Show When Witch to Cut Alfalfa Following is a good sensible article on the tho proper time to cut alfalfa forhay for lor hay har written by Agriculturist for or the Uintah Basin M. M L. L 1 Harris and ind I I last week weel which In the Vernal ornal Express The custom of oC leaving alfalfa too long ong before It is cut Is an old one in iii inthe the lie basin A great man many farmers aim im to lot let about half halt the tho patch get in bloom and some borne even more before before be be- fore foro they cut their hay In fact acl borne of our farmers CarOlers are just finishing finishing finish finish- ing lug the tho work in iii their first cutting willie while others are aro cutting their second cutting You may say n this Is due to toa toa toa a difference in the soil or a difference in ill the tho time of their first water turns frue True the different soil t type pe has a deal to lo do with the rapidity o of plant growth the difference in imo o of their first water turns his Chis does docs not account for the difference differ differ- dice ence as it may often be seen where whore one man is his second cutting wail his neighbor just through the lence is stil working on his lila crop his liis difference can not bo be attributed 0 o other than the opinion of oC tho two t aimers as to when is the best time timeo o 0 cut alfalfa The man who left his hla crop the tile I in ill the field Held before cutting tUng a slightly larger yield but it tt the same time tinie sacrificed tho qually quail quail- y y of the hay One of oC the first es essen- essen cn- cn of good feed Is is- th that t. t it iL b uala- uala ala ala- able and when the palatability has hasen hasen hasen en lost the hay bay is practically ass Beside losing the quality of he hay a great deal Is lost in qu quan qun- n- n ity The results of ot feeding experiments ments indicate that the best time to tout tout ut alfalfa is when one tenth of it Isn is isn I n 11 bloom After this time a slight ain In quantity j js obtained at a aass ass oss in quality Last year one man cut his alfalfa Then risen about one tenth of it was in loom while his neighbor cut some irae ime later In the spring sheep men were here buying hay bay the man who cut Ills his alfalfa earliest sold all of his hay nd could have bave sold a great deal More ore while his neighbors were able 0 o sell only a part of theirs Had here hero been beri enough of the early hay 0 o feed the tJI who u la later If 1 not hav hay sola sold any Cut your four alfalfa when It Is about me tenth In bloom If you want hay let It go until later If you want honey |