EARLY CUT OATS.

Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 225, 30 January 1883, Page 3

EARLY CUT OATS.

There is a-great deal ofloss when oats are left to get too ripe before cutting. When over '-krjei Vr eVenripe 1 , tbiy'will alwayß shell; and this waste often amounts to 10 or 15 per cent, and if the weather: is unfavorable and they get wet and h%J» get handled over, the wastage will be b'n'e- quarter of the or op, I have known mßtances of this kind. Wbon tocj ripe, oatflßh ! eUanj waßt?';eaiUy>.sbeoauae the little ... fcendrilß, which attach the , grain to &» { straw ,i! ul become brittle., ;in,o,ld timesr vheii oat^ Wer'e 'thrashed^ with a flail Jthey -were left a? long as possible before cutting, so that tbey 1 " easier. : ' ( THs>iile jp*jw?ilfli I also :?i)Whvn -the-itraw Ssinpt^nsi'dered of ,anV par , tioular value. 1 When .allowed to get. fully 'out slfcaw'ip.ndt wp>th balsas much as it „i '• meftripe theiheadß.an^tietraw^are -.yellow, J* wndnthe; latter- becoineß. woody, andbkrren ' ' '"' '©I juice',^'cbnlequWlyVodmp'aratively taafelefls , 5 \ It 'i6'full.of juiceand-thetgums which giye i* "'■ ! valine 'for'f ood, witti a -m'o^e 'digestible fibre; '''''^^i^MM^M^ .>9Mvi4 traw . m cut, in this manner; and nicely cured; is ebual, „Idr fodder for. any inid of stock,' , to Kaj^ of medium quality, and better than •any* other ' • ( "nay for time..' *'. s ie'a great'd^al be'tterj food ""'for thV animaV than pW 'hay, and more. shell, nor waste scarcely .any,. ., when cut ao^ cording/tdmy practice. Besides, the grain | will.be ( fteer frem dußt,eleaner,whiter,and , ru; way,pf^etter appearamce. It is«.tru;e, i, not threeh so easily but that is of npcon•f*4ueni:e«" wher/ ! tithing' " is .' dotie ' wilh'j -V machines ' " ' ''' A; ' l ''"''' . .., „