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mately perish, either by the drought of autumn or the cold 

 of winter. 



5. "The tubers, together with one or two of the lower 

 joints of the stalk, remain fresh and green during the win- 

 ter, if left to take their natural course ; but if, by any means, 

 this green portion be severed, at any season of the year, the 

 result is the death of the plant." 



From these five propositions the following conclusions 

 are drawn : 



1. "The timothy grass cannot, under any circumstances, 

 be adapted for pasture, as the close nipping of horses and 

 sheep is fatal to the tubers, which are also extensively de- 

 stroyed by swine, if allowed to run in the pasture. 



2. "That the proper time for mowing timothy is at any 

 time after the process of desiccation has commenced on the 

 stalk, as noted in the third proposition. It is not very es- 

 sential whether it is performed a week earlier or later, pro- 

 vided it be postponed till that evidence of maturity has be- 

 come manifested. 



3. "All attempts at close shaving the sward should be 

 avoided while using the scythe, and in gauging the mowing 

 machines care should be taken to run them so high that 

 they will not cut the timothy below the second joint above 

 the tuber." 



CUTTING. 



Perhaps no invention of agricultural machinery — and 

 their name is legion — has afforded more positive benefit to 

 the farmer than the introduction of the mowing machine. 

 Before its invention no farmer could, with certainty and suc- 

 cess, secure a large amount of hay. It ripens in the hottest 

 of the weather, and at a time when the labor of the coun- 

 try is, as a general thing, all actively employed ; so if a man 

 did get enough, it was at an exorbitant price, fearfully re- 

 ducing his profits. Then the grass, if of one crop, all needs 



