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Show MAKING ALFALFA HAY. Some Comments on the Most Successful Success-ful Methods of Handling. Tho first cutting should bo mado when about ono-tcnth of tho plants aro In bloom. This usually comes In Mny or enrly Juno, nnd nt n tlmo when It Is difficult to euro tho hay. Stnrt tho mowor In tho morning ot whnt promises to bo a clear day, as soon ns tho dew Is off. In tho afternoon, If tho weather hns been ravornble, rnko tho alfalfa and put Into small cocks. Thcso should not bo left standing moro than two or three dnys without moving, or tho plants underneath will bo partially par-tially or completely smothered. If nlfalfa Is exceedingly green when cocked) or rainy weather sots In, It will heat, unless tho cock Is opened every tiny or two. In rnvorablo weather no moro dllllculty will, bo experienced In cur 'lng nUftUa tiinn In curing- heavy growths or clover, says tho Farm nnd Home. Tho loaves nro rich In nitrogen nitro-gen nnd Tall off readily whon dry, theroforo tho crop should bo cured with tho least handling pob-Bible. pob-Bible. Kvery nUaUa grower In districts whero ruin Is Trequont should pro-vldo pro-vldo hap caps. TIiobo mny ho mndo of light cotton duck ono-qunrter to 114 yards square. .Horn tho edges to pro-vent pro-vent raveling nnd mnko oyolots In tho cornera for strings. Cut hoavy wlro In 18-Inch lengths nnd mako n loop on onp end In which to tlo tho strings attached at-tached to tho pegs. Theso wlro pegs can ho elthor run Into the ground or pushed Into tho sides of the cocks of hay or nUairn. Alfalfa cured under hay caps Ib of much hotter quality than when cured In cocks or In the windrow. |