Archive image from page 246 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 Difference in Tal CHAPTER XIII. Hay-makixg. between Good and Bad HayâTime of CuttingâMowing MaciiinesâHay-makersâHay-loadcrsâBarns and StacksâArtiiicial Curing of HayâCuring in Trenches. , t'O the dairy-farmer It is always a matter of great importance that the hay-crop be well secured, free from rain and well made; and the hay- harvest in a fickle climate â like that of England is a i 'VJ ])eiiod of considerable anxiety and actiMtj
Archive image from page 246 of Dairy farming being the. Dairy farming : being the theory, practice, and methods of dairying dairyfarmingbein00shel Year: 1880 Difference in Tal CHAPTER XIII. Hay-makixg. between Good and Bad HayâTime of CuttingâMowing MaciiinesâHay-makersâHay-loadcrsâBarns and StacksâArtiiicial Curing of HayâCuring in Trenches. , t'O the dairy-farmer It is always a matter of great importance that the hay-crop be well secured, free from rain and well made; and the hay- harvest in a fickle climate â like that of England is a i 'VJ ])eiiod of considerable anxiety and actiMtj. Most dairy-farmers depend to a large extent on the hay-crop for the wintering of stock, and some de- I)?nd wholly on it; hence it is very desirable that the crop be harvested in good condition. Hay that is well-harvested, cut at the proper time, and neither under nor over dried, is very nearly as valuable as its equivalent quantity of green and succulent grass; while badly-harvested hay, cut much too young or too old, sunburnt with too much exposure, or badly weathered by showers of rain, is so much reduced in value as to be no better, and sometimes worse, than so much straw. And in wintering stock on hay of this kind, it is necessary to use a quantity of corn to make up for the nutritive properties of which the hay was defirived by improper or unlucky harvesting. This corn is so much dead loss to the farmer, for with good hay he would have done just as well without it. There is some ground, therefore, for the anxiety and energy that are brought into play on a dairy-farm at the time of hay-harvest. There is plenty c f excuse for the laj'ing aside, for the time being, of all other farm operations that can possibly afford to wait, and for directing all the available force toward saving the all-important hay-crop in the best possible condition. IVhen this is done, the farmer always feels as if a weight had been removed from his mind. There is some difference of opinion a
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