Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-12
Work for the Month Of June

cut in July this year, unless it is q Sec
Ond crop. Even at the North much
has been cut already, and we must
hasten TO secure the rest before it is
over-ripe. The grass and clover be
ing very succulent, will need careful
drying. Curing in the cock will
greatly improve the quality.
CURING IN THE Cock, will require
two or three days time. The grass
or clover cut in the forenoon may be
raked up before evening and thrown
into winrows. These may be left un-
til the afternoon of the next day,
when they may be thrown into tall
cocks, containing about 300 to 400
pounds, and left one day and night to
sweat. In this condition the hay fer
ments and heats, and the excess OF
moisture is driven Oft. This process
ripens the hay, and improves il very
much. After this curing, and little
airing, there is no danger Of the hay
heating in the NOW or stack. TIC
keep the cocks dry,
| HAY CAPS will he useful. These
are made of square of heavy sheet.
ing 1.-TWO YARDS, with strong cord
on the edges, and having an eye-let
hole at each corner. These are placed
over the cocks, and tied down at eacl
corner to pegs driven into the hay
They will turn a steady rain Of TWEEN
ty-four hours duration and keep the
hay dry.
RooTs -Ruta- bagas and white tur.
nips may be sown this month; of tn.
latter, White Norfolk and Cows
horn" can be grown and pulled fol
fall feed in time to be followed by
fall grain.
| Cows are now in full flush Of milk
AS June butter is chosen for packing
for winter use, care should be taken
to preserve it from all imperfections
This care will be repaid by the better
quality. Pure water, good feed, anC
clean management of the milk anc
cream, are needed to make the hes
butter.
| HoRsEs.-Fly-time has come, anG
unless some precautions are taken t,
rid the horses of their tormentors
they can not do full complement O
work. We find Buchan's carboli,
soap, made into soap-suds with hot
water, and sponged over the legs anC
shoulders, and left to dry on the skin
a very good preventive. Cleanliness
and darkness in the stables, will con
tribute greatly to the comfort of The
horses at this season.
| SwINE.-A run in the orchard, es
pecially if that is sown to clover, will
be very helpful for young pigs
There is mutual relation between
orchards, clover and pigs. The pigs
thrive on the clover, and consume all
the fallen and wormy fruit; the clio.
yer keeps the s)il cool, mellow and
moist; and the trees are all the better
for the improvement to the soil and
the destruction of the insects.
FENCE Rows.-It is a good practice
to move the fences and pillow up the
fence rows, whenever fields are laid
down to grass. We can then have
clean fence rows, and get rid of what
are nurseries of weeds and collections
of trash. Our practice is to take
down the fence, lay the rails conve-
niently on one side, and pillow the
land if there are MANY roots in the
ground, gather these to be burned.
When the ground is sown, and all is
complete, the fence is put up again.
1t is very small job to do this once
in five or ten years, compared with
the convenience of having clean fence
rows, which may be readily mown
i and rnoRn IN rio1A Ia o al =,
quantity of hay-enough TO pay the
cost.
BUCKwHEAT is not very profitable
crop, yet there are times and places
when and where it may be convent
ent. Rough places, worn-out sod
land, poor stubbles, and hills, may be
made to produce buckwheat where
little else can be grown. This crop
has good effect upon rough. cloddy
land, and mellows and softens the
soil. Two to three pecks of seed per
acre may be sown late this month, or
early next week. The "Silver Hull
buckwheat is valuable improved va
riety.
| NEwLY-PLANTED ORCHARDs.--Ex.
anime their condition before the
droughts come. If tree has been
carelessly planted, it may lean to one
side fault that merely pressing the
soil with the foot will remedy. liza
tree is long while in starting, il
needs mulching. We have advised
that all trees be mulched at planting
but if this is not practicable for the
whole orchard, the backward and un.
promising specimens should, by all
means, be SO treated.
| RAsPBERRIEs.-The wood, or canes
that fruit this year, will die the next
and the green shoots that are now
growing, will bear next years fruit
If more of these new shoots than
are wanted start up, select three
or four of the best to each stool
and treat the others like weeds
When the shoots for the next year
reach three, or at the most four feet
stop them by pinching off the ends.
The soap" varieties do not sucker at
q distance from the plant, hut shoot
up from around the base. Keep the
new shoots shortened to make a neat
bush two and half or three feet
high. Thus treated, they will need
no stakes. We prefer to cut out the
old canes as soon as picking is over.
BLACKBERRIEs have the same man.
ner of growth as raspberries, and
shoots must be treated for next years
fruit. When they reach five or six
feet, nip out the top, which will cause
them to branch. Most of them
are great wanderers, and all that