The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-08-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRiCULTURISTS
Some Cp-to-Dato Hints About Gull
ivatIon Of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures Viticult1rs and
GloFiculturA
Glover Hay.

Cu18 IOI u OumUSE VI years, WI1eeo N.
Jamison in National Stockman. Twice
We have undertaken to cut and cure
the hay when in full bloom, before any
heads had turned brown. When cut
at this stage we found that hot sun
would make the leaves SO brittle that
1t was very hard to save them. II
necessary to use tedder on account
Of heavy swath the leaves would be
whipped OF. We have succeeded best
when we started the mower after
few heads had turned brown. When
we have the work started We do most
Of the cutting in the evening. When
there is not time after five o'clock
supper to get down before dark the
required area We commence earlier.
The dew will be on top of this, and
by starting the tedder early it can be
cured very rapidly. But We doubt II
anything is gained by cutting while
dew is on in the morning, even if the
tedder follows directly after the now
er. 1t will dry as quickly standing as
1t will by cutting and teddering. In
good weather clover cut in the even
ing can be put in heavy windrow or
shock the next day, but this work
should cease before it begins to gather
moisture in the evening. If cut at the
proper stage we do not think it can
be sufficiently cured to put in stack
or NOW the next day after cutting.
When the ground is very dry it may
be safe, as the heat in the soil below
and sun above cure it very rapidly. II
as we'll to leave in large windrows the
second night as to put in shock. The
morning of the third day after cut
ting, after the dew is off, open out the
windrOws or shocks, and as soon as
well cured and heated by the suns
rays, begin to haul in. If unloadei
with horse fork or sling every bunch
that drops from the fork or sling
should be moved and distributed even
~ over the NOV. Don't let it pile up
under the track and tumble over into
the NOW. When this is done the COM
pact mass under the track will "mow
burn" and come out dark in color, and
have dry burned flavor. Sometimes
we drop a few loads in this way and
the next morning before we can work
In the field all this is moved and placed
away in the NOW. This moving we
think quite an advantage, as it lets the
air through it again without danger of
backing it and drives out the heat and
moisture that have accumulated during
the night. 1t cannot be put in the
NOW too dry, but it is very easy
matter to err in judgment as to how
much moisture it may safely contain
when put in. When there is much
doubt on this point it is safest to let
1t remain in the field a little longer.
II heavy rain catches it in the field We
prefer to have it in the swath rather
than in the shock, unless the shocks
are well settled before the rain comes,
hence do not rush all hands to get in
shock before the approaching rain
strikes the field. We have made bet
ter hay out o. clover that has lain in
the swath one week during cloudy and
rainy weather than it would have been
possible to make out of it had it been
wet in the shock or windrow. And We
have had it stand in the shock a week
because the weather was too unfavor-
able to haul, and been able afterwards
to save it in good shape; but it had
been we'll settled in the shocks before
the rains came.