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Show ADVICE TO THOSE MAKING LUCERNE. The time fni making lurein hat Is at hind A f.w words as to thi lust methods in follow In doing this will theiefoie he tlmels and posslbls .tulle acceptable for luicrn Is I believe Ihe most tliMitilt of all the ciops to cure Many who hive iulllvntl It fur schim Hill lose cimvlderabls evciy eeuton because be-cause tbes do not thnrnughl) under-Btund under-Btund th m.jde of ctnlng It. Ms plan Is this Cut jinn hiiern vvlin Ihe llret bios soms come for the best iiunllts of ha but foi n gieitei' sleld let It stand HI! th b.nt Is In full bhuui if it stands longer than this the sleld will In less because the haves will lull otf from the bottoms of He sialics .ml Ihe Mtllty will lie much oorer than If cul at Ihe lomiiieniiineiit of ihe blooming erlnd be. iiise the stalks will then be more tuiniTcua nnd tougher Then, when the has Is rut, rake II as scon ns the i ,ke will lakoMt up ftoni the Rinund Hilt will b when It Is about half .Irs If 5.111 let It lie 111! II gets drier mans of th leaves will breik off in the handling nnl ns Hi lenves are the best pari nf the hav sou si oulil irs to suv as nuns as possible I.uci.i is vers hrlttl when II is drs but nil o when h ilf di. The I aves lli'ii inlheie to the stalks, nnd II ran then be bundled tn (.uat ulvaulage Hut If loo krein It inn scanels be handled at all The lake, wli'i about half full will then pss ovei It, refus Ing to tiki it up fiont tho ground 'Ihen whll raklrg. leave the lunrn In sniill wlndiows Next pile It up Make small piles vcrv smell ones -so that Ihe hav can drs thirnughly In the pile Il doing this, teai .Iu iLic.n 11 pa it as little us possible I nevtr stl lc ms ft Ik Into trie windrow I niwn's slip It under oni-lmlf of 1 rakeful whl h Is two swuths of tho mowing niiililne tlll half tin hnndlc is hurled then turn tint half of Iho rakeful over onto tho other half, Jusl ilk" folding a pbee of arr I ulways turn It anny from the wlndiow because In making the mcceedlng pile sou will then tcui Itsc of the lu-ern apart. And that side of the windrow that the rake Ii iws tngged and thin, I also leave lagged und thin In the pile This lull-lltta feature of the pllo serves to tie It in the loid 1 And when It comes tn loading the hay upon the wegon I drive rosswl of tho Held, or lengthwise of the wind-low, wind-low, now rut up lilt) piles. This places a low of piles on eaih Mf, of the wagon wag-on with a clear mad If you I'llvc soui wagon lengthwise of the lild sci will crnst the rows of plies at right angles, ind nu s, m. therefor-, nnd il nccea sary in move nuns f the piles out of the wuv. o- run over thun, If sou uin over tliiii 5011 will waste consldet-ahle consldet-ahle Ins and If sou rmric,thm sou will lose ronsli'irnhl time nnd Itlot, So the ndvantnges ore decidedly In favor of ciosslng Hie neld Hut be suio Hint Ihe hay In the pllos Is dry before sou haul It Iton't put tins his that Is the lenst hit green Into In-to Ihe stack. If sou do. It will become musts If vers grien, or 'dual'," If not so green The Inst looks pielts good but dls-turb dls-turb It ifler It hiv sUod In the stat k for some lime and 11 cloud of dust will rise from the Ins' nnd It will give the stock a rough Hit if the hay b thornughls dried In tho piles which dies not tuk long It will come out of iho stack In the winter time as bright nnd rlenn anl almost aa pre. n as far ns rnlor gres na u was upon the dns f n which It was rut. Healdes It will be lighter tn handle. . When lias Is ured In thlr vvnv e. h pile, being only a forkful, it leaves Ihe ground In a mat when sou lift It Very few throws nre left behind so that little lit-tle cleaning tip Is necessary. Hut If Sou have mide sour 3IU11 so large that Hies shall have to he torn to pieces In get them on the wigoi, sou will wnalo consldernbla hits In lh process, and uu will do much nedlss libor as set havo already done In making tho Inrge piles When the piles nie small and miitld so that n mm cm take (ill at .me fork-full fork-full quite caslls h vlll accomplish very much moie In a dis than the man who rns tn stop to loir ribs iipn.it arid put them nn the w igon In -ectlons nnd Mill not do so much work Hesldes Sour lirgo pllce If put up linlf grren will burn In the sun en lh outside -another waste -wlill the Inside Is curing If It will cure at all, which Is vers doubtful, ho whitever toil do mike sour idles ao small that thes can he handled wllh-out wllh-out broking them up Ilieif wh-n putting on the wagon each pile should be built Into the loid as .1 mason builds n brick Into n wul! It thould be k. pt Intnet, and when sou unload toko them nut w luils That Is If sou unload by ban If j ou unload wllh n dctrlik fork but Hints another stors l)n t Ihlnk tint von can hunlle lu cm with husInidMV or oiher mo Urn Implements tint woik nlefls In other grnsaes You can't because they lluesh tho has too much ind lucrn owing to Its hrlttlcncss. will not atniid thuahliig. The only Implem-nts nded to hirtvial lutein ate 11 mowing michlne, n imse inke a wagon mil lock nnd pitchfork rasket-incks used mi ihe pnilrhs w also think of no ime In luccin, The llntter tin- rack Ihe teller. And don t let sour hirrin, stand out In Iho piles too long for If sou do It villi ltecomo so dry nnd brittle that much will be lost In the h'ndllng HI bKFH. |