Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-09-15
After.Harycst Suggestions.

When haying and harvest are over,
there is usually short period of COM
parative leisure--a relief from the pres
sure of work-which gives an opportu-
nty for doing sundry small tasks which
have been neglected during the hurry
of the busy season.
More grain and hay were stacked this
year than usual and there are many
stacks which will receive serious dam
age by heavy rains il left in their present
condition. ihave found it good plan TO
retop stacks after they have become
well settled, by placing few hundred
pounds of swale grass hay, or other ma
terial. upon their tops in way that will
make them shed water better. Marsh
hay or wild grass is better than our
common grasses for this purpose, but
either will prove beneficial where tho
top has settled or leaned over.
If there are fence corners or other
places about the farm whore weeds are
growing, they should be moved out to
prevent the seeds from being scattered
to adjoining fields. Farm fences afford
one of the most common sources for
weed distribution, and it is poor policy
to allow the seeds to mature and be-
come scattered to the detriment of the
adjoining land. Pasture land too, often
produces heavy growths of noNious
weeds which should be cut before ma
| turing their seeds. | believe it advisa-
| BILE to NOW pastures whenever grass or
weed growth is likely to ripen seed,
wherever the work can be done with q
machine. The production of seed is
exhaustive to soil and when surplus
growth of any vegetation pushes up
thus in pastures, ii is advisable to pass
over it with machine, thus preventing
the seed from ripening and saving the
soil the elements that would be eXpend
ed in seed production. The pasture,
too, is benefited by the moving, and
cattle will eat the new growths OF grass
that spring up from the stubble with
relish they would not find if the old
growth was allowed to remain uncut.
For neatness' sake if for nothing else,
noXious weeds growing along fences
and in neglected places or in pasture
fields, should be cut, for nothing gives
a field or a farm more neglected and
uninviting appearance than heavy
growths of weeds on the outskirts of
fields and through pastures.
The garden at this season of the year
is likely to become seeded with weeds.
A few hours spent in pulling all manner
of weeds that are likely to mature seed
will be well spent. 1t is better to pull
up weeds than cut them off with hoe
at this time, because in hoeing, the seed
if ripe or nearly ripe, may be sheled
and scattered about the ground. 1t is
also best to throw the weeds into piles
and remove them to the barnyard or
compost pile for the same reason. l am
speaking now of neglected gardens, or
such as are found on the average farm.
A garden previously well tended would
not require such treatment. The hot
beds or cold-frame beds should be forked
over occasionally during the summer
and autumn months to prevent weeds
from ripening seeds and to better pre-
pare them for next years plant produc-
ton.
am often surprised when riding
through The country at this season, and
later, ut finding so many costly implc-
ments and machines standing along the
roadsides and in fields, exposed to the
damaging influences of sun and rain,
which cause them to warp, rust and de-
cay. The cost of agricultural tools and
implements on an ordinary farm is very
considerable, and no farmer can afford
to allow them to go to ruin by leaving
them exposed to the elements. A very
short time only is required to gather
them together and place them under
shelter, which, if not convenient, may
be easily and cheaply made with few
boards and nails. A little oil or tallow
rubbed upon the polished shares of cul-
tivators, plows, etc., will keep them
bright and in readiness for immediate
use. The woodwork of machines, too,
will be greatly benefited by coat of
linseed oil, or paint, before putting them
away. Any farmer who will figure up
the cost of the necessary tools. imple-
ments and machines upon farm, and
the length of time which they will last
at best, will come to the conclusion that
it pays well to take good care of them.
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