IN THE HAYFIELDS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 10

IN THE HAYFIELDS.

NEW VIEWS ON J AN OLD SUBJECT. - "I liopo it will ram. I've got in my hay." This' 'remark diva's pre t ty'general. yesterday, wjien tho • §;;in' theVsky; : and tho fulfilment of tho wish : in, sfi!the/^Ma^'^^f!/fiiWl^n'(;^ : iainrllate^ ; jn tho day gave: satisfaction;,;.' for .'.tho >' crops. were, begin. •;:-.'-ning to, ask'.for'ft-drink;. - The showers will quicken the nftormath ■ 111 the hayfields, and fi- the small amount of ram that 0110 is, likely ttto get at this' timo of, year willnot seriously'. Lj/J ill j tiro: tliq. htiy < ; th at ji s • still . Nature's Macintosh. ' ' iain'.. ;®;lt^is'; ; only ttheS]ialf-made i ; ; hai r , that isuffers. iS^ireryibladertbf;- (pass.) is; v saidto be provided &)i : so..lon| ; as this Junbrokenj-external' moisture. i9"-harmr |;®l<®.s;/: ) B.ut^iu^lhe,.'Ayorkv^f|' : turning, i '.;the hay, :fe;thb/;'ihflnUe'!;iß' , Jiabl« -to .be'...broken;*: and;, then; sSmoisture-'gains and. 'sets:-'np,'_'fer-?.^'jnwita£ioii;'ivl4;was;; to."escape this rain .injury' Matjthe elaborate-process of :''cocking" .is fbl-, : Siowed ::iii ,wet ; coniitri<s. :'::In the northwest of ■SivEriglan'd'.all 'hay that;iis cut', before'.noon is' aridj heaped'.-irito'-cocks-'before '-night;' Sr - fall/:' These- obcks.vwhich'i'aro. made, in; a shape . 4.fet6;\ov.6rhalir;.the !; 'base slightly,..'"aro practically: fi'iiiaihprodf.vib.ut':; do ■-not -interrupt' the".-ripening; 'of the-hay. . On the ' contrary, hay. that vis !K'cnred.""'iitt i the best hay S??ofTall;i\';ltiTCtainsvits;colour;;its' flavour, and 'Si-its' tk»t is: dried, ®,;iiiuVthe r. more!i;Hpid'process .favoured:.in..less. rS'j'moist: climates.; . '"Hay Tea." S: ivs:Tiie ;food ■■ bonstifiients of. hay'; are soluble and,' can : easily be boiled j ' out. ;. In fact, oiio. can make "hay tea," for :tv:|these; ; soluble!}matters Maii v-bei pleached; out ; by ;3.Tain;.leaviii£7tlie::'residu© almost valueless for -All; these; points/ueed- consideration, for: much loss? by,care-. lessricss. .'• It can be.said of " hay, as of other'" afc all: ifcjis 'v. .'worth'.-making well. Ono thing -that New guard':against is delay in :j; (i ; .the;s"cuttingly;Our;i'farmers : kuow 'quite well '.the hay'.is'.c'ut :before the "stage- of : ;-':.";fnU :! flow€ring,''the.crop/deteriorates in nutri-ili'';.tive:-iyalheV'.T'et the. : demands" of; other .'duties' on. tho farm seem to. drag many of them .into i&y'milking. that "error - year after• year.. The. state of'thei-flpweivi ratherf than^the height of the -'- crop/ -must'^determine'- the i: time for :,cutting. Wi-v'Wliat'iis ;lost/ ; in; by early, cutting ■ is' Ability :• of StheT'hayf and:--the\ quieSef., growthi'of: the' aftermath; for the next crop. Just as hay ,is r .hay. from. old. grass inferior':! to hay cut when .the grass is \i-y 0 ?Po-',' V ,' ' .-' '. ■ i Hay as a Necessary Evil. S :in. countries: whor'o sWI ; hay-fed cheese and Abutter.; are'm'feribr-to/that which: is grass-fed. : ; one'.needs: to pre- •' ;eervo : as -much ; of the quality of: tho:young L-iffgrass'i asvpdssiblet;; : Hay-malcing, - after .all; .is i/Wji jUBt-a : . : necc^aryjeyil;:-:;one.'would :.never'dream of V juicy J grass/into .dry. liay. if ?