Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1866-07-20


Last June / Vas - Belle Porte m Penn
sylsaniA. on my way 20 the Agricultural
College Of that State. and Vas invited by
one Of rs trustees. whose name I DO not
Ike 20 publish wifbost permission. 70 ,isii
bis farm Of one hundred acres. We drove
into his 6elds IN a wagon. IN the afternoon.
and found his men IN the midst Of haYing.
A man and two or three small BOYS we're a.
The barn. unloading ~i,h horse pitehiork.
into a bay large enough % hold a EundrCd
tons OF hay. in solid mass, While other
men with the team q males. were IN the
field Tor another load. which came % the
barn a. soon as The first vas uuioaded.
when the team took the empty wagon % The
feld for another Load. In the ssld was one
man with horse rake. gathering The hay
into windr0ws and cocks. and wifhout AM
handwriting whatever. IL wAs pitched on 90
he wagoa and hauled away. nobody rakiag
after. or even rAking down the loads
When half dozen acres we're gone over.
I Was told the horse rake woald gather The
scafterings-
il vas evident At glance that the pro
prieior vas man Of business. and knew
ho~ TO do his having AZ the least cost.
stepping out OF the carriage. took up
some hay from the cocks and found u %
green and damp that At once inquircd n
II vas 10 so into the bay. Of which I have
spoken. Ny friend said il va asked
When il vas cut. and be said the day be-
fore. The horse rake passed along. aad
gathered up the half dried grass. and !; -as
soon OF The load Here j. the point Of the
story. The grass had been cut the day BE-
fore viii q tvo-borse mover and Iefi pre-
eisely as the mower lcft II. until the horse
rake moved il into vindrows, IL had nei-
ther been turned nor shaken. "a vas a.
most pure tiRofhy. What many Of a. cad
hsrdrgrass. and averaged about two and =
hall tons 20 the acre The Law ~as IN the
same condition that such hay would orains-
MY be IN. on any New England farm.
treated IN The sane manner. should have
pat il in cock and lei IL remain tiIl next dav
thea opened u and housed q In the after
noon.
Ny many questions were prompfiv an
swered. This was the usual method ofhas.
ing on tbis farm In 1894. the proprietor
sad be sold one bsndred tons Of hay Tor
three thousand dollars. or thirty dollars a
ton, all cut on this one hundred acre Arm.
and al CT AID cured in the same wav. and
stored IN the same barn. and that it va q
tbe freshcss green color. and brossht abe
highest market price.
lie ssid tie Aay vo0ld heat yer, much A.
first. and would become 50 vet on the ton
that yoa eoad wring water out Of i m
drops. and that few inrhe. On the tor
would he black and worthlrss.
have made inqsiry and found NOBODY
Who practices this economical metb,d. ana
although ! am satisfied b., ond -doubt Of the
facts a. slated. ! should hardly dare an
large barn with hay in such condition.
Here a. Amherst an told Of a farmer.
not nov hsIHg. Who used 10 pu, BIS hav IN
% has barn IN abou; the sane oondition.
A neigbbor Who worked with hiun when 4
10y. says be vel remembers toadsiools
gro~ins on The top q the hay NOV. and
that the hay. excerpt the very top. vas green
aud good.
Ny trend al Belle Fonte Informed me
that the clover beads came cat alaso,t A.
fresh IN bis hsy in the spring. a. WIN
blooming in the 6eld. ! could see no rca-
son Why my hay or snybody's hay cannot
b treated IN the sane way. Yet I think
nobody practices 80 cheap a method On this
region. We usually CO.. oar hav. uLerr tbe
weld . 90 great. and after farming q put q
IN cock and next DAY open 81. rxpendinr
twice the labor thar ny friend ezpsnds on
his
lis land is o. limestone. BAT I DO not see
Why that helps tLe matter. IL barn i.
very tight. There are ses suaau ulndo-s
~ the back. winch Be said was Of no %,
ard The nov vas 20 cage that tbev cold
do very Little 10 dry the nay. or prevent
heating
hope ve nay have The experience 81
farmers a. once on this poinf. aud q We ard
our fafbers have been in error. ard vaued
our labor IN haying. lst % know it. The
sooner the better.