The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-06-26
Agricultural
When TO Cut Grain-R Relative Value
of Hay and Straw.

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the experience Of the farm and the
bakc-shop, that the best time to cut
grain is when the straws begins to turn
yellow.
II is established that when the stalk
begins TO turn yellow, the plant receives
no more sap from the earth, and that
the formation Of the flow is finished
in the grain by the action alone Of the
air and the heat.
ct has been equally well proved
that the grain in process Of ripcning
becomes more full, sheltered from the
heats Of the sun, in the interior Of a
shock for instance, than stretched in
the swath because in the latter case
the heat dries the grain to excess,
diminishing at the same time it's quail
ity, it's weight and it's volume.
"Tho most rational system therefore
for harvesting grain is,
81. TO cut the straw at the mo-
mcnt it begins TO grow yellow.
80. 10 put the swath Immediately
into shcaycs, which should be gathered
into pyramid-liko groups called shocks,
with out delay,
Each shock is formed by five or six
shcaycs placed standing Il little inclined,
and IN n round form, to give SoiIdIty 10
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REMARKS ~ TRANSLATOR.
The practice suggested in the latter
part Of the above remarks il one which
has been long followed in our section,
il is not usual TO cut as soon as recon-
mcndcd in the beginning. "Cut us
soon rs the grain is ont Of the milk and
in the dough-" is the rule most fire.
uucntIy uttered hero, and the grain
will be- in the milk sometime after the
straw has began to grow yellow ut the
bottom. 1t is desirable to know the
earliest possible moment ut which grain
can be safely cut, but few farmers are
provided with the necessary apparatus.
and few farmers have the necessary
timr ia tnst fine matter # would he
necessary to emf fine grain nj different
ytoocs Of fine ripcuinp process. and
cnu,,orc thcm Inv wciyht upprorouco
and onoIysia with ono ,]nntInr Wc
orc owore thot cvncrmcnts have de.
monetrotcJ fine odvontnges of very
oorlv ]cutt;no IN both fine rormcr md
tho miIIor tLo corlv emf Grain MAKING
morn and better Gour than the ripc
oroin INIT wo oro NOT awurc thot if is
s,ro ~ ant "a COON ~. tho strov turrs
,o1,ow oIthouoh r this ann s,roIy ho
Joro Il will nrovc If immonsc odvop.
,ooo no all oonoorroJ IN tLo orowth or
oo,ool, ord who ia uot9
Mia ,,n,o, w;l Ina onoblod ,o Loo,i,
hi. horvost c~orlicr without tbc lose
xbioh ,oy rolIow. uorticuIoriv IN
lorr h,rvoats from the vcr-]ripcnino
and shottcrinp ont of grain
In nur nrescnt wbcnt field fine rnul,
Growth of the oats from the shattered
grnjps Threatened in some pInccs 10
outorow and smother the wheat nj.
though the field was narrowed half
dozen times, rolled and drilled. We
DELAYED harvesting the oats, fearful of
cutting too soon, and before the work
was done, some OF the oats was far too
ripe, tho whole field was pretty well
seeded anew, and taking strong hold in
the good ground, they went too
deep for n harrow tooth to remove