Show STOP THE WASTES OF HAYING SAVE LABOR HAY AND TEMPER by george utah agricultural experiment station 8 during haying there la Is groat great blaty of gain for the alfalfa farmer it if lie ho will take precautions to ellman ato ate waste losses frequently occur duo due tto to M U ground 2 ball or irregular corners 1 3 full loosa or injured 1410 sections section 1 and loose or battered guards guarda or trall boards on oil tho the cutter bar 4 careless cutting of the back lir bar 1 5 wot wet spots and 0 tramping trum ping down of 0 the alfalfa before cutting deep furrows tur rows gullies or irones otones on isible the ground render it imp impossible to cut close to the surface sui toco much hay la Is thus wasted on some farms farag ir regular surface also increases break ago of tho the machinery besides making both mowing and rating raking unpleasant smoothing down aie ti ie surface by liar har rowing or leveling and by removing stones or bursh may work consider ably to tho the advantage of the farmer small areas of alfalfa particularly it if irregular jn in shape make trouble and waste by tho the corners being dit to cut alfalfa la Is tramped by tho the horses and frequent turning and much backing waste timo and are trying to both and driver larger fields of rectangular help to overcome these thesa troubles dull broken or loose sections on the cutter sich sickle le badly worn or loose or broken trail boards all cause causa waste the alfalfa especially it if there be some soma grass in it cannot ha be cut cleant cleanly y extra labor and un pleasantness are also involved it pays to have the mower in prima condition tills this makes tho the machine last longer as NY well ell na as saying caving hay city time and nervous irritation back swaths should not be tramped waslo fully A good trail heard board and careful driving will do mue much it to de crease loss from this cause it Is probably wise to cut tho the back swath as soon as three or tour four swaths are laid tills this enables tho the ral rake e to work to letter better adv advantage altage antage some farmers cut the back swaths first this ina may y or may not be an advantage do de pending on each individual case sometimes wet or miry spots due to waste water front from another crop or to hooding ding from some other source cause trouble and waste of both time alas and hays hay fields should be care carefully pilly protected from bater water tor for some so daYs before the mowing la Is to bo be done on many of the small email diversified farms the alfalfa Is frequently placed where the horses and cultivator while Inter tilling a row planted crop must turn on alfalfa occasionally animals got et loose into alfalfa nearly ready to III now ow any unnecessary tramping should bo be carefully avoided as waste Is s caused or cutting in only one dl di may be necessitated in case aae storms have caused heavy nl al falfa atta to lay down close to tho tha ground it may be sary to cut in n only three directions on smooth land and however and with the mower in prime working condition this Is us arlly unnecessary |