| Show haying time lime has come we are glad to observe that there are not a f rew few who somewhat understand the importance of cutting hay while yet in its green and most nutritious state we have seen several loads within the past week that were well worth the price asked for our own part we would rather give ten fifteen or even twenty dollars per ton according to the quality of the grass for hay liay cut in season and properly cured with all i is s sweet nutritious juices retained than to receive for a nominal price such trash denominated hay bay as we have seen exposed for sale in our streets the advantages accruing to the purchaser in feeding the good hay bay to his stock during C the winter would be more han han ban double the discount at which the inferior hay could be purchased in addition to what we printed last week on this subject we find the following among our extracts which contains further facts for the consideration of the reflective chemistry teaches us that plants contain fr greatest amount of soluble matter at the tod led of flowering and that the sugar and gluten of the grass and some of the soluble parts constitute its chief value as nutrition rhese these rapidly diminish as the seed forms changing into insoluble woody f ibre and the ha hay y which should resemble grass in its most perfect state is worth much less if not made until after that period there are but few exceptions to this rule but we believe the blue crass rass of kentucky the june grass of new england england said to be the same and some others which furnishing but light amount of stem stein a ore are re most valuable for their leaves which continue growing through the summer may stand past t the e flowering stage without loss the ile advocates of ripe hay bay bring as an ar in their favor the fact that such hay maid yields ids the greatest amount of extract when boiled and therefore it must contain most nu trim nt it is found however that boiling very imperfectly imitates the process of digestion and experiments with the living animal confirm what chemical analysis tea teaches living c s that he best hay is that cut and P properly cured at the period of blossoming bloss oming in our dry climate there is not so much time required to cure hay as there is in the eastern states where the atmosphere is more moist we have learned within a day or two that there is a considerable quantity of grass in the big field south of this city which if not noti cut soon will become so dried up as to render it almost worthless As reported to us the land where this grass is growing in the early spring was very wet but now becoming dry the grass will soon mature and should be cut without delay |
