, 1875-07-10
Something About Early and 1atc.Cut
Hay..-Haying In Ca:ohiug
Weather.
Forest -Tree.plnnting In Knnsas-.-lYhito
Misunderstanding Work-iIorses.
a We'll Of Bad Notwithstanding tho
Sprouts Of Treas,
Winter killing and Tho Fruit.Prospect al War.
saw, lll...0ood Wine and Cider.
P7srdstd fo7 The Chicago Tribune.

RAf-MAKfH0.
There Ia 30 Rteht \ diverhity Of opinion on tho
anbjecs Of hay-making that It sorms singular
that farmers should not more carefully study the
questions connected Herewith; and yet 1t 10 un-
doubtedEy trun that not ono farmer tn ten cRu
give tho rcaaon why he cuts hia hay Just Al thu
last Of Il Ia going out Of BLOSSOM, OF cuts u when
nearly rips, Tor theirs arc thoeo who practice
aud stously maintain that either Of thsbs plAus
Ia best.
Tho raAt facts in the case ara, The organic mn.
teriaia in the hay are NOT essentially tai1eren. In
quantity, cut In thu two sea8one we haye meu-
toned but tho digestib!lity Of tho two prod.
ucta Ia very essentially diIsseDt Careful ex.
permonts have shown tlat the early-cut hay Ia
digeated and asssmilased to the extent Of from
II to 20 per cent more than tho late hay, othar
tbings bsin9 equal.
MANY CITr-arADLEAEN
prefer hnv cut when tolera6ly rips, from the
fact that they better afford to food grain than
hay, for the reason that 1t ls geucrally cl.eapes
and thosefore feed only 70 much bay "a is 1lsces-
sary to divide Tho Krtint and properly dtstsnd
tue etomaohs OF their horses. When tho hay Ia
10 bo fed On tho farm, aal especially when It Ia
to DO fed TO cattle, thcro IL no doubt slAt carly
cut grass Ia far more economical than that nj
lowai 10 got nearly ripe before 1t IL made into
hay.
One Of tile great mistakes in hay-makiug IL,
tho grass ia allowed to lie too long Rftor moving
before 1t is cockod. It should mover 10 allowed
to lio in tho auath over night. after becoming
partially DRY, II 1t DO possible 10 prevent; aud
especially should 1t not take rain when in tl,ia
condition. Better rnke Into tumblce, ovon II IL
hayo to DO apread somewhat sgain bctoro
carting to tho barn OF tho, slack.
Very often. simply upse.ting tue leaps
will air 1t sufficiently. 1udoed, whom it ia al-
loved to stand some days, II will euro perfectly
In the heaps; aud. II it uulergoos slight hoat
in the moauttmo, 1t is not worso, but botter,
fosit.
As rule, hny cut before II o'clock in tho
morning, during hot. dry weather. will, In tho
West, cure sufficiently for raklne by Or .
may usually 6e raked IN tho atternoon.
Hay cut after .. N. will not dry sufficiently
to 1uiure from The dew; aud hsy may sa'to lai.
for twonty-four tlourH without much injury, II It
bo mot rittod before tho RAIN falls. Therefore,
cut hay down In cloudy, maty, or rainy weashor,
especially II you have ladder TO stir 1t WITH
thereafter.
IN onDrsAaT sEAsoHs, IN TUE WEST
when large tIe!da Of hay are to DO cut, 1t Ia uBuAl
to keep tlo mowcr going from morning to night,
taking aa closely as it Will do in tho aftetnoou
and startling tue rare agaln about IL o'clock H.
H., II tue day be hot. In this way. very good
raiing Into windrows then, bv paasing the rako
alone the wlndEowa It 10 quicaly thrown into
tumbics which very little labor Will cause to
shed rain fairly. In fne weather, no turning is
usually within tho next twouty-four hours.
whenco 1t ID quickly transferred With tho horae-
Aayfark+
TUE Pnrsesr agAsos HAS. nEEs psrowAnp
80 far for liay-naklng. II tho weather continue
bad.-and thers Is = strong probability that 1t
may do Ho,-R oareful study Of tbs Weathar Atyd
tho MEANS at hand will &lona enable tho proys-
dent fartnor 10 get bis hay toeother In good com
dttiou. Tho best adylce NO can give In this iu-
stance, aud Tho plan which We haye followed
satisfactorily is TO out ihc grsRB In bad yssther
and oute IL aud houBa IL ~ fxat a. posalbio whom
Lhe wenther ie drying.
