| Show HINTS ABOUT HAY IT is probable that the hay crop this year will be very scanty un less rain min falls even lucern will not yield its usual supply of food for animals this suggests extra economy in its use and extra care in gathering it so as to save all that is produced A great deal of good teed Is as allowed to go to waste on the outside and sometimes the inside of fences lucern and other hay is permitted to go uncut which might be utility iti with profit and though this may seem a small affair yet in the aggregate it will make many tons of valuable provender there is another source of feed supply that is annually neglected hundreds of tons of sweet clover as it is corurn commonly called might be cut from the road sides the lanes and j the edges of meadows which now j goes to waste an idea p prevails recalls s that this is useless for hay bay we 1 learn from competent and reli atole s sources thit that this is an egregious er i if cut when in bloom and aird not allowed to go too long so as to be 4 come woody cattle will eat jt it with avidity both when it is green and after stacking often cows will v leave other feed and abd eat up clean g this sweet clover every pound of it should be cut and utilized south of this city there is no end of it by the waysides it will be a sin to let it go to waste all grasses designed as food for animals should be cut in the season J thereof it should not be allowed to grow until its virtue is exhausted by the sun and dry air if cut in i the bloom and not permitted to j bleach out upon the ground it will be full of nutriment and support eap port and be worth very much more than if left to spoil either by overgrowth or neglect after cutting farmers lot owners all who ON are 1 concerned in these matters dak ke heed of the hi hints litsi for if they are practically followed they will wih bathe be the means of saving much that is vidle able and aid in preventing a bly J famine next |
