. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 336 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SUMMER. width by pinchinp-screws. This is the most perfect moiic of adjustment for tlie tines of a hoe of this construction—three-lined—but it does not apply to those with more than three, and i«, withal, perhaps, too refined fur a field implement The self-cleaDsiiig form of the tine which is exhibited Fig. S HORSE-HOE WITH PARALLEL MOTION. here, and in fig. 396, in the two back tines of each, has been ofte
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 336 THE BOOK OF THE FARM SUMMER. width by pinchinp-screws. This is the most perfect moiic of adjustment for tlie tines of a hoe of this construction—three-lined—but it does not apply to those with more than three, and i«, withal, perhaps, too refined fur a field implement The self-cleaDsiiig form of the tine which is exhibited Fig. S HORSE-HOE WITH PARALLEL MOTION. here, and in fig. 396, in the two back tines of each, has been often dwelt upon as of much im- portance ; but the truth of the matter seems to be, that though that particular form is beneficial in the great field-grubber, it seldom occurs, and ought never to be the case, that a drilled field-crop ifl so overrun with weeds as to require a self-cleansing tine.—J. S.] 29. HAY-MAKING. " as they rake the green appearing ground, And drive the dusky wave nlong the mead, The russet hay-cock rises thick oehiiid, In order ; Thomson. (2129.) Hay is made both of sown and of natural meadow-grasses. The sown gra.'^ses are employed for hay in Scotland, and of these the hay con- sists of red clover ( TrifoUum pratcnse), and rye-grass (Lolium pcrenneJ ; for although the white clover (Trifulium rcpens) is sown along with the seeds of the other two, it scarcely forms a part of the first year's gi'ass, and constitutes no part of the hay, which is always taken fi"om the grass of the first year. As hay is thus taken from the first year's grass, it mat- ters not whether the rye-grass made into hay is annual or perennial. Tlie annual yields the heavier crop, but the perennial the finer quality of hay. The natural grasses constitute the hay of England and Ireland. These two sorts of hay are certainly veiy different in appearance, the sown grasses showing the strong and stiff stems of the red clover and rye-grass, and especially when the rye-g
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