. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. HAY-MAKING. 179 veniently mown in oue day, ono mau and two horses only boing' omj)loyt'd; it' more is wanted. Fig. Knii'e. to be cutj a change o£ horses will be necessary, and the driver will want attending to with sharpened knives and other requisites. By far the best method of sharpening mower-knives is seen in Fig. 73. A fine grindstone running in water will do the blades much less harm than file-sharpening will, for the stone does not destroy the tempering of the kn
. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying. Dairy farms; Dairy plants; Milk plants. HAY-MAKING. 179 veniently mown in oue day, ono mau and two horses only boing' omj)loyt'd; it' more is wanted. Fig. Knii'e. to be cutj a change o£ horses will be necessary, and the driver will want attending to with sharpened knives and other requisites. By far the best method of sharpening mower-knives is seen in Fig. 73. A fine grindstone running in water will do the blades much less harm than file-sharpening will, for the stone does not destroy the tempering of the knife, and when a treadle is attached to the grindstone, one mau will sharpen a knife in a very short time. The three chief things to he attended to in using a grass-mower are sharpening, oiling, and driving; the rest will then take care of itself. A good machine is an immense ad- vantage to a farmer, if he has a careful man to drive it, or if he drives it himself; by setting to work at three o'clock in the morning, several acres may be cut before the heat of the day comes on, and without op- pressing either man or horses; the gi'ass is down ready for the morning's sun, and both man and horses, after an hour's rest, are at liberty for other work; or, when the weather is settled, a large acreage can be cut by relays of horses. A spell of fine weather is made the utmost use 26 of, and the harvest is over in a very short time; or, if the weatlier is unsettled, the grass can be left standing till there is better jiromise, and then be quickly mown. It is difficult to say whether a mower is of most striking value in a settled or in an unsettled time of weather; in the latter case a few fine days can be made the best use of, and in the former the harvest is quickly over. Anyway, no farmer who cuts 10 acres of grass ought to be without a mower, unless he can always depend on having the mowing done by a neighbour at a moderate cost; and for small farms a one-horse will be found preferabl
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