Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-23


1=tr1EFERTlNG CLOVER INTO HAY
II FtssendcN-ln No l. of the volume of tn
~ England Farmer observe "A contfariety o,
OPINIONS as TO the best method of making clover
a1F, calculated rather to pcrplex, than to instruct
al GUIDE, the Young or inexperienced in itis
bench of hs5andry. Having practised both
sfteadihg and making this hay IN cocks .or some
s%alVe or to9rccn years, on a scale ofsomc magnl-
iuiie oiler you comparison of their relative ad-
pantag's, as suggested by my experience, with
some Illustrative remarks. A new and Aetter prec.
tIce IS oftcnrejectcd IN agriculture from the doubts
which caution suggests, Or abandoned upon 81 ght
aAl impefteettral, The prudent maxim, "5e! neil
eR2R3h al2he," may be carried too far es .,ecialy,
whore, as IN this ase, the effort to dV tesier, IN
ours neither hazard nor expense.
The object ofthe farmer is to make the best and
ms' hay Of his clover with the least lqlor. The
eafals process is the mere evaporation Of SO much
d in''nosture of the grass as will proven, the
astthS or spelling Of the hay when housed or
siaehei' Ram, and even dew, aro preiuaciai at.
Ter tAa grass has IN part been cured Ia the spread
n5 process, IT requires, according to your cores
iaadcht, w. Il. " three days of sunny weather u
alfihg winch, 1t Is presumed she crop is to be
hfsl spread, OF ted'led thrice cooked and twice o.
p ned lfem the cCck,-mdkin1 SIX operations 1iter
o3 grass Is moWn, before the curing process is
Pefi'ctod, 10 say nothing of turning or raking In
ne cooking process one half of these operati ons
aao consequently one half Of the labor, are saved.
OF Inc grass cocks are made from TIE swath. and
are once opened aud again gathered ion the cart.
AS 10 quantity always found, that the sun re
CURED to dry the succulcn stocks OF spread clover
efumoled and wasted the thin leaves and blossoms
winch, II II not prttcipal, are a material portion
OF the crop. | have seen one or two half bushels
OF those crumbed leaves and blossoms wber, = bav
COCK has stood, besides what has been wasted IN
satherlng with the ralSs. | consider the loss from
ID to y per cent oftho catabe or nutrtiye matter
IN curing IN the cock the loss is not half per
cent mean merely to Judge from my own prac-
"ce' "hcn say, that us to quality, the hay made
~ '''e 'iuer mode is uniformly ant vastly better
'na,' that made by spreading.
=. H'hy practice differs somewhat from either Of
iefy N1'''''e' "''i STATE II
commence moving clover after breakfast, Of a
'ayi "neh the dew Is principally disspated.
NV I'''''as cutting till night AT , or :, p M
,n1,a' "s'"i OF more commence putting what was
III " ''s forenoon INTO grass cocks with forks
cool. Nv ~, 'aAeS say three swaths for row of
e0'"S' ne cock is laid in the interval. whore the
VIII as small Il base
convenient, loosely. and to the bciob, of ,roe ~
;o'f et and brought well to a point. Being laid
~ strata ana not rolled the centre is kept HIGHEST
anu The ram, should any fall is carried off at the
" v'i'as exterior The second day, that which
"a, III the afternoon of the first and the morn
eos " 'ia second, Is put in like manner into grass
,be. / lie ,hrdd day, if far, or the frs, fair dav
nanoI Inc grass cocks ofthc fist day are O.
/, at y or 9,and, ifrequired turned between
VII - "'ia housed the same day Sometimes
iseG t''c clover had stood long, the process is fin
col ,ie second day and sometimes the grass
m 9 nave stood FIVE days, in bad weather. with
ran'''neftat'ns, OF suffering materially from the
snre,, rain falls upon the swahs, they aye
coEad ana shaken to expcl the rain, but the grass
is os sn 'o' Inc curing process. The common rake
GOES w.. "no'iy dispensed with. What the fork
"Af9t IS galered with the revolving