The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1877-06-23


between hay from grass cut without the
dew upon it. OF course men differ on
this point, and they win differ to the end
oftime
4-Just as soon as the sun has dried
the upper surface Of the grass, the spread
ing operation should commence; and you
should have help enough to do the work
well. No grass cut during the previous
afternoon, and up to 10 O'Clock that day
should remain unspread at dinner time,
unless it be such as is light, and it left in
good shape to dry by the machine, as is
often the case. Keep the grass moving as
long as possible before you begin to pro-
tect it for the night; and here we will say
that never would allow a load Of hay to
be put into my barn that was cut the same
dag, except when the grass has been de-
layed to be cut till it was past prime, and
partially dry, so that few hours Of sun
and wind suthced to cure it. never saw
any reason to regret curing hay SceH; but
| have thrown away tOnsof it that had been
moved away, in my absence, in half cured
state. No grass can be injured by two
days Of sun and air, when cut at the pro-
per time.
5-When the time comes to commence
haying, you should have all other work
finished, as the cultivation Of crops; because
you should be able to devote your whole
time 10 your hay when it is ready to cut.
No half-awake farmer is fit to have the
management of cutting from so to 100
tons of hay, as it requires energy and good
judgement to cure and house, or stack it
we'll Nor should the farmer be absent
from the field an hour; and he should let
his help understand that he "means bust
ness" In the morning he should be up
before the sun rises, and see that his men are
up also; and if anything is to be got ready
for the days work, see that it is attended
to before breakfast. A man can impart a
wonderful degree of "movabilityn to his
hired help, by letting them know what is
expected of them, and setting them an
example Of activity Farmer A. is always
found in his place in haying time at work
at seven o'clock in the morning; but farm
er b. comes yawning along to his work an
hour later, apOlogizing by saying that he
"could not get ready earlier"
SCAR IN SHEEP.-Scab in sheep NAV
be cured by mixture made by boiling /
pound of tobacco in water, adding one
pound Of sulphur after the boiling is done;
and the water used for this weight Of drugs
should be, when ready to dip, i've gallons.
Add also, if the water is hard, | ID. of
soda to each 5 gallons. When dipping
the sheep, keep the liquor at 100 degrees
to Ito degrees, and rub the sheep we'll
when immersed, keeping them in about
two minutes, and rubbing all the time.
Two weeks thereafter dip and rub again,
to render the cure sure.
FODDER Gonna writer in the Coun.
try Gentleman gives his method of prepar-
ing the land aud sowing fodder corn as
follows ;-"We pulverize the land with a
lump erusher, made in the following man
ner. A log Of hard wood, eight feet long
and foot through, is drawn by pole in.
serted into the log in the middle, and bra
ces fastened on to keep the log from
swinging. 1t leaves the land in better con
dition than roller, because all the Jumps
are crushed, instead of being simply pressed
down. The ground is then marked with a
marker, then one man makes a light fur.
row with corn plow, another man drops
the seed into the furrow, and another COW
ers with a thill cultivator, with the middle
tooth taken out and the side teeth turned
so as to turn the soil upon the corn. Then
the lump crusher is run across the rows,
which leaves the fields smooth, so that the
rows can be seen as soon as the corn, is
large enough to cultivate" Fodder corn
can be sown as late as August LIST, except
in the extreme Northern States, where
July 10th is as late as is advisable to sow it.
A ScARE-CRow.-A good way to keep
crows away from corn-felds is to string ten
or fifteen kernels of corn on long horse
hair (from the tail, and crow will swal-
low one of them, and the note of alarm
will soon be sounded, and it will be i'm
possible for him to dislodge the grain, and
in short time he will cut his own throat
by scratching at the corn and hair; and in
consequence Of the noise the crow makes,
all of his companions will leave the field
and not pull up any more corn that season.