The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-30
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
GOOD HAY AND POOR HAY,

How ;s dr;od or.ss How ot nr;r,a o,,o,;tu
10 made of GRASS emf md nronerlv cnred at
tbot staoo of @rowtb wbap tbo ioaras anJ
Stems contain fbe larcast amount of availahle
nonrshment Roth Theory and the onin;ons
derived from the exnerence of the GREAT mo-
ior;tv of intellioent and ohserv;ne farmers
concnr in fix;no fha trne neriod to emf GRASS
sswhen in fnlj blossom or while the bloom Is
Ealing At tbis neriod most grasses have
So tar as can he Indeed obtained from tbe
soil and from the Atmosphere the greatest
amount which thev will have at anv stage of
Growth which Is of value as food for animals
ffbese elements exist at This nariod in tho
,,ost voinahIa form TIE cbanaas M nb;ot,
taIe n,.ce snbsonnant,v are chiefly Within tbe
nIant mart ri the starch sncar onm al
bnmsn soon oo to assist in The 7ormo t;on of
sead and nsrt 10 const;tuta wooJu f;bre
wbich ;s ind;pest;hIe and Of little vaIne as fod'
dor Of hay cnt at . later staoe cattle will
cot loss Some ;nfar from tb;s that n will
@ s.snan5 T better ;; bnt the trne reason wbv thev
eat less is hecause the system can DIGEST and
ossr,;1.ta lass Tba acinsj henaf;t der;uaS
from, bav ;s in nronortion to the available mn
tr;ment contained in II All domestic ami
noais thot snhs;st on fresb gross will maLe
more more growth muscle and fiesh when fed with
GRASS Than With anv other food which shows
conclusiveIv that If abounds in fibrin and 9th
or al nnminoma comnomnds which are of far
more ;mnortance than starch gnm etc he
nause aasb TnuSt ba formad % The frome-
,~orS o. snhstratum M of the animal S.rrctnre
hetore mere Fat i snnaraddad That Grass
conta;ns veootobie aIhnmen and ;ts ne,r raj.
ot;ras az ,,,,SSnatas ,.h;ch aro transforn,aa in
TO r,nscle and flesb bv tbe nrocass ot nntr;-
t;o,, thoro ca,, ho M 5onht r. tins hoo
of o, ,,,oI ;,nnortsnoo 49, 70 ro,ain the r,os,
of tho aash a,oronts of tha ,rrass =, .ho dr;aT
bav sno Tba noaror ,,r;,,a bau 49, .nnroTin, ates
s frasi, orasS tha moro min f,. aesb and
honns on 3 ivs ovsn nuantitv will make
TaLinS a Different view Of This snb;ect
GRASS sbonld he allowed tn be,ome f,,llv rine
Refore If Is cut. The GREAT desideratum with
many who buy and sell hay and who feed hay
i to have If in snch a condition that a cow
OK or horse will not consume one pound of it
nntil imnelled bv the gnawinos OF hunger to
eat or starve. MANY nroprietors of hotels and
those who keen stables where horses are
boarded do NOT want hav of nrime oualitv
for the reason that the animals fed would
consume several hounds: whereas if the racks
were supplied with interior hay they would
nick ont nnlv a few spears and 90 hungry nm
III thew could reach some other stable. where
thew would be supplied with respectable feed
A great mapy farmers aim to keen their live
stock on the smallest possible allowance of
hav. They do not want prime hay. as their
stock would consume the entire supply for
the winter before the fodderlng season was
half passed. For such feeders of live stock
the true time to cut grass is not until it is
dead ripe.
But the man who desires to keep his live
stock growing during the foddering season
should have his grass cut before the blossom
has fallen. This practice of cutting grass at
the period designated is unquestionahly