Ono thing in thIs connection is vol worth re-.
mambcHug, Il havts rather Efaon from it's own
sap. and IL put Into moderato~szod heaps, It will
euro and como out In good cooditlon with I little
airing bcfora stacking. oven though It may show
considerable hcati but, u vet from dow or Estu
it bacomas muHty and bad. Perhaps aomo Of our
II 10, for such ibls 10 mob written.
ronEsTerREI CULTURE.
NEWTON, Kan.-Edtfor Fa1m and f;ardtn: wish
TO make tn1ures about forst-tsetcultufe. ptopos8
to plsus " acssa Of prairie uudas tho sct Of 157D
aud. II you will snawsr: !: Where "hts' walow cut
@na. !. vii ,hs1 stand bot, IL aan,.ts On hess;;
otl7-you will greatly ob!jae Ell
White-willow cuttings, "a haretosore Atatsd
10 THE 1ninunE: ought to be obtatnod
own immediate uetghboshood, afr. John
Gray, Of Jenerson4,. ILL.,, has large
plantation Of thess willows, pur ont for wind
breaks some Seara sfnco. Thoy haye bsen topped
twice. and for years have oesn good and suf-
Rcient barrier Against horsos sud cattle never.
theiets, We do not advise willow fencns.
Procure Your cuttings late in the autumn tie
shem in bund!ss OF fifty, and eet them on end
on tho ground or 't, IN aasllox treseaes, and
Prepare aso .ycur soil ln the fall BY
a thorough and dsep plowinR. In tho spring, as
soon ~ the sou vii! admit, stick tho cuttings In
straight lines. 4 TO tnehsa apart in tho rows
auAble you to cultivate them with one.hor1a or
y common two-ho1sa walking cuttlyAtor.
THE 8gc0Np sEAs0s AFTER PLANTING,
II they mako good growth, tAka out o.thllds OF
thereaftes ~ necessary. take ous enough moro 30
thoJ will slhud 3}{ or 4 feet apart s4ch way.
Wien tic tseea begin to crowd again, take out
every alternate row, and thon again eseEy other
1sft stand u Of 10 feet apart, according to the
original vidth betHeen rows. Al this distance.
tho plantation will maks large trans and thoso
taken nut will be available first for transplant
Ing, and thereafter for polea and for increasing
II you With them for fence lines, they srs bet
Ter planted. say. loot apart, In : ,ldss pro-
pared When wanted. ....-.as
THE WHOLE WILLOW FAMILY
delight 10 : moist, and prslarablya light or
sandy eoii. We have never Known Them to fail
to 90 we'll Oh auy prairio-eoil, Light or heavy.
Neither havo we ever knosn then, 10 be injured
by dsoughts vnsn once fslrly established aud
ws havs uesu them growing and doing wsll on
almost e'ssy variety Of soil except thoss vary
light and Arid.
FAsruhlNd WoRK.RoRsEs.
a correspondent ssks our idea about palturing
xotk.hor.ss. and aaks n u nthsy may be turned IL
tue psAtara to s!szo, With bsasat. when shey
have 10 work hard avery day.
Aost aasurodl,, shsy should not: 4 hard.
worked horse needs ~ s I'D concentrated tood
ges on pasturs, besides. grass cauaaa the heah
1t horse 10 become soft. Thay swtAt eAs,ly,
aud would te u unit for hard work u Il man
ted entirely on dry broad OF potAtoss.
They ahould hsys liberal allowance Of grain
per dAy,-tJom II 10 u quarts Of sound CATS, az
il equivalent according to the nature Of tho
work, 4nd nhAt bright bay they will sat uorses
IN light, slow work may b kept Ia fair oondl-
ton on good pastu{o