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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



HAY CAPS. 



Those of our friends who procure and use half. Something was said last summer of a patented 

 a dozen Hay Caps, in getting their hay and grain ^hay-cap, and permission was given us by the in- 

 the present summer, will be quite sure to treble, ventor, Mr. Dinsmoor, of Auburn, N. H., to try 

 or quadruple the number next summer. If the sea- 1 them. We did so, and found them much supe- 

 son should prove a "catching one," they will save! rior to any we had before seen. The right to 

 their cost on their present crops. Never mind i make and sell these is now entirely invested in- 

 what disaffected grumblers say, who are deter- Messrs. Chases & Fay, Boston, whose cut above, 

 mined not to "haw" or "gee" only as the antedi-; illustrates the manner in which caps are used, 

 luvians did, — but get a few and try them. Let | They also make caps from prepared cloth, which 



old fogydom go to mill on a drag, if it pleases, 

 while you sit on a well-stuffed seat and eliptic 

 springs. You will find your grist none the less 

 sweet, or coarser, for bringing a little art to your 

 aid. But try the hay caps, for several reasons : 



1. You can make hay much faster with them, 



even in good weather. 



2. Your hay will be better partially made in the 



cock, under caps, than it would be made en- 



they say will not mildew. 



Clean Milking. — It is^a matter of great im- 

 portance that the milk should all be drawn from 

 the cow's udder. Careful experiments made in 

 England show, that "the quantity of cream ob- 

 tained from the last drawn cup, from most cows, 

 exceeds that of the first in a proportion of twelve 

 Thus a person who carelessly leaves 



to one 

 . 1 . , -n , , , but a teacup full of milk undrawn, loses in reali- 



tirely mthe sun. Persons who put up herbs ij^y ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^ould be afforded by 



for medicinal purposes, where it becomes! four or six pints at the beginning; and loses, 



too, that part of the cream which gives the rich- 

 ness and high flavor to the butter. — Country Oen- 

 tleman. 



necessary to retain all their virtues, never 

 dry them in the sun. 



3. As the haying season is short, you can have 



more grass down at once by the uie of c»p8, 



and thus get through haying quicker. , Remedy for the Striped BuG.-Having 



, ~, 1- /. , , , .,1 but few boards at hand suitable tor makmgirames, 



4. The quality of your hay made under caps willi,^^^ ^^j^^^^ ^f ^1^ ^^^,^^^^^ j ^^^^ ^ wheelbarrow 



be 10 per cent, better; it will be sweeter, | load of the latter, and stood" four or five of them 

 brighter, less dusty, and go farther in feed- on edge around each hill of melons, etc., as soon 

 ing out, provided the season is unfavorable I as the young plants made their appearance ; and 

 for makino- ^° *-^^ days' trial I have not found a bug inside 



5. You will save their entire cost in obviating 



the necessity of cocking and spreading out 



these little pens, while some plants left outside 

 were entirely devoured by them. The bricks 

 also promote the growth of the young plants, by 

 again, quantities of hay which you can thor-j protecting from winds, and giving out heat at 

 oughly make with their aid. pight absorbed during the As.^\— Exchange. 



