Show notes for tho clio HayfI cId when ahen to cut grass varies in the practice of farmers A correspondent of ploughman writes that he likes to mow as much or of his grass as ho he can from 4 to 6 in the afternoon it cures much faster tho the next day than that which is mown tho the nest ile t morning when the jew dew is on oil it is an all advantage advant ago to have tho the ral raking ing all dono done before the sun gets ets low in tho the western sky and it is 13 bett better cr to have tho the liay hay that is ready hauled in b before night dampness va gathers upon tho the hay as soon eoon as tho the heat beat of tho the sun is off this corre 41 toi liis his timothy quite early on laud land that is capable of i affording fording if two crops in one reason the tha early cu cutting ettin ho he reserves tor for milk cows cowa and young stock tho the last cutting is devoted botho to tho horses opinions differ as aa to tho the utility of hay caps though it is generally conceded that a clover crop is secured in a better condition when these are employed one seldom hears of a farmer throwing them aside after ho he has once used them good hay caps are ire about G feet square and mado made of common unbleached muslin they will often save their cost in a single season reason dew and rain wash out oat ciuch of the best portion of the grauss grass after it is ia partially cured most lost farmers as a rule prefer to cut clover when a few of the heads begin to turn brown in III deciding the proper stage of growth for cutting grass tor for hay do not forget that a lato late growth of tho the plants nearly to seeding impairs their strength lit in caso case of red clover it greatly interferes interfere with the crop of seed vo which bich 13 obtained from tho the second cutting cut tin Is ij a nest egi it is impossible to tell without knowing in what passes passe sinthe in the mind of thalien the hen when she ise is 0 considering nest making tho the theory of tho the nest egg is certainly plausible plan it is believed ahat that tho the nest looks more attractive to bidd biddy yand and seems moro more homelike if there is a I 1 nest egg in ill it if slie she lias has been in tho the habit of visiting that nest box bos daily tho the fact of there being an eg egg or tho the counterfeit of one there thero when she comes expecting to lay another eg egg makes her think ther nest a safo safe place while the abse absence nce of an egg or al a counterfeit may suggest a visit from enemies of some kind hind says the editor of parin farm poultry who uses nest nelc eggs ile iio hu has a china one ona in each box boc all the time |