Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-23
AGRICULTURAL. A
HAY MAKING.

| AS tue season TOT making nay has arrl'
 ved, wish to say something upon what ]
 have found from experience, on the bes
 manner of saving it, because consider
 one ton of good hay of as much value for
 feeding stock of cattle as two tons ot poor.
 1t should be an invariable rule 10 cock up, in the afternoon, all the grass which
 has been cut in the forenoon, and not open tt again until the heat ofa meridian sun has exhausted all the dew and made the earth hot the next day, and then it need not be spread very thin. The best way is to turn the cocks directly over and loosen them a little, so that the sun and wind can pene- trate through them, and then before the dew falls, put them back in their original position. The next day, the weather be- tug good, serve it in the same manner as soon as the dew is of, and you will find af- ter it has been open to the sun short time 1t will be sufficiently made to be taken in- to the barn, and that it has retained its ori- ginal green color, looks nearly as bright as it was before moving, has rich perfume, and will weigh more, as well as support more stock and bring better price in mar ket. It may be that longer time will be necessary for curing clover when moved green, and the crop large. If that is true, the same mode must be pursued to have it good; at least, it must ever be protected from the dew. Let clover once be soaked with heavy dew, after it has been wilted by the sun, and it is of but little value; the ] caves drop, change color and are lost, the | stock becomes brown and tasteless in- Iced it will hardly compensate the farmer or his labour of taking it to his barn.-I But secured from the dews and made by he wind and sun, it will be good hay, even richness will be retained in the stalks, so hat cattle and horses will consume the whole. In seasons of showers, you have he only security which is possible, by hay- ng your hay in cock, which, done as it 'ught to be, prevents it from receiving much lamage ]; whereas showers upon hay. half made, and spread on the ground, nearly ru- n it.
 A small quantity of salt put on your hay which is early cut is of great utility it reserves the hay and is healthy for the attle.
 Our Sni is mod sssiastiaaa.s .As4Gal lA-As.A UT stock should be well wintered $ ot great because it iS'always easy to nake good bceffrom cattle of any descrip- ion which have been we'll wintered and re in good order in spring. Every far- ner, therefore, who wishes to make money " his business, cannot pay too much at- ention to have his hay good and his stock we'll tended, for thereby wealth will come o him.
 Should it be objected, that to make hay n this manner, the hay makers would be put of employ towards the close of the day, he answer is, that having secured what 1as been cut in the morning, the mowers may proceed to cut the grass, because it ceases to wilt after the dew-fall, and conse- 9uently is not injured by lying open on the ground, having never been wilted by the sun. Es
 Could we but learn to make our hay as it should be, and abuse our working oxen less not make them work excessively hard all day. and at the same time be continually bradding them with sharp iron, because they can do no more than their strength permits, we should find many more dollars in the pockets of our farmers, and the val ne of our stock nearly doubled.-BOs. Fat.
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