. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. read it o«sibly iret it O it hurt. , Wet , if tJio 3 good re noon ^rass is renoon get in s much arts of he bet- le blos- it is fit care is (to the of the ed too ensible ay-day. oisture ; le it is ley are r deep stock experi- to cut evenly nd get good. THIRTY YEARS' EXPER
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. read it o«sibly iret it O it hurt. , Wet , if tJio 3 good re noon ^rass is renoon get in s much arts of he bet- le blos- it is fit care is (to the of the ed too ensible ay-day. oisture ; le it is ley are r deep stock experi- to cut evenly nd get good. THIRTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE. 333 But, if the grass is very heavy, I put it into cocks over night. I consider it made as soon as dry enough not 1o heat in the mow. To get dryer than this is an injury to tiie hay," One of the most extensive and experienced stock- feeders in New England, a practical iarmer, says: " I prefer to cut all English or swale grass from the tenth of Juno to the first of July, including Timothy and clover at the same time. More than thirty years' expe- rience has convinced me that hay secured in the above time â or jast before coming into blossom â will make cows give more and better milk and butter, will put more fat on animals for the slaughter, with four quarts of meal per day, than eight quarts of meal with hay well secured from the first of July to the first of August. That will give the second crop, if you wish, time to grow, and it may be cut the last week in August, or the first week in September; there will then be a crop of fall feed, which most farmers prize very highly. Tf you do not wish a second crop, the feed, by early mowing, is very valuable. On the other hand, if the grass is cut late, the hay is not only poor, but the feed is mere nothing. Every farmer of my acquaintance admits that the hay cut early is far superior to that cut late, unless it be those that are in the habit of selling hay; even that class must lose in the weight of their cro
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