Show RIGHT HANDLING SAVES HAY CROP proper time of cutting and raking are important factors in Itar harvesting vesting BEST TIME THE OF DAY TO MOW with small acreage it I 1 Is customary Cui tomary to walt wait until dew Is off grow cr cc should inform himself by aking king experiment prepared by jhb united states depart ment ot of agriculture Atri culture there 1 Is considerable difference of opinion among hay bay growers as to the best time of day to mow hay bay some never cut hoy bay when ben the vass Is wet others start mouang a ins nt at any time and some mow in the afternoon only IN hen considerable hay Is grown it Is necessary to keep the mowers going most of the day some grower of alfalfa lu in the south and kast east mow hay flay enen when ihen a light rain la to falling because unfavorable weather makes it impossible to get the cop c op in time if the mow mon ing Is all done in frood weather when IN hen the acreage grown gron n la Is email small it Is customary to wait until the dew Is off or to cut only in the afternoon while this practice Is desirable in some cases in others it Is merely wasting valuable time and it should be ed with careful judgment in other words the bay grower should inform himself by experiments or by the experience of bis his neighbors as to the earliest possible time in the morning after a heavy dew nt at which it Is safe to start moin mowing ing under different conditions considering si the amount of moisture contained in the upper surface of the soil soll whether the yield Is light or heavy the weather and whether or not P tedder Is to be used all possible I 1 ea es of valuable lime time such aa as Is entail entailed td by baning hired help idle or employed nt at work ulilah Is less profitable and rices ri necessary ces than rn aking hay should be a abold old fd ed it Is important to know how much city to liae 1 down don at cue one tim it Is not good practice to have two tuo jr r three times as no much hay cut down a ca can n be hauled or taken in in one day loss los of quilley qu clity can be avoided somewhat by li inning aIng the tile mowers only one day gillead of the crew hauling then if a ruin comes up a minimum amount of hay bay will be damaged Ted bedding ding the best beat way to cure out freshly cut hay ie Is to stir up the swath with a tedder before the top leavas dry out I 1 Z raking hy hoy with side delivery R rako aka this should be done before leaves become dry enough to shatter when raked when the leaves lose their moisture and become dry before the moisture from the stem Is removed the process of curing Is very much retarded the tedder Is especially valuable in curing alfalfa and clover hay or heavy yields of any kind no bet het rile can be given for u using ting the tedder but it should follow the from tn two a to P six ix or more hours later depending upon yield kind of hay ielo velocity cIty of the tho wind ind tapeni tr perit peni ture clouds etc the fune function tion of the tedder Is to kick up the file hay and allow it to cure out evenly the tedder ledder docs does more damage than good by hi caking off the th leavas if used after the leaves have become dry it Is used usell on an hay in the si swath sib seldom on hay bay in the windrow to induce rapid curing ci iring it is the custom oi 01 some hay tiny gro lors to fed ted the hay bay twice the same day raking the practice of rating hay into wind rows with ith either a sulky dump or sido dell tery rake take is almost the exceptions are where the hay Is loaded on thearon th the wagon eagon directly from the swath by means of a bay hay loader or ie Is j gathered from the swath ilah a sweep rake 1 these practices are imm being follow follo Pd 1 usually only when the bield is ic heavy it Is safe to say that most bais bar r cured almost in