The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-26

handled in the same way 1T sr alfalfa may be safely baled. and whether this method of handling tne crop is a practical one. ,n the aarm es- es- pertinent conducted the loiioWihs eA The baiing was done July 16. with a llx1S lightning. hay. press: Tnis mors press of os' prairie rsp4S nay per hour. The alfalfa used was the second cutting of a medium growth, from an old fieid; , when cut. Fifteen bales were made and % hauled to the naIer immediately nsaeE maee Gstm from aifaifa i that was wiited. having been moved in the morning
 and baled in the afternoon of the same same
 aifalfa an 9Saes tSat was % cut July IS, and put | in cock July Is. This alfalfa was in | the sweat when baled. and did not
 she aneef wiitsd maea n alfalfa Nineteen bales were made rom well cured hay In proper condition to stack.
 Data on baled alfalfa:
 AS St yss. ssls. 1slsa' 1sl ss'y Dss Ss'sss :@s
 < $ij;s ;$:., 5; <: <: \:
 gs9g the grsen and sfeaa taams wss and nsss %as l hay handled much easier and baisd
 faster. It will be o6serUed ,,s that eures 1es bounds. while that of the green alfalfa
 ist pounds TS. anS %,.sd tee afasfs Mhssa wss ss RTesse" Pbe men uhsefd who did the bafing were in- experienced in the work and were apde
 in an an hour from the green alfalfa. About one and one-fourth hours were reouired for making the same number
 of bales of the the gitsa saier Mas not tested | fin the dry alfalfa, but ten tons per day of ten hours would represent about
 the average capacity p,ss Of r sne aRtored Rrsssd in
 an open shed and placed on cage m m single vertical tiers. space Of SIX 0 .o ten inches belng lett between the t1srs Ter 5
 uneured alfalfa was examined at fre- | ouent Intervals, and notes made on it's condition of curing. It mas devei- oped considerable heat wisnth ,hs .meFey tey- lmentation lasted about twenty-nve days. The outsides of the bales whicn were exposed to the air were not as
 any time very warm sntoS 6u' on sne October i2th. the alfalfa bales were weighed
 and examined: All the rha hay bsles Mes
 found to be well dried; Ine Yery piaht
 and the Wires were so loose that the
 bales could scarcely be handled. There
 was no good hay In any or these uaisS h,
 stock. % ~ Much of the hay was covered
 with a white mold and some or r, ]
 seemed to be partially rotten; ant ant that baIed from the cock was about tns
 same grade. and but little better III 1T
 quality than the hay ,ar wni,cn was "as paart nor, closely pressed bales contained, sd,HS,o tnt ,n, best hay, but none of 1t was salahle % 10, hay. and the best ot 1t was inieri9r iol
 after Being cured was seemingly a,
 good a grade of hay as when baled ans
 just as good as if 1t had been stacKea 1eaye : were well retained. It would grad N 1t may be well concluded from, thi
 exneriment that 1t is not advisaple t' hale alfalfa except when 1t Is well cur 2 ed and dry enough to stack. |. ,,,t, 3 The question as to whether lt WI
 pay to bale oM Surea tSa an amount tro of hay tha must be put up in given tune. tn l capacity of the press, the force or ereN . Sor r handling and storing the baled hay 3 and the market price. 1T IL IS uesils SIT, | to ship the hay or sell 1t In ths M Daie 1 l 1t would seem advisable to bale It iron the field, if the necessary help and ma |. chinery can be obtained as m tnis WIZ WI @ labor will be saved and without uoup , tained. giving a better quality of ha, : than would result as n rula in balini ! from the stack. The main question !
 whether the baing Sf can tbs pc crop 9Gns et th l proper time and as rapidly as the hn I should be put in the stack. ,td Win q 9 large power press, having aI eap"city vii ii 1 be practicable to put up alfalfa by pal { ing it directly from the field; , .,,, g To handle hay economically m t. oni n without loss of time and with the leas r r teams and nIne men; besides the nee nee . the hay will be hauled to the bale . bales will be piled in the field to D
 SIs 1a5e up eishts an aoros or afa = ia. averaging one and one-fourth ton q of hay. per acre. in from i've to St si it should handle the crop on one hun . twelve days. Thus 1t would tax about two weeks of actual work: IT tn r the crop on one hundred and sixt s acres. and with unfayorable weathe
 interfering. the period might be & eS
 not seem advisable to extend the cut ting of one crop of alfalfa over pc : riod of more than two or three week. . Therefore if the acreage is doubled = would be necessary to double tn n equipment and the number of men an II l teams required to handle the cro T 1t would require practically the sam number of men and more teams. bu e the work might be done more rapidl
 and larger ncrease tSan fSgId b9 Se baIe dak y from the field
 l. (Tn the drier climate of the Wes fsrmeTs can bale hay more bPro,mPIl in o y moist Southern climate. J. F. p)