The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-06-26
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MAytng.
Nov i the tiss that may Of our farm
srs ass bsgissisg y cut their grAss. From
the middle u Juns 70 The hrt Of August
The 6nt crop 81 grsSs i hang Gu. il .Ls
mssasvs Of ysrnopt On the cooler
slopes aad nsistsr ssils The hay crop. like
oshsss. 10 late. And Il would be absurd u
~ that Ill must begia hayiag 10 Juas
Not ssly o. The naturally late Gslds. bat
upoa warmer soils in psor oosditisn. there
j. almsss astAisg 70 cut 10 Juas. AID the
owner rightly waits for The "bcttoa y
tAicksa Up" before scisg isto IL The
impractical tAesrist will harp upoa The
string Of early cutting. . be does npon
dep plovisg. tils.drsiniag. root growing,
ard various other hobbies, without ssy
regard y circumstances. But the prssii.
cal tArmor slspts his vsrk y his surround.
iags. aud this i not old fosyisn, but
practical eonnoa. sense We easast al
cat eur hay IL Juas. aid We easaot al
Ways make two crops in : season. In
fact, in The present condition 81 our farm.
lag, The most 81 NJ caunst. More capital
must 90 into eur laad, md mach lassr,
before The average hay crop Of Vermont,
now les than enc ton 70 the acss. can b.
nsAs TIVE tons, asd still moro before thsrs
Con- b double cuttisg, summing up u
larger weight stiil. Ii will b. rsvslu-
ton Indeed whsa the hay Drop in Nsv
England 10 doubled. 70 cay sething Of
the still moro important grass crop in Our
pastures.
Nevertheless. this question: Of hayiag il
worthy Of more study and labor thaa most
81 ~ have YET givss II. The profit Of
farming comes iron ths farmers brsiAs,
y naoh = from his land. Usisg our brains.
Is will Ass take ~ lsag 70 realize that the
young grass Of rich pasture u the best
milk producing sud isttsaiug iced W
have. No hey 10 equal 70 H. for something
10 changed il the transformation from
grass 70 boy that plainly lssssns its value.
lot rs do ths lest We nay. II We cut
sarly We lose weight, but II We cure we'll
70 Do gain il quality, and The hay is nesr.
pr like grass 10 Iced thaa when il is allsw-
II TO become ripper and harder. The main
poiat is, do W gaia in quality - much
rs 70 lsse in weight? II W do, there is
clearly profit il early cutting. because
grass ont young starts right up again, and,
,vsa il We do net take second crop the
same season, The crop Of the next year
will be much better On this ac,ount. We
Rave cut over TIVE tons TO the acre for
Jour successive seasons, ON rather thin
and, by seeding without grain, and then
,utting early aud not feeding oil the rowsn.
We have been SO well pleased by the re.
Iul,s Of such experiments that were ws
grass farmer, on light land, that would
% our universal practice. Perhaps when
We succeeded in getting it very rich We
Vsuld try to make two crops in > season
,ut mostly that kiad Of hay farming will
luvs to be left to men who have "nstura,
yrass lsAd." Considering that the lighter
oils are - much more readily worked,
md that what We lose ia grass We can
more than make up il corn sad snsilags,
Ve do Not see why light land cannot be
nads quite rs profitable ier dairying ~
my. But We do not want to talk very
confidently GU the subject, because we
lave never farmsL heavy soil, aud are
,ot ~ experienced dairy frrmsr.
A writer in the Farmers Rerieu, who is
stock farmer, and claims to have got
,vsr four tsns to the acre ia two cuttings
asst year, strongly advocAtes '.cutting
,rassss of Whatever kind dssigsed for hay
i that Stage III which they contain the
srgest amount Of nutrimsnt, which will |
10 appropriated w the stock fed upon
hem and sssimilated to promote growth,
At Or the production OF milk, bscauss
he more perfect the assimilation Of the
cod iurnished stock Of any kind the moro
,rsft TO the feeder" He then goes on to
peak Of the argument that lats.cut hay
spends better" aad, while admitting this
Q be true. hs gives 1t - the reason that
I only spsads better because the stock do
lot like il 50 we'll, aAd consequently will
lot Dc - we'll upon IL. His conclusions
lrs thus expressed:
"Ths facts, plaiAly stated. seem 70 b.
hat The grsssss in their full towering
tags have the elements Of nutrition
'bich they csutais most evesly distrib-
ted through al their parts. When this
tags is passed aud ths formation Of seed
ommsncss. tho ssgar sostsissd in the
uicss in the leaves aud stalk is drawn
pou and converted into the starch Of the
ED. the stalk meantime becoming woody
nd parting with IL elements Of nutri-
ion" 1t