Show alfalfa harvest the alfalfa harvest Is now on and much care should be taken to pre bene the crop in the best possible way in order that the nutriment may not be wasted jt la always well to remember that the leaves and smal lest items are the essential parts and special care should be observed that these parts are not cured too long and that they are put in the stack in good condition the mower rakes and stacker should be in first class condition and as soon as the cut alfalfa la about half wilted it should be raked into windrows wind rows and after a few hours should be bunched with the and then after standing a few hours longer it should be put in the atack I 1 a liberal amount of salt is sprinkled over the hay at intervals while stacking it will make it much better by no means allow tha al to get wet aa this will destroy at least 50 per cent of its feeding value |