The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-07-17
MARCUS WATSON. Printer.
agrirulturul.
Clover Rag.

la an .sticle from the Ohio Culiirdtor,
upon the subject Of clover hay, il appears
that the ida Is prevalent that clover hay is
unwhOle.ome iO, cittls,and that il frequent.
" causes them to sickcn and die
We b,licy, thi. % b, 4 great error, and
that it clover hay ever injurs our neat stock
it is in consequence Of the imperfect condi'
tion in which it is put INTO the burn, and
no, in consequence ofany inherent qualities
OCplaut.
The object in making good hay, says Low
is 70 prepare il as quickly a. possible, and
with u, Little exposure to tn weather, and
as it'll, waste Of the natural juices, as cir
cum.rncts will allow. When wearc eua-
BLEED to do hi. the hay will b, sweet, fra.
grant. and Of grtonish color. We still do
much of our farm work under the English
notions which came here with our auces-
tors, without taking into account the great
diiT.rcnc, in the climate orthc two countries.
There, they employ four days IN curing the
herd, grass, which is often admirably done
undcr our July suns in q SINGLE day Many
farmers Il, not consider the c,lcct Of these
cloall,ss suns, and the Consequence is that
thcy iry their hay until it, juices arr cyap.
Grated, uui.a large proportion Of it, value
Lost. one c'oudIc,s Juy day, Will a Sigh,
breeze. is sulIi.icn. - cure hay cut in the
morning or the previous evening where
there Is not more .han thirty hundred % ,hc
acre. In such a ca, tlc swatas shouid be
evenly spread, and {, viii D, necessary to
stirit quite often, and lay il NO as lightly
rs possible from TIE ground
\ general rul, should D. enforced that no
hay b, lcG, in >yatt Or wiurpw over night,
un',,, It he rLa, Just hslor, or after sun
down. There are tive advantages lnit' be-
ing cooked !, prevents the injurious cG,ct,
of dew or rain, willis th' slight hcatinG
process which is going on causes an czhah
ton which is retained in The cock, and give,
the hay most fragrant odor. In good
irsa,lcr, two days, az most, are sufficient to
secure has even when heavy crops are cut
Tic roc.s should no.; %" opened an mo sec
On, las uu,il the DIV ha, gone, and then
only opened in tlicL masses. Atcr lying
in This mIAu,r until noon. ticy are ready
to b, crtyd 10 tie barn.
Clover requires very liT,r,nt process,
IL should be- ca; clos, TO the ground, and
allowed 90 remain until tn afternoon Of q
bright day. in III, swa.h, tlan they should
b, car,'ully turned upside down with fork
and lc.t over night. AE,,r dinner on the
following day the ,wath> should b uksu
up with thc FORK aud Laid in IA c,r,; - not
ROLLED or pushed up - ant then these
cocks may remain two nights. Al'f that,
ON cl.lr morning, t'ov may D., turned over
{, admit thc sun and air fora Cow holr.,
when they will b, rclly to go in. With
tictr Leaves AN ON, and as sweet and ira
grant as nu,cgrv. \ load of brush i,
worth abJuta- much Cor cattle as load oi
clover, curel "a, it. is often done Allen, I'm
hi q" Farm B,os." says Their, /, $, of
nuritiyc matter in the or mary mod, o.
curir. aar. which is ohyiou, 10 every care.
ul Grd,r. Thi, is c,usricuoa,ly evident
in the diminished quantity og mtls yielded
by cows, when taken from o., pasture and
put upon The hay made from grass similar
10 that before consumed There is uu-
d,nhtolly a combination or c'us,, 20 which
this may b, imputed, hut the bah condition
Of the hay i often prominent one.
>,LrI>O HAr.
This is now, We believe, extensively prac
tis,d. AMI iudiciously done, We have no
doubt il j. we'll. Thos, who are m the
habit OF placing ,llt b,ior, cattle, know tina,
during the winter season they will take but
little. \ COW consuming ton OF hay in
the cold mouths, wcar1 confident would not
voluntarily consume two quarts Of salt
uui yet many farmers are in tn habit Of
applying sigii quarts 10 a ton This Is prob
abIy the source Of MANY Of the recent die
case. anon: cattle. 1; Leads, also, {, the
slovcnly practice OF getting in the hay in
damp or partially curcd stat, und r. the idea
that the salt will preserve all i,s yir-
tuc..-NUr England Fo0urr.