Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-07-16
CUTTING AND CURING HAY.

sb3 III this cry we give The f'lluwing.- Cultira-
tor
Mr.. BEMkST said4,e had frmer'y been 10 The
habit al cutting timothy grass rnte la'c II WAS
easier cured after itgf pieey rIpe.S Bat be fou,.d
j" using by ,has catina i Wanted sub stance land
h. had aceriained hat the best time TOR cuiiiug
was while The grass IN h'pzsum. In making
i"s"r hay. lie had adpltd Judge burli'- ,pl,n.--
lie th,"gh i,besi not 10 expose 1t much 10 The
sum-. HIS practice to cnt it ia the morning,
let Il lay I'LL uoon, and then crek H. aud let SWEET
i'r tw"0r three days according Ia the slate Of The
weather. On putting the hay III the barn, he
had us.d about ,onr qn,r,s If salt TO the tor
Hay thus managed came out in The spring yer,
hrigh, and sweet. Ia The ordinary way Of cutting
Culver hay, tue oest paris are wasted. A
Mr.. Howard was aware that there were differ.
ell opinions as To the proper Stage of cutting grass
but he thought the observance OF certain u,,cinles
might afford TO guide in The case. For example
the stems Of grasses were filed Just before The
Is t"rspaiiu', OF the seed, uilh a starchy ar saceba
sine substi nee. In percc:irg the SEED, The stems
were exhausted t this sLbstanccit be ns consumed
IN forming seed. Now if The he bare is the ob
jrci; the plant should be cut before The nutriment
has passed from The stems. If seed is the object.
The plant must Of course be allowed 10 attain Sood
degree Of maturity. Hay made from ripe grass.
may $50 farther, cor sperd better" as the ar
gument Island II Is admitted that this nnav be
true, for animals are less inclined to eat II: but this
Is no proof tina. il is more nutriye. lie spoke of
the dlffefent modes curing hay, with nearly all
which. he said he had been sccu i,,ed. Clover
hay was altogether better when cured in cock. ,han
by any other mode he knew practised! All hay
was better for undergoing 10 some extent. a sweat.
ing IN the cock. Coarse timothy was thus rem
dered much SOFTER and was less s,rawv and stiff.
and every description of hay was less likely 10 be
~snow burned"
MIR. Belts was not in favor of mowirea erea,
deal OF grass while The dew was on. He was in
the habi;oof spreading the swaths as soon as the
ground was dry, aud he always had ii ~ eil cooked
up before night. The next day, if The weather
was good, he opened it again if did not dry en-.
ough ne put together again.. But his object was
to get il so that 1t would do to put into the barn--
he was ~ favor OF using little salt with it, He
had sometimes found his bay het to much in the
now From being hurried he had occasionally
put load into The barn too green. To stop the
heat and fern enIatior. which had ehsued 10 such
cases, he had made holes in the hay with a crow
bar, and scattered III salt. In this way he had
STOPPED the fermentation and saved The hay in We
ry good order Al
Mr.. Garretson, Of Duchess CO.. said he had
generally cut from $50 10 200 tors nf hay per.
~. year--chiefly timothy and redop. He generally
ILL.,
method was TO cut in the morning, spread the
swaths lightly and in lhe'aiternoon put il in cocks
- The next day, If the snD out, 1t was again
spread, and If made enough. pat it the barn with
- little salt sorinkled ON it, About three quarts of
self Ito the ton was as much as be used. There
was danger OF using TO mucG. He had formerly
used more salt, and was satisfied bis animals, par
ticularly sheep, had suffered by it,. Ii occasioned
scouring-and by keeping their bowels ou of OF
der for some time, they died. He usually got
about two tons fhay 10 The acre. In The latter
part of the season it would sometimes make enough
in one day. = ii
- Mr.. Mack always directed his men to make
hay as rapidly as possible. He had often made
it and put in the Darn IN one day. aud never had
better hay. He was always particular to secure
n from the dew, when it must be left over night
1t rs said by some who had much practice in ma
king hay, that it is never injured by lis own inter-
nal juice, but only from RAIN dew. .s, $50.
Mr. Sotham did not like the plarof sailing hay,
neither did be like the hay that was made in one
day. lift could be so made that it would take no
hurt, in one day, il: must have been TOO dry for
good hay before It was cut, or else very light bur-
den. He would as soon have good bright straw
for cows or sheep, as timothy hay after it had
gone TO seed. He cuts clover when part OF
IS in blossom and part in the head Cuts all
his grass early. IL takes logger TO make hay
cut thus early, but for COWS and sheep especially,
it was great deal better. The objection to sal
ting hay was, that animals were forced to eat salt
whether they wanted it or not, and it made sheep
scour. His hay came ou of the baru Of a bright
green color, and his stock would faren on H.
There was another great advantage of cutting
early, the roots retained their life and strength bel
ter, aud the after feed and future croops were
much more abundant. He did not Ike timothy
E,rh nv -ha,, H.
ems there thought was too coarse aud wiry, for
stock. Rye grass made good hay-would yield
an England two tons per Pacey's was The
best variety-red-iop made good hay; He had
asied saiifol-if did no. come up we-ihere MAS
always o ficuliy about in this respect. for the
seed was good only short ,ime-it could hard
fy be brought across the ocean aud vegcia,e. If
We could gel Ia here, il would be very valuable,
especially for dry lands. AS TO pasturing now
ing lands. some lands would nol hear it-parilcu-
s1rly ii wet, ba, he fed his dry lands very close,
- IL ~ I.I,o.