| Show Hay Making Making- Now Modern Science Curing C in in Windrow v Saves Labor Required for Cocking E Even En n In haying the world keeps movIn moving g and one might as well keep with it Is the opinion of H. H B. B HartwIg Hartwig Hartwig Hart- Hart wig of of the the- New York State College of Df Agriculture who says that there Is Is' no need for tor the present-day present fanner tanner to make hay bay the way his grandfather did Ma Many r su successful farmers farmers farmers' have I In windrow windrow windrow wind wind- found that t to cure hay the 40 cent of row row saves from 10 to per the labor required by cocking This saving makes it possible to get more hay In between rains Swath-curing Swath clover er or alfalfa sacrifices cs too many leaves and nd bleaches the tile I hay ay too much Method of Hay Making Making Professor ProCessor Hartwig g recommends the following method of hay haymaking Cut only after niter the dew or rain is is off oft Hay Bay dries more quickly while st standing and molds that make mak hay dusty do not not get started Allow the hay to wilt In the I wilting t to continue continue con con- swa swath h but do not allow until raking will knock off the leaves One half hour to two hours of bright blight sunshine should be plenty Next put it in a loose windrow l with witha a n side delivery rake The better side- side delivery delhery rake rale I Is the left-hand left type because when driven after the first r round und in the s same me direction In which the mower goes the largest number of stems are turned out and the most leaves turned in where they will not off ofT Remember Remember Remember Re Re- dry too rapidly and sha shatter member that the leaves ca easy cairy ry about t CO GO per cent of the protein The right- right hand rake may be bo used If the hay isu Is cut u in lands Begin at the middle with the right-hand right rake and work in a direction opposite to the course of the mower Give Half Turn When the hay In the tIle upper portion of ot the windrow Is cured give the windrow a turn half-turn with the outer end of the side side del delivery very rake s so asto as asto asto to bring up p for Ifor curing that portion which was near the ground In case of f r rains repeat this procedure as often as Is necessary Avoid Aroid the tedd tedder tedder ted ted- d der r to save leaves The hay loader may be he used to take th the hay up when It Is well wen cured Be sure that the I hay carries no moisture In In the form forD of ot rain o or dew Such moisture may cause spontaneous combustion |
