Show prairie hay during tho pioneer days of many of the early settlers who still survive liall ample of testing the qualities of prairie liay ascom pared with timothy millet hungarian alc indeed for several years wild grasses lie main dependence for eliat universal and indispensable ai ticla liay in those days every man possessed of ilni slightest thrift or enterprise w anro to have an abundant supply of upland or bottom grass or perhaps bolli stacked about his premise preparatory to passing through ono of those winters which of lato cara arc of very rare occurrence tho horses cattle ind sheep w liichi fed on prairie liay were healthier and acsa liable to diseases considering the many disadvantages existing in that day than to stock aliat liat enjoy tho device i and facilities of today to day for pampering and lecci ving even though alicy luxuriate on ali best of timothy hungarian or clover liay having seen llie various good results produced by the exclusive use of prairie liay particularly upland or bluestem blue stem I 1 ilo not hesitate in pronouncing it far superior to any other kind of prepared grasses but especially 10 lo I 1 recommend and favor the uso of prairie liay for horses inasmuch as it is in one very consideration not the only one but prominent among alic many namely almost cn tirel free from several species of lines dust and mold I 1 have seen as good timothy liay millet chiy hungarian hay clover liay and clover mixed with timothy which is a very common thing hero as elsewhere perhaps as good as is generally grown and I 1 have gocr yet seen i hundred pounds of these named varieties but what were more or less dusty musty or moldy all who have the cam and management of horses know liow exceedingly obnoxious and injurious such hay is and how its natural tendencies to promote various peculiar diseases or ailments and liow alic horse with the sustenance and treatment of today to day is absolutely subject to the thousand and one diseases that were comparatively unknown in the days of prairie hay and pioneer accommodations tho unnatural yet at tho samo tildo very essential condition of the surface of the soil which is required to prodico the tame grasses it cholly im possible to have hoy that will campiri favorably lavor ably with wild hay prairie liay if properly harvested will retain il inal purity and sweetness for a cr great length of time and contains sulli cicet nutritive and life sustaining qualities as to render it the hay for horses cor telegraph |