Archive image from page 247 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 17'=l DAiKv FAinrixo. of the earliest ones have gone to seed. N'cry heavy crops should be cut earlier, than this, particularly sewag; grass, or they will become laid and rotten in the bottom. Clover should be cut when the majority of the heads are in blossom, for if it stands till it has done fliiweriii'? the woody fibre increases and the nutritive qualities decrease in proportion. All grass and clover should, in fact, be cut a little
Archive image from page 247 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 17'=l DAiKv FAinrixo. of the earliest ones have gone to seed. N'cry heavy crops should be cut earlier, than this, particularly sewag; grass, or they will become laid and rotten in the bottom. Clover should be cut when the majority of the heads are in blossom, for if it stands till it has done fliiweriii'? the woody fibre increases and the nutritive qualities decrease in proportion. All grass and clover should, in fact, be cut a little under rather than over ripe, as at this staje they contain a considerable quantity of suyar, gum, mucilage, albuminous and other soluble compounds, which are all liable to be washed out by repeated or long-continued showers of rain, and ])articularly so after the hay is partly made. While the grass is still newly cut and fresh, a coating of waxy or oily matter is found on the epidermis, giving it a waterproof cover- ing and protecting it from injury by rain; this protection remains so long as the grass is fresh and uiibruised, but when it has been turned and knocked about repeatedly, the fibres are more or less bruised or broken, the cell-walls are lacerated, and the juices containing the soluble constituents begin to ooze out and escape, un- less the drying proceeds pretty rapidly, sealing them up in the stems and leaves. If rain falls at this period the drying is cliecked, the escape of the compounds is promoted, and fermentation sets in, during which the two most valuable properties of the hay are destroyed, viz., albumen and sugar. So in showery weather it is atlvisable to leave the grass or half-made hay quite alone; for stirring them during rain, and when there is no certainty of getting them dried and made up into cocks in good condition, does much more harm than good. To make up into cocks hay that is wet with rain-water is the surest way to spoil the hay, and until the
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