Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-12

.,,art mistake in haymaking is to
90 the hay. Not only is the nay
o'e'"-a hon housed or stacked as soon as
rsi,,a after cutting, as it Will keep, OUT
p'',ir Of getting the crop damaged by
| ;savoided. The views OF FARMERS
i",. ,bapoed very materially In later
ia ra5ard to the amount OF drying
!'A-arv to insure the keeping OF hay.
1-,.;e,ce has shown that much less
,.,ing il necessary than was formerly
,osad IN be required, especially IL the
Sa, ia nut in tight barn. If 1t sweats
lbaats some that need not cause alarm
TIA limited extent, this is no harm.
nroourse the principal object in drying
sbav IS to get rid Of the water which,
'grotajned undiminished, would cause
s..n,sntalion under the influence OF the
o,rapd the germs of fermen5 floating IN
i. me secondary object is TO lessen the
n,.igbt and thus lessen the cost OF hand
lirg But the n ore OF the watery part oil
.bo yrass we can retain the more the hay
u1al he like grass; and in getting rid
of+ha water we can not help losing much
,f,ba delicate volatile scents and hayors
vbicb It IS desirable to retain. How
ouicklv after grass is cut and 1t begins TO
a,i,i. il The air all about filed with the
,,oooing uerfume of new mown hay; and
ca long as the drying process goes on so
,op, will this perfume be giving out. Any
method OF preserving grass, ciloing or
o,barwise. which will retain all of ingre-
d,.nt IN the natural manner will give the
best food.
Among the best farmers the practice
NOW is 10 get the hay into the NOW or
stack the day it is cut if possible. In good
hay weather this can be done with the
right management. Tue mower is started
in the morning AT least as soon as the dew
is off and rum until 1880 or II O'CLOCK. Ii
the hay is green and heavy it will be ne
cassary to turn or stir the hay with for ks
ara tedder. otherwise it will take too 10 ng
10 dry and the top will be dried to death
before theunderside of the swarth is hardly
wited. start the rake by , p. IN. and a
sufficient force of teams to haul it all in
before the dew falls.
The Old farmers saying, 81 would
4 rather have pound of juice in my hay
than an ounce of water" is worth re-
d menbering, and if it looks likely to rain
4 before the hay is thought to be sufficiently
Il lry. start the teams to work, Less DAM
age will result by beginning too soon than
Il BY having the partly dried hay get
81 irenched with rain. If the hay is some
h what green and heavy the closer it is
Fl packed IN the NOW the better. 1t should
E be spread evenly and tramped as much as
n possible to get and keep the air out.
Fl A practice that has been tried with good
4 success is to mix the green hay with some
I old hay or straw, putting first layer of
/ the straw, then one of hay, then another
4 Of straw, and SO on till the NOW is full or
.he stack complete. The straw not only
abs0rbs the moisture from the hay and
thus aids in preserving it, but it is itself
improved by this absorption Of the Odors
Of the fresh hay so that stock will eat the
straw up clean, when before they would
hardly touch it. Here is another proof
that valuable matter is given off from hay
by exposure.
The addition OF salt to hay as it is being
put up is thought by many to aid ia keep
hight 1t is doubtful if any amount less
han what would iujure the stock does
my good as a preservative. But few
quarts TO the ton will improve the taste OF
the hay for the stock. SO says the Rural
World