Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1873 — When to Cut Grass. [ARTICLE]

When to Cut Grass.

An English paper says: If for hofses at work, the’grass should be mowed after it has passed out of blossom, when the seed is in the milk, because at this Stage it contains the largest quantity of nutritious substances, such as sugar, starch, gum,etc., which are of the highest value, contributing much toward rendering hay such a choice article of food. If for cows, it should be cut earlier, so as to leave the grass as nearly’ in the green state as possible—soft and succulent—because in this condition a larger quantity of "juices whtdr asstnriiatgw "in The" anU mal, and produce a greater flow of milk. If for young stock and sheep, the grass should be mowed when in full flower, because after flowering, and as the seed forms and ripens, it is exposed to loss in its nutritive matter by’ the seeds being shaken out. and the brittle foliage breaking off during cutting and making, and the grain itself, especially the rye grass, becoming almost a woody fiber, losing nearly all its sap and sweet aroma. In short, hay made from over-matured grass is no better thanordinary straw, if indeed so good. —Bathing in Cold Water.—We do not know who is the author of the following, but it seems to have been written by some one who frofesses to know what he is talking about, and it accords, to a large extent, with our own experience: Nothing is more common than a custom of many persons to have a cold water bath immediately after leaving their beds as a daily’ habit. Delicately-organized ladies not unfrequently have established the -siune course, eonsiderhigit“COTidncive to the health. There is an impression that it invigorates the individual, hardens the muscles and strengthens the constitution. The sudden abstraction of caloric or vital warmth in that way has not only injured, but destroyed more than ever were benefitted thereby. A reaction, as it is called, a glow of warmth that subsequently follows, a direct draft upon the system to meet a sudden loss of vitality’, is bo no means beneficial, as theoretically imagined. A tepid bath makes no such injurious demands, and therefore, ia not injurious or perilous to those of a frail construction.— Hural Nets Yorker. —To Extract Grease Spots from Books or Paper.—Gently’ warm the greased or spotted part of the book or paper, and then press upon it; pieces of blotting paper, one after another, so as to absorb as much of the grease as possible. Have ready some fine, clear, essential oil of turpentine, heated almost to a boiling state; warm the greased leaf a Tittle, and their with a soft, clean brush, wet with the heated turpentine both sides l of the spotted part By repeating this application the grease will be extracted. Lastly, with another brush dipped in rectified spirits of wine, go over the place, and the grease will no longer appear, neither will the paper be discolored. —Russia beats us in bld men. Onb has just passed away at Nivji-Noygorod at the age of 127, having been born in 1746. Be Served as cook to Catharine 11, and was in the ranks of the Russian army' all through the campaign from 1795 to 1814. His oldest son is 96. —Successful cattle-breeders in Europe give molasses constantly to fatten cattle and milch cows. A large German farmer gives a pint a day mixed with oil-cake to his cows, largely increasing their milk.