Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-07-22
CURING OF ALFALFA
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shoc king i done and al The shOek king
% y done before stacking
To properly cure alfalfa the rsk-
should follow The mover within -.l
70 eight hours and ss soon - posi-
Die after the raking Is done. il zholl1
be shocked and not allowed 70 De-
come thoroughly dry before stacking
II alfalfa is allowed 70 dry out b.
fore stacking It will nor sweat Il a.
and It will lose all the pea green co..
or which Is 80 necessary 70 obtain TOY
prices
! great amount q nourishmeas j.
contained IN the sap OF alfalfa and
when this IS taken out By The sln. IL
leaves Z bunch Of dry sticks with lit
tie feed value. Another thing In "a
vor Of putting up hay before il BE-
comes TOO dry Is the fact that the
leaves stay on while where nay Il TOO
dry all the leaves are lost. thus de-
stroying all the protein producing
property OF the plant
In mosr places the side delivery
rake is used and it is the best adapt
ed 10 the curing Of alfalfa II hand
les the hay 50 delicately and allows
# to remain in loose laid winrows
through which air may pass. thus in
suring perfect cure to the TOP and
bottom alike without any undue ex-
posture TO the sun.
Opinions differ as 70 the proper
time 10 cut alfalfa Some 20 by the
blossom. While in normal season
this may be good rule 70 follow, all
will agree that for all seasons the
proper time 10 cut alfalfa is when the
crown shoots first protrude through
the ground. Nature is sending on the
next crop which Is Evidence that the
growing crop has matured.
One other fault which is quite not
iceable is the careless manner in
which hay is stacked Some stacks
have not been topped out at all. ar
fording no water shed at all AS q
result the entire stack is spoiled. A
great many people offer the claim
that their stock will eat the musty
stack hay in preference to the clean
pea green hay and get along better
on It. 1t has been proven by careful
tests that stock OF all kinds do much
better on clean wholesome food, nc
matter what kind OF stock or what
kind OF feed
One thing that might help sell hay
to eastern mills would be the stack
lingo each cutting in separate stacks
Most mills cannot use the first cult
Ing, as there is generally too much
foreign grasses and bleached hay to
be used for milling. II the cuttings
are stacked separately it would give
the grower chance to sell his sec
ond and third cutting to outsiders