open bitches, may now
be advantsgeously secured out, and
the drainers set to werk where need
full. "Hassocks' may as well be
stocked at the same time, and you
need not be afraid if you have 10
number the produce by carloads.
Burn them and apply the ashes to the
surface the animals will do almost as
mach good with the ashes as with the
growing plant, and you make way
for finer grasses.
Those beasts which are still out-of-
doors-such as West Highlanders or
Welsh Runts-now require feed of
rough hay in the morning And as
there is far too much hay in the coun-
try which unfortunately comes under
this designation, it may not be amiss
to remind some that tops and bot
oms(and such like qualities )are greatly
improved by threshing with the fail.
1t knocks the dust out, and renders it
more palatable. Let one days proven
der always be got ready ahead, and
sprinkled slightly with salt water. If
you wish to restore the lost flavor OF
the "sweet vernal,' add to every six !
trusses, when shaken up together,
two table spoonfuls of the following
condiment (probatEna EST SIX pounds G
fenugreek powder, two pounds anlseed {
powder, two pounds carraway pow
der, one pound cumin powder. We q
rather like the old fashioned plan OF o
out door foddering, and we have not
found, when carefully managed, that &
there need be any greater amount Of v
hay wasted than from the cribs In the n
yards. We have known even short
horns kept throughout the winter, in 3,
well sheltered fields, with nothing W
n ore than an occasional nights she'd "
Couxtry GentlensaA.