Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1870 — Turning Cut Straw into Hay. [ARTICLE]

Turning Cut Straw into Hay.

A method of using cut straw is adopted in Cambridgeshire and adjoining counties, whjcfij~s?wortMy the-notige- of agriculturists elsewhere, as it Is stated Hint by means of it the value pf the -straw as food is greatly increased. The method pursued ibtoe comitieaacfoeatod to is this: Unless the.straw can be cut as it is threshed, siflipg out all the imperfectly cut, and having povered’ the floor of a capacious room—say the mow of a bam—about a foot tliipk with it> lay thereon, in two or three heaps —say six to eight bushels in each—chopped tares, clover, grass, nfcttlee, or any succulent that will ferment (on these some partied pour a few gallons of boiling water), and cover them immediately with the cut straw, which must be well trodden down as the process of filling proceeds, iforing which salt, in the proportion of about a quarter of a cwt. to a top of chaff, way be sprinkled in. The consolidation must be strictly attended to, and it is best to have a number of boyswitfl jLtflah constantly anff slowly trayersing tne mftes as it rises, so that the chaff may,lf ifossibre.beddHiprtsfiedaetightly as hops in a pocket In the course of a few days fermentation will set in,land probably continue fbr three or four weeks; the degree ‘of heat may be ascertained by thrusting an iron rod to the centre of the rnaes; aftijyjit hMHuksided the chaff will have acquired the scent of hay, and will’keep fo f;*, n X length .of time. In some cases where dover* or -other green vegetar Wtoaw.not available, oqjy salt is added, and some use a hair cwt. of salt to a ton of chaff. In tteading the mass, a board 15 inches longhand six of seven m '’Width is laced JJr. Robert Maynard, a manufacturer oT agncultiffal implements, .sTJiittle?ford Works, near Cambridge, has invented a special sifting cMJff* adapted for the purpose of cutting and sifting the chaff, and which can be att^phfdfohOTse-works, or moored by any portable steam'engine.—Zondon Why Sleep was Invented. ’ Bote iuveated woman; and with oncii ; u- A*oalend«w’4»ier.abe wae nuw iosui; . AAd ancegel Adam uhdernealk her thfslL, Satan wis certain both of them ehonfd fail I But then'anotber difflentty rose— 1 tJLygejtt km Rdf to fiOCcpt hii> bride I ’■TmwTiero'te®’® s - • evafrbody knows, ~ By pending him.t o eteep;.then by his side Placed Eve—for Satan knew t his much of life, ■- That wide awake he’d never take a wife I I