The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-06
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INTO a modern Metsusaleh. When that time
comes, his wire, who is now the chief raw
material ior our lunatic asyluns, may posi-
Dry exist quite long time before death or in
sanity puts an end to the grind OF oyerwork
that makes up her whole hfe.-Chica o Tri5-
uae.
CUT YOUR HAY EARLY
Experience has demonstrated the fact that
dried grass IS not unlike dried herbs. That
IS, that when eitLer are cut and dried when
III blossom, aud decOction made therelrOm,
u VIII Invariably be stronger than when The
plants have been allowed to 90 10 seed before
being cut. 1t is an inevitable law Of veseta-
tlon that when the plant is matured the
powers that nave brought il to maturity
nave fulfilled their mission, they are with.
drawn and dispersed among heir original
elements. The true principle is to cut the
grass as soon as it reaches its perfect state,
and the one best adapted for feeding purposes.
rms Is just before the starch, sugar and
gluten OF the plant have gone TO the lorna
ton OF seed, or have been converted into
woody fibre.
The intelligent farmer is now well aware
OF the fact of the advantage of cutting his
grass before the elements named are apprO-
prlated by the plant for the reproduction of
the species. The fact is grass should b. cut
when the juice is all in it, aud when there
IS nothing bard or nnutrilious in the stalk.
Hay made at the right time is twice as val
liable as the woody product Of many of our
meadows. Prejudice may lead some horse
men TO purchase hay made from grass of
which the seed was fully malured. Such
hay requires that grain should be fed with
It, IN order to make it equal in all respects
TO that cured at the proper time.
A careful series Of EXPERIMENTS has sb ,wn
that ''when the grass first springs above the
surface of the earth. the chipf consIitua m oe
its eaiy blades is waller. the amount of solid
matter being comparativelv triaIng. as itS
growth advances. the denosition III a mora
indurated form Of carbon gradually becomes
more considerable. the sugar and soIuhla
matter at first Increasing then oradualIv
diminishing, to give place to weedy sub-
stanee;'' the sacchar ne inices being IN tbe
greatest abundance when the grass is in iuIl
flower, but before the seed is formed. In
hay making the value of the aftermath (the
second crop of grass the same seasonl must
be considered, and this is much increased Inv
cutting the grass when in flower. and the
meadow is not so likely to suffer from the
heat OF the sun. 1t is much better 10 cut the
grass too early than too late.
Care must be taken not TO cut too close to
the ground in this and more southern local
tiles Many fine meadows have beer ruined
in this way. The leading grasses for mead-
ows at present are timothy, clover and red
top. II the clover predomina,es. which is
frequently the case at the first moving OF n
new meadow, it should be cut when about
one-thrd of the heads are turned brown.
Inc hrst cut nay Is Invariably the brightest
i'i ~, oolot anu anu ncse nutritious III quaiy ana
=! .no'' 2oou isiineiS 70 ,eselteu ior Ieeuia
os, a, s,' Su s,ulo Inen I' sHe osst nay Is heeueu
.;r,s ~ ,;'n,I,. oo1o'eu ~ que carry cut
~ stiS =. ''ino.uy, tnas II, euttiilS - Wheh ln
uiOoSOiil, Us IL IL dpb lD Dt uuStN. III uuSLN ab
p,', :. mo''iu 9tlslia,e loln lne poilen oi tue
otossonis' oes' anu "ouiu oe harnlless as 4 hatter
Vi Ioulse. .,
III 'eieiehce 70 curing nay, tiihothy cut IN
eue ihorninS Oh d ciear uay can usually DC
Sol III oe'oie hISut anu pe sulhc,ehuy eureu'
.oas 10 mueie Tue yleiu Is not more 'nan
ton ana nan 10 the acre. III, however, the
yieiu Is huch greater or shoulu the weather
De somewhat cloudy, win no prospect OF
ram ohe lo;iowing night, the nay can De
Thrown into neaVy "inurows anu De allowed
70 renalh until the iohowihg aay IL hHeIy
10 ram, IL must DC cooked up. III eioVer, that
cut III 'he morning should De put In smali
daus - sha,,I5 H. t.,,'a1oaS - ~ - -. -
stack. An addition of two quart. of salt to
every ton will not only improve the quality
but will counteract the tendency of Glove to
heat and subsequent injury. Previous TO
setting about having. the tools should all be
put in perfect ORDER bolts examined. stack
bottoms built. and everything done thai can
be done to obyiate a moments delay i'm The
having season Rural IVortd
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Tiled ~ eiN1hh BEER
EsIhe journal Of Chemistry gives a season.
able recipe and one that affords harmless
and refreshing SUBS tltute ior beverages that
owe their stimulating properties to alcohol
IL IS made us:[Lump sugar o-e pound;
good unbeacled Jamaica ginger lwell bruis-
edl, one ounce ;cream OF tartar, three-fourths
=, gu oauDe W. ,a,aa.'I .t ae,u one-nd .. an
water. one GALLON. Macerate with treonepi
stirring. lin a covered vessel nntil barely Inks-
warm then adj Of Yeast one ami a baif Or
two ounces. (about two Thirds Of a vineaI,ss-
full and keen it in moderately warm nlare
to excite a brisk termeptation the next dav
rack or decant the liouor and strain IL thrcnoh
a ieIly-bae or flannel: allow il 10 WORT Tor an