Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-05-16

/ here, and when the sun does come out
/ just 90 ahead the same as If cOntending
with a dew.
make hay while the sun shines" Is
all right for the fellow that can save
twice as much hay as he has, but for
the fellow who has twice as much as
some fellows would save, 1t must be
Make hay when the sun does not
shine and save hay when it does"
1t makes no difference, whether cut
early OF later, if the clover is dry when
It Is put into the barn, it will come
out all right, but moisture in any guam.
tity is more or less injurious.
While speaking of this storage, allow
me to urge upon every one the import /.
ance Of putting all hay under good
roof
The facility Of handling and greater
safety, combined with the fact that you
have none Of 1t weather beaten and
ruined, very quickly repays the cost OF
the building.
The baling can be done at any time,
II the hay is dry. / have baled clover,
timothy and pea hay for several years,
right out Of the snath, and find 1t a de-
cided success, the only drawback being
that | can put a much larger quantity
INTO barn Tin a given time) than I
can put through a baler.
But want to repeat that dry hay
can be safely baled at any time, If the
atmosphere is dry also.
1 once lost a lot of hay that / baled
IN roggy atmosphere; the hay was so !.
very dry that thought it needed some
moisture, but l learned my lesson and
learned it we'll II any of you have
lost hay by its moulding after baling
don't look on the calendar for the trou-
pie, out to the conditions prevailing
when it was baled.
If we could bale our hay fast enough.
1t would be the ideal method to bale II
all from the snath, because then Won
finish up as you go.
There is a double baler made AZ
Richmond, Indiana, which is recon-
mended to bale five tons per hour. and
which would be fast enough if such re-
suits could be obtained.
Three years ago l went to see the
manufacturers of this machine: I met
the inventor and patentee: he took
great pains to show me the machine.
both theoretically and in practical op-
Grafton, with full crew Of men.
thought then that he had a good thing.
For those of you who would like tn
have the information, | will state that
the machine is a huge affair, some
twenty-five or thirty feet long with the
power mechanism in the center. which
drives a plunger in either end, thus
putting bales out at both ends at the
same time.
These plungers are each fed auto
mnffnn llxr hrr o1F
dropping device, and both OF these feed
ers are put on the same side of the ma
chine and could not be changed to the
other side. You will readily see that
as II was then arranged, 1t was not
practical, for you could get only one
wagon up beside the machine at a
time and could pitch hay into only one
OF the feeders then. called the invent
ors attention TO this point, and he inn
meulately lost interest in me. and /
wished l hadn't spoken.
am still hoping the inventors OF
such machines will furnish us with
machine that will put up thirty-fve
20 nIty tons a day, but when some fell
low tens you ne can do it just keep still
anu let MIN show you how it is done.
Dr. Clardy differed as to orchard
grass not making good hay. He said
ne mad been making good hay out of
TINS grass, but he cuts it early. It
grazes nearly all the year, and then
LETT In spring a few weeks, it makes
excellent hay. Cut while in the bios
som before seeds ripen. He did not
think sowing land plaster would con-
tribute to bringing on rheumatism.
orchard grass will stand five or ak
years. but don't make as heavy crop
as timothy; it makes about a ton to
the acre, while timothy will make
about two tons on his land.
Mr.. Adams said he gets crop of
clover where he spreads tobacco stalks
over It, but don't put on too thick.
Don't think the stalks themselves will
XII clover unless put on heavy enough
10 smother It.
Mr.. G. r. Pierce said some one said
that Mr.. Walker claimed that hay NAV
be blacked by rain, and put up. would
get bright. He would like for Mr..
Walker to explain
Mr.. Walker said rain would not
deter him in making hay, but It would
delay. He had known crops cut and
caught in very hard rains, but saved
9v proper after-handling.
DR.. Clardy: Rain will discolor but
rot inJure its value as stock food. Had
raked clover up after rain and ricked
It. and it made splendid feed-keeps
stock in perfect condition without
grain. He thought we give work stock
too much corn. thinking Il is neces-
sary' but this past winter had con-
"nced him it was not necessary.
Mr.. McGrew thought hay caught in
rain after it is cured could not be
maze bright by ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mr.. John FOard said his crop of
clover was caught in rain. He thought
IL worthless. Mr.. Walker had told
MN how to manage it and he followed
his advice and never saw brighter
nay in his life. Il had been rained on
three or four times.
Mr.. Stowe said he had never known
his to get bright after rain. but a
9'akes good feed. Had some he
thought worthless, but took It I'M 10
save seed in field and Kicked it. Found
it good enough to bale, and 1t fed ali
his stock