The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-23
SOUTH TEXAS HAY MATTERS
President Never Gives Some Val.
liable Suggestions.
10 MAKE THE HAY BUSINESS PAY.
How the Grower Can ne BENEFITED
by the south Tesns Hay Associa-
tion-Transportatio Matters.

i
IONS and suggestions In regard to the
South Texas Hay association may he in
order.
~.
~ start WIN, south lex's mas as good
quality of Wild grass as any other coun-
try. and much of II x sunerior IN tho hast
wild orassos ,ro,.n n,,,,,.nua -. aaa,,,,
:, w "'.V1"'
u niehnosS ana depth oil SOIL GOOD nay
can be made from April until frost. which
is generally in Drceinbcr ruo and tbraa |
go,
NP' 80 '0i"e eu' WI VI inc s"nie iauu
each year
TO make the best quality OF hay the |
grass should be eut while IL is vol tendpr
An. -. 49,, +, ,.,,, $500,
pe'"s e'' ~ nhouio not % e@poseu
10 uew, sun or rain 100 long nor dried I'M
til 1t IL dry enough to bale. but should he
housed ~ nossphle tho CANA a,, &, g. 80,
- - -, - - 40 ~"
~ ~ 'A'ouhh tne SWEET III Ohe Sneo'
when VIII SIN Improve the quality, where
Us to dry IL sufficiently 40 nress nj, NJ tha
field exposes il too much ia tae weatber
sufficiently in tho field for immediafe
ballng will partly kill the grass, reduce to |
large extent the nutriIlvo quality OF hay |
,, 49,, atup'i,i .no u,seastD'i.tJ Vi tne
The best way to preserve hav for fufurs |
market Is to keep 1t In loose form, as Il |
should never be baied until ready for ship |
nIcnt as it will lose much of its freshness |
aud fragrance IL kopt stored in BALES,
The best way to store baled hay II 1t |
must be stored that way, Is to press bales
tight and dark building
When bay is stored loose In n building
II can be baled as wanted either small or
large bales and IL comes out fresh and
f+ogr,ut 90 10 a. iust c.,na ,ra.h fro,, tha
mradnw
Thc hest ,,uco 70 hut,d nav s4nr,,a
! ho,,eee IL Fon ,omo s,do,,acl, an r,tiropd
! stanton ncar thn nav fields or d1rert in in,
| meadnw The cltiss are moi nroner nlaces
10 hnve many hav storaee bnuses ps IL
| wo,,Id bavn N no baled Ia cot II 10 ana
| c,Jv ana bigh nr,ce of land IN buiId an
| ht4 ,a,o Sa tns,ranca .,o,,id ha sVS
! si,iart nhiacrion wbencver d. deoIor i,
ma Civ wanta ono or more carloads Of bay
| ha oa,;,a aa,iiv sat a. ,ron tbe cr,ntrv
aaaior IN snn,n rsiiro,d atatlon and hqve
y, ,raasod ~ sntt MIN and vet H. ohsolnlel
trnssh and 40 chotce nav nc can he scien-
| .ts,na,ir, ,oada and an nm short notice
'''iV"'' "' 'N' 90
.no.s +,o nov nrs,reas nav7" This sub.
| Wv 10. =,
ject was not discussed as 1t should nave
been, because the paying part OF any
business Ia either life or death to that
nu.,no,, trouovor c,ros,l srmmarv Of
o"sihVsS' ii"we'e'' eu. ,, "
| ''''NN
courasipg indeed
= According TO evidence adauce1 tne i'rss
cost Oh paieu may per tou ueNseieu Un
beard OF cars Is ABOUT 30. olte ninu wv nv
hired all ms heip saia !. COSY nun ss;%o.
II was not stated II TINS Included anything
for the grass. me price reviewed ior nay
on board cars varied. commencing s"ils
IN the season wluh ~ 80 90 untn IL
reached 80 per ton, ana some repoitsu
n $3.50. Now the price seems TO De on wy
incline, and likely 10 continue 9nth ABOUT
May 10 next. one nun cia.iheu ne i'.'u 4
: large shed full OF nay Tor which no was o.
fored $b.l5 already
II was shown that prices RUE soou from
a about January ! 10 Jane l. ana mat our-
ing this time the hay does not average
very good In quality. except the new h"N
i IN April and May
One we'll posted man eald that our
present system of hay farming ana deaf
ing must be reyoluIionaSed' the present
system does not seem to pay very we'll ns
most people have to sell thef nay Wheu
1t is lowest. besides the present system
does not give tho best quAhty OF nay nor