. 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. ler Fork. 5ul)jeot in ips, niiule ! woatlicr. loefl, and, ions from use is as i-oiiiuL I I to COVCM' ed is less ley are to ^^vn " tlie rain, iave used USE OV II AY-CAPS. 347 hay-caps witli g-ood rcsidts. I liavc one iiundrod made ol euttun sheeting, two yards scjuarc, witli pins
. 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. ler Fork. 5ul)jeot in ips, niiule ! woatlicr. loefl, and, ions from use is as i-oiiiuL I I to COVCM' ed is less ley are to ^^vn " tlie rain, iave used USE OV II AY-CAPS. 347 hay-caps witli g-ood rcsidts. I liavc one iiundrod made ol euttun sheeting, two yards scjuarc, witli pins attached to the four corners with strong twine; the hundred cost me just forty dolhirs. 1 thinic they have saved me twenty dollars this year. I liad at one time this season one hun(hi'd and tiiirty cocks standing out in a six days' storm. One inunhed were covered, and, not having caps enough, thirty were left uncovered. 'lUe uncovered was worth but little, while the covered was. Fi),'. 171. Hay-capa. passable hay. T stonked som(> oats, which T capped. They stood a two days' rain without ; And another: "Our caps are made of heavy fivi^-fourths cotton cloth, cut s(|uar(', with lour little loops, through which Ave run a slim wooden pin into the hay-cock. The pins hold it better than weights in the corner. Ours cost twenty-one cents apiece. Have saved the cost in one stnmi thi-^ ; " In reply to your question as to the utility of hay- caps," says another firmer, " it gives me pleasure to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. Boston : Lee and Shepard
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