The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-07-12
Hungarian Grass.

The following, by a correspondent of
the Western Farm Journal, will answer
some questions asked by our readers con-
corning this grass. We think little
heavier seeding than he proposes would
produce finer crop of hay:
"Having grown it for the past eighteen
years, am consequently friend to
Hungarian hay. 1t stands with me as
No. 1 for cattle, old or young. Nothing
in the West is equal to it for calves or sheep,
if properly handled, cut in proper time
and cured properly. The preparation of
the soil is one pre- requisite for good
crop. To secure the most satisfactory re-
suits the ground should be plowed in the
spring, and cross plowed just before seed
ing. That time with me is from the
first to the tenth of June. After being
cross-plowed the ground should be well
narrowed. If the twice blowing and
narrowing are we'll done good seed bed
is provided for the seed. Sow one-half
bushel Of good seed to an acre if for hay,
if sown for seed one third of bushel.
AS to time to sow: If the work on the
farm is such that on or about the goth of
July the time can be had to cut, cure and
stack, then sow the first of June; if it
can not be attended to before August,
then SOW June 10th; as a rule, it will be
fit to cut in fifty days from the time of
sowing the seed if for hay, if for seed let
it stand until the seed is pretty ripe: Sow
on the seed bed as above described and
brush in, then roll. Just before shower
or showery time, is very desirable and
FIR or f1,o nd
,ls well prepared, season favorable and
soil good, we may safely expect to get
three tons to the acre. have obtained
four and a-half tons, but that is extra. For
hay it should be cut when the seed is in
the milky state; if cut then and we'll
cured Git is not difficult to cure) and fed
to mich cows, the butter made from
them will be of good rich color, and
will keep cows in good condition.
When it is sown for seed, when ripe cut
with cradle or machine and
bind in bundles as grain; thresh with
fail or threshing machine; the straw or
ripe hay is worth saving for feed. Its
value is about the same as timothy straw
or ripe hay after the seed is threshed Off
The seed is usually kept at our seed stores,
five cents to one dollar per bushel."
The WAY OUT OF DEBT.-Farmers
must bear in mind there is no way but a
hard one out of debt. Signing and wish
ing to be out of debt will never get one
out. If a man is in mire he will re-
main there till he dies, unless he strug-
giles to get on hard soil. To get out of
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must make his income greater than his out
goes. He must earn more than he spends.
He must receive more than he pays out.
He must so manage as to lessen his in
debtedness somewhat every year. He
must be economical and not extravagant.
He must certainly know at the end of the
year what his receipts and expenses have
been. He can then tell what the future
prospects will be of becoming free man.
A man who is in debt is not free man.
He is slave. He belongs to his credit
ors, and the deeper his Indebtedness, the
worse his slavery. He is not happy
man. His mind is harrassed to meet his
obligations. If he fails to do it, he suf-
fers indescribable misery. So, farmers,
be on the safe side. Manage to get out
of debt. Keep out. Save. Economic.
Market every thing you can when it is in its
best state for market. Sell this year more
than you buy.-Coleman's Rural World.
MoULTING FOwLs.-Weare accustomed
to see the poultry left to its own unhap-
piness during moulting season, and the
1'masterly inactivity" with which fanciers
permit birds to look after themselves is
almost epidemic. The moulting season
is really the most trying to fowls, and if
nature can be assisted in the process of
changing the feathers real benefit will
be dones. The blood is during the moult-
ing period heavily drawn from for the
materials which compose the feathers,
and although birds may at the outset be
strong and healthy, the drain upon their
system is so great that they are weakened
and debilitated, and their laying pro-
clivities are entirely abandoned. If we
are able to give as a food elements which
will quickly replace the exhausted con-
stituents of the blood, We obviously as
sist in the transformation. We have
found that fowls supplied with refuse,
ground bone, and powdered scorched
oyster shells moult quick and do not lose
their strength and vivacity to any per-
ceptible degree. If their drinking water
is supplied with rusty iron, all the better,
and one drink Of milk each day is OF
great value.
KEEPING SQuAsHEs.-Theys should be
kept in a dry place. We prefer cool
one but we know that they often keep
long time sound when they are kept in a