The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-07-18
Hnv Making.

This being quite a late date to write
on this subject it may seem out of place.
but some Of the late articles call for
some hints to the average farmer. says
a correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
writing from Nappanee, Ind. They ad-
wise the use Of tedder, loader, sings
etc, in connection with the usual haying
tools, and If we follow their advice
many of us will invest too much money
in haying machinery. If we small farm
ers want all these il will be a cash out
lay of no less than 5000. which is too
much.
purpose to tell how to get along
without some of these tools and use only
The mower, rake and barn appliances
(rOpe, pUlleys and harpOOn)- How to
dispense with the tedder: 1 do not pur-
pose To say anything against its use, but
for making hay during good weather. 1
ran not put it stronger than TO say that
a tedder could not be given TO me to use
then / have tried one to my entire sat
lsfaction- Then how make good hay
without One2
Do not NOW grass until p. m. Now
all YOU can from then till night: the
first nights dew will not hurt 1t as it
will not have wilted enough, from being
moved so late in the day. Any time
after > p. m. next day start the rake
going the same way the mower went;
rake in ordinary size windrOws; the low
Pr side of the swath will be exposed to
the next nights dew and invariably only
The butts viii be exposed.
The mower should also be going again
now. If the grass is very heavy the
windows viii need a little inverting or
turning the next day at 10 a. m. At y
o'clock begin TO draw To the barn the
finest hay that can be made. Never
1raw after s p. m, as moisture is then
attracted enough TO spoil the best of
nay. This plan makes hay that will
pitch better onto the wagon by hand
and unload best with the horse fork that
4 have yet been able to- help make.
This windrow process. to prevent
bleaching By the dew and sunburn in the
swath. has some curing power about il
not ohtainab!e any other way. Notice
the quivering or moving heat in looking
toward the roof OF a building at a dis
lance That Is what cures this windrOw-
made hay. If left 10 lie in the swath till
cured, the top will be sunburned and
have lost half It's value before the bottom
Of the swath is cured as il should be.
VIII this plan work where grass is very
heavy? Yes ] have made hay this way
, where grass was SO heavy that a Buck
front of trucks instead of passing over it,
grass so heavy that i've acres made eigh-
teen and one half loads Of hay as high as
two men could pitch on a low farm
wagon, the Top or nay rack being only
thirty inches from the ground.
How about the loader? Too expensive
and viii take too much storage room for
small farmer. For large farmers they
are the thing but only those should be
bought that will gather hay from
WindrOw successfully. The windrOw-prO-
cess hay Will come out of NOW as clear
and bright as the day ii was put in, be
-elished by all stock. eaten up clean and
viii come nearest 70 what Mr.. Terry has
preached en- grain to horses) Of any hay
that can = aade. ] feed half the grain
10 horses w. 4 uch hay that some of my
neighbOrs iced with swath-cured hay.
Considering the small amount of work.
ease Of handling 1.-TWO men on large
load in thirteen minutes) in field and
barn, and the retaining Of its good quail
tiles ii Is the way to make fine weather
hay