%%t"' Could.;b"e VpreSer;vad ; -for. Winter ..usev.in iits original:! in : : : tho .food' ;v->!.value of . a s ' young ;crbp/and;an.:old crdp; may ,be; '.&;<■ ".vetches" Sv-t.-were.:', foimdybeforeiflbwenng >to. contain 19i;per-. «:i-ictot.'-':of • 'albuminoids< (calculated .on tho dried,. '.Was total nutritious ■ ole- ' i 'ments -before- lloweriiig wero :47.5 per cent:,' and ■ j'Snfter-vfloweririg-13.1; per cent. Hny mado from. ;S'n 'fully: ripe; ,'no better itWn; straw. : The iSrßaineSappliesstoi i meado'w;-hay;.-rWArrington'. i : 'mialysed : bs(l|?amples;>f hay., cut from the !-.■• f nmo meiiddiv* 17 :■ days - apart,, and : found the i food' valued to. have changcd in. that i,sh,ort; , period aslfollow — ? -i solublo i Date Albii- Amides, I'at carbo Fibre-Ash.: cut minofds etc hjdrates Juno 9 . "it 18 ~27 4?2 ■ 349 80 ... Juno 26 0.7 -2.7 '13J).7.3 :V-;?: of the valuable S%-i jand ;'an:;^increase'.of : the,;. indigestibgiible'vfibriil ■* How Dry Slacking? >C 01A ' ' before the full S?!f] tnake-;'the>hay .lie-." v !liasibe?n > , fpißnd to contain between 11 and 16 per cent of -. (or one-sixth 'or; one-soventh of its total i g|i/weight). : As this quantity is quiteyimpercept; ::ivs lble,' except.' through • the analytical process ofsV^■j|jbakin'g,*Vtho::;faririer .gnided .by. the; 5- l :3'other;:-sigriSf.which; oxpefiencoVh'ns.;'shbw.n''.'him','. I-;'-:; jit ,is some l help, however,-: to know, ;why: it .has ito be dried at all. Tho drying is siniply' to 'ovw-heating '•inithe"stack.^-:l!his',*'fieat»' ?|.^inß ! results r '?y;|andiCfl6es :ifet'>fbllbw 3jt|TheJfiring:?of:: ; prevented t(l) ;3iy r Iffind (2) by the exclusion; of air from' tho,.in-'. ■a?. l side .(if'- tlio- : sthbk;j}>.\'ll" i^fifro'ravafcertain'lambunt?;bf' heating. ?or."''sive'af-' Thb 'heatihg /is .: really,-fopartt of; ;thov ;:w'hich': alcohol,various'' : soino volatile oils are',developed. fefito'.'impart".a-pleasant-i!ayoiir !l iind-thevhayrliko i-i/j-sper?;'am'6tlnt tof; ! Bive^ng/ ; to" . • lubits a rich brown/colour, givea -a-firm; com-; ';,'.aroni<U' • •'..'.Hiiy.that;'is;.w-ell :made .will heat. ;:-ifttb;;such"a;;degrcp!^^s: :^to'; ! feeltqUite;'hbt to i! :-the hand and- cause anxiety.'-This kind is of ..,. better feeding value than, hay which remains' K; : quite bpl^'-^^itiiiiiKS,^.to ..provide against', ! :avKole" ;is jleft:.'up' : stack at . the' time : '(;:v"of : of straw up inoreases Hilt WigS'lib? cbmesfrom ; tho pro-'. fc\?!^css: of v ;feiraentation;;uses up' all 'tho oxygon in:, the. .middle; of itJie : which; circum ? .if ;ne not 'admitted ;from o'ut- ; ;fireMs,impossible. !.:'For fire:. ca'iinoti:,ttike ;j»-placb without oxygen.'s. Thus the.heat caused by .'. ithf : necessary fei'mentation is controlled by ex-''t-fclusioh-:of,nir.rarid:.;.the: reduction 1 of*, tnoiffp' rfi] \ 'during K:flfeEay ; - measures- ; from ."nina ; to "l 4' cutic .'^irds OS S.taiiii the:yeiglitfjit>isVisual 1 to; jako^.thofjnc,i : nir fljiribntsixflinches groiinil^ i|. and/ 'fgyieet jbelow^thbr;top.s : andX:biibfoot from' : ui?.e.li ; Side.