Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-06-20
Iiaying.

As the time draws near for gathering
Vermont's greatest crop we all naturally
are DESTROYS of doing it in the cheapest
,vay nossible that will secure it in the best
order.
The inventive genius of the country has
seemingly reduced the labor OF haylns TO
It's lowest point; with good moving ma
china tedder and horse rake, the hardest
part of the work is materially llghleneo'
Wa have heard of various hay leaders,
and have seen ono work, but 1t was not IN
rorfcct order, or at least that was claimed
bv the exhibitor, and it did not WORK hfs'
rate The one we saw delivered the hay
continuously to the loader on the wagon
which was Of course moving all the tlme'
Where hay is to be pitched oil by hand'
we should think this an announcement way
If loading, though it might do well Tor a
horse hay fork. But with an elevated
drive way to an upper floor, we would
not take the gift of the best horse iork IN
the world and use it for one season.
WHEN TO CUT GRASS.
Tboro has been great deal said and
written on this subject for the last lew
wears. and many, perhaps most dalrymen'
have advocated early cutting, cut as soon
,s fairly in the blow, some before II
reached that condition. But some have
boon q little staggered by the results o.
the feeding experiments of Farmer san
horn at Dartmouth, which showed th'
greater gain in stock on hay cut after TN
seed had matured. However that may be
If animals do make better growth OF
rinened grass, we think that at the pres
emit state of Investigation, it has appeared
70 dairymen that the best butter IN COLO
and quality Is scared from early cut nay
and probably greater quantity, though
perhaps that is not quite so we'll es'ao
lisbed But it does seem settled that tn
early cut hay gives the best colored' be'
favored butter.
For horses, good horse men whom W
know and in whose judgment we haV
GREAT confidence prefer hay cut when rir
enough for the seed to shell little VINE
feeding in winter, herds grass beln
understood to be meant, Directing 10 tee'
inc clover as likely to bring on heav'
when fed dry. One objection made
foedino herds grass cut in the blow is thu
if carries so much dust from the blossom
Where one has a horse barn separa
from the others there will of course be
trouble in putting in the hay to meet the
required conditions, and in most farms
scaf1old or "bent" may be set apart II
that quality of which you wish to hay
the least.
We have tried to 50 manage the putin
in of our hay rs to be sure to have son
"a GOOD as there is for feeding in sprln
and the poorer quality and such rs
NAV have had wet by itself so it can
fed inst as we wish. And cattle aft
beinq fed their usual ration will eat qui
a quantity of poorer stuff, during Il
night, which we suppose they pick ov
to keep themselves busy.
OF course there is now no need TO spei
of the benefits or desrability of mowlr
machine, as they are so generally in US
In some cases a tedder is equally or mo
valuable, though in the heaviest era
we find it of less value, rs it cannot
the work we'll and for such grass we ha
found no substitute for hand turning
shaking. OF horse rakes there are scor
and each has its strenuous adVocat
The first thing we look for in rake Is
see that it has each tooth lndepend
and without any spring to hold it down
the ground. A horse rake with sprii
TO the teeth is a scratcher, tor though
may run without the teeth touching
floor or a perfectly smooth surface til
will be enough inequalities in moWlngs
some of the teeth will be scratching
is not every farmer who is so situated
TO make it wise economy to buy all tn
things, but there are few who may not
arrange it by hiring or changing WORK
TO secure most of the benefit coming II
improved machinery.
Brother farmers, give us your vi
about having time, manner, etc. OF G
cring this most important crop.