Show How to Make Hay The conversion ot a heavy mass of alfalfa Into a choice quality of hay is an operation says U F Shuart In Arid America calling for no small degree of Hkllt and oxperlence Hut the process I IH ono to be learned by Intelligent ob Hcrvatlon and practice rather than from a written description The llrat unit second crops of each season need to bo cured with special care or they will certainly mold In the stack Beginners Be-ginners need to beware on this point The knack to be acquired Is that of curing thu hay sulllclently to Insure Its keeping sweet In the stack without becoming be-coming BO dry as to shed Its leaves In handling This cannot iwsslbly bo accomplished ac-complished by curing fully In the swath A method much practiced Is to rake the alfalfa while quite green Into windrows where It Is allowed to euro somewhat more and finally to make It Into moderatesized cocks In wlilch It Is allowed to stand until ready for the stuck Thin process makes very nice hay but where a large acreage Is to ho taken care of It Is too slow and expensive Alfalfa may be cured with entire success In the windrow but It Is Important when cured In this way that there be ample facilities for putting put-ting It Into the stuck very rapidly when ready otherwise It will become too dry and much of It will be lost In the handling especially If It has to be curried cur-ried from the Held on wagons Alfalfa should be cut on the fIrst appearance of bloom as experiments have proved Its nutritive ratio to be considerably higher at that stage than later on |