AGRICULTURAL. 



Tiie Suocessftil Parmer.— What he Does, and "What he Does 

 Not,— Applicable to all Business Men.— The successful farmer does 

 nothing but farm. He invests his money as fast as made in a way to improve 

 the farm. He informs himself by magazines, farm journals and books, as to 

 his business, bo he can do his work intelligently. Upon such farms no weeds 

 are allowed to mature their seeds after the wheat or other crop is off; and no 

 weeds in fence corners, nor other places, stand as high as a man's head ; nor 

 are fences, nor buildings neglected or dilapidated ; no implements are left 

 exposed to the weather, nor stock unsheltered and uncared for; but everything 

 is attended to at the right time; and the consequences are natural and sure. 

 Enterprise and thrift show themselves in everything. 



Bemartcs. — A whole volume in but few words. Let every business man 

 adopt the same rules, and he will be alike sure of success. 



Hay, Time to Cut. — There is scarcely a subject of greater importance 

 to the agriculturalist, than the proper time to cut hay, so it shall contain to the 

 fullest extent its nourishing, or flesh -making, properties; and experiments in 

 the United States, as well as in England, France and Germany go to show, 

 most decidedly, that that time is: As soon as possible after the blossoming 

 and setting of the seed, whether it be timothy or clover. 



A writer in the Prairie Fa/rmer says: " Do not wait for the grass, or the 

 clover to get ripe before you cut it for hay. Any of the meadow grasses are 

 in their prime for hay, so far as nourishment is concerned, just as soon as they 

 are out of bloom." 



Dr. Sturtevant, in the Country Gentleman, says: "According to the talk 

 of Wolff, red clover hay, cut in full blossom, contains 13.4 per cent, of albu- 

 minoids (nourishment), and when ripe, only 9.4, or a loss of 80 pounds to each 

 ton," and this he goes on to show amounts, in the New England States alone, 

 to 5,000,000 tons difference in its nourishment. 



Dr. Arnold says: "Dried grass is worth as much as cornmeal, pound for 

 pound, while after grass has blossomed and is made into what is called hay, it 

 is not worth half as much as cornmeal to feed out." 



Remarks.— As these points are considered by most writers upon this sub- 

 ject to be the facts, nothing further need be said to induce sensible farmers to 

 do this when possible considering other work ; I will, however, give a word 

 from a writer in the Germantown Telegraph, who says: " The greatest losses 

 of farmers com<<. from late cut hay, cold stables, and, consequently, poor 

 stock." A vrora Sc the wise is sufficient. 



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