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Show WAYS TO CURE PEAVINE HAY Where Grass Is Allowed to Remain Spread on Ground Water Runs Off Without Injuring Crop. We have tried several ways of curing cur-ing peavine and other kinds of hay, says a farm writer, but the way we now practice is to let hay lie just as the machine cuts it until It is about cured, or we get ready to haul it in. Don't get scared if it rains on your hay. Rain will not hurt hay very j much, "only in appearance," if it gets wet before it is raked into windrows or piled up in small piles. We used to think that rain would ruin hay, but about six years ago one morning I mowed a field of peas, cane and crabgrass. That same day another one of my neighbors cut hay. and after two days of sunshine there set in a wet spell of about two w-eeks. My neighbor, having plenty of help, raked his hay and piled it in small' piles, but I did not have help and did not touch mine. The result was this: At the end of two weeks my neighbor's neigh-bor's hay piles were wet through and rotten. I examined my hay and decided decid-ed that it was worth saving, so raked it up and everything ate it very well. Since then I do not get so scared when I see a cloud coming up, because if hay is spread on the ground the water will pass through it to the ground. But if it is bunched up and gets wet it is almost sure to turn black and rot. , |