The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-07-11
HAYMAKiNG.
Cutting, Cuving and storins-Pes Vine and
Rye Hsy-Haying Machinery.

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Rye Hsy-HayinR Machinery.
Crops intended for hay should be
harvested just after the bloom begins to
fall Red clovers make the best hay if
cut as soon as the first dry heads ap-
pear. Where there is mixture Of timo-
thy and clover try to strike a desirable
medium. Hay is frequently injured by
letting it lie in the sun too long after
cutting Excessive drying makes it hard
and brittle. If il is raked and put at
once into the stack, it will have to be
pretty thoroughly dried But if the hay
is to be cooked, rake as soon as this can
be done and place in medium sized
cocks, where it will cure nicely without
bleaching. 1t can then be stacked or
stored in the NOW. Cured in this man.
ner, it will be of the first quality-soft,
green, palatable and highly digestible.
In many localities field peas are being
sown this year for soiling and hay
American Agriculturist tells farmers
just what to do with this crop: For
feeding green, begin cutting when BIOS
SONS are we'll out and continue until
the seeds have begun to harden. Cut
with a mower, allow to wilt and put
into small cocks, which, after thorough
curing, may be gathered into a stack
and topped out with hay or elevated
into NOW. In many places a mixture
of peas and oats is sown for hay and
for soiling, with gratifying results The
resulting crop is harvested much as
when the peas are seeded alone. For
hay, cut when the peas begin to hard
en-; for soiling, when in full bloom.
This mixture can be cut with a binder
or mower. If it is thought desirable,
the pea and oats hay may be run through
thrashing machine, thus separating
the straw and grain.
During the past few dry seasons rye
has not only done good service as pas
ture where grasses failed, but if cut just
before heading makes a fair hay. OF
course it is not nearly so good as clover
or timothy, but is much better than
straw and is readily eaten by stock. 1t
is cut with mower, allowed to cure,
then cared for as timothy. 1t is not
difficult to harvest.
With improved machinery hay crop
can be put up with very little hand
work. The crop can be cut, allowed to
dry, gathered up with a large fork,
drawn to the stack and elevated by
horsepower, or it can be elevated ON to
a wagon, hauled to the barn and I'M
loaded with u hay fork. Either of these
methods must be practiced where the
crop is very large. Improved slings,
tracks, harpoons, etc., have made the
operation comparatively simple. If,
however, the highest quality is desired
and amount to be harvested is compal a.
lively small, it will pay to rake before
thoroughly dry and put into small cocks
until completely cured. This is especial
ly true of the clovers and peas. 1t can
then be loaded upon wagon, taken to
the barn or dragged to the stack by
means of large horserakes.
Where material can be secured at rea-
sonable figures it pays to build cheap
sheds for hay which cannot be put into
the barn loft. If it is necessary to stack |
in the open field, top out with wild hay
If it can be obtained or cover with can
vas or boards. Keep the middle we'll |
filled and tramped solid, so that the
outer edges will settle most rapidly.
The outside layers will have sufficient
slope to keep out rainfall. Round stacks
keep best, but ricks are easiest made
and are most common.