CLOVER HAY.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 853, 4 December 1877, Page 2

CLOVER HAY.

If clover is cut late and f;edTed when nearly dry, much of the leaf will be -wa-»ted. Bat the great value of early cut clover is now so well

known, that,,thia .macMueia of great ad vttiKHge -Cj £\ißea- w^b * <k^,»n4, j < 'dgrae it» A f edder >,with a ? violent action ulionld \)b ayoicled for clovekj If «I1 k;inds> of "gTass.^^ure,^ quiokiyiafteri beinjr ciit* thcyTiisfe^pm stormy weat her; of : * oours^disf not gre it. One day's sun is sufficient m cear dry -. w^atHef , :? foe- .^Quring ortliharjr well l ViperieS gr^iflsj* |Sr6- , vided &[s? ftfifiieriiYy^ slia^en s ijl»,^a as taallpW: '^Qr.;ttlr ; ';|^\,coniy.a^ v a)]i! parts. .. Glover « 4>ff®rent treatm«?nti *%to'Ag necessary to ctire more slowly, as the leaves qaiidkly : beconie ! brea,^ ' 'gflj' ; aucl ' ; ar^ ( lost long- before . j<h,e ..atema are dry enough to keep without heating. Thelerives snoiild' be "shSded whilb t'.ie stems. aye cured. , There are several objections to the usual, method of letting Ht stand m cooks. Uuless Well /covered'^by l C;ip.q, there is mnch risk m leaving it sq long m the field, and where, the, cooks stand the young clovei* is often destroyed, so as seriously to injure the next 'year's jcr.op.J 'Ehev'/dSTew England Farmer ■' ■ recommends the

following hiethod/- as 'possessing • many advantages over the old time manner of i curing plover, h&yi^ "Oat the hay 'wh^ri free from dew? If mowed with r scythes, let it lie ,m the swarth a flaw h/?ttts to : wilt. very heavy, the .swarths % may be turned over some time during the day, b^tKbrfqv^ nigh (|i and whiljß the; air is , still .warm, pit oh the clover into smatl cocks, t>o larger than -will keep vvith'oat beatifag; 1 If; cat' by a machine,' ralce early, i)eiqre.,the leaves 'btjcotne^ .'dry l ' enough f or amble. .Tarping q.nceu .' pi" twice with a tedder sarly, m, the day-will-, do no harm,^ but it 'should not be handled much after; orjthd leWeßWill break. * Instead deleaving fhe co,cks j untouched ,for a, weok, as, many frayd recoQjmendetJ, they should be made: over the second day Sy • cat'elttUy pitching, the i hay > a forkfuls at a time on to ! a liew^ 1 spot, butting, of course, the tqp'forkf ul at^tne bottop,'; aiid' the i bottom '''r".on ',. top br the new cocks... This, gives every .forkfulAa good airing, the hay lies > up, lighter m ihe new cocks, and gives the . «*ir a chance tcx circulate, while, the grass tin ler th« cocks is suved being killed "from dnffocationj ' This same' operation oiay be gone, thro.ugh .on the following iday, making, the docks? double the size, if thought desirablef If the weather is favprable,' the hay may be well cured three days m this way, when, if the cocks had been untouched,' double* the 'time might be required. Of course, no definite rale can 'be given : a& : to the': time required for cuiiLg, any.kind 5 of hay , io much depends^ updn.jtHe weather ; ,but ,we think any. one> will see, on a moments reflection, that the above method, well carried out, is an imptoyeraeyt;ove^^ of handling clover hay m tne.jtteW-i' — 'iSew York tteraid.' '.;/'