426 THE WHEAT CULTURIST. 



person may not realize quite so much money per bushel 

 for his gleanings, when used up in this manner, as when 

 the gleaned grain is sold with the crop, still, he would 

 have the satisfaction of knowing that his wheat went to 

 market in a merchantable condition, and that the flour 

 produced from it, would not fail to make excellent 

 bread, both for the rich and the poor, who depend on 

 the farmers to deliver them a good article of food, which 

 no one would hesitate to set before his guests. 



When grain has been gleaned with horse rakes, the 

 wads or rakefuls should *be shaken apart with much 

 care, for the twofold purpose of removing all stones and 

 sods that may have been gathered by the rake-teeth, 

 and for exposing the damp straw to the influences of 

 the sun and drying wind. In case of a storm of rain 

 before gleanings can be secured in the barn or stack, 

 let the windrows be forked into large cocks and covered 

 with hay caps. Then as the gleanings are usually 

 hauled to the barn after the sheaves have been gathered, 

 they can be thrashed and kept separate from the clean 

 grain with little or no difficulty. 



Cutting Vegetables foe Stock. 



Every careful farmer who has been accustomed to 

 feed fruit and vegetables to any kind of stock under- 

 stands and appreciates the importance of reducing all 

 kinds of vegetables to small pieces, before feeding them 

 to any kind of domestic animals, except horses and 

 mules, which have front teeth on both jaws, with 

 which they can nip their food. When neat cattle and 

 sheep are required to eat pumpkins, turnips, carrots, po- 

 tatoes, or apples, when the pieces are so large that they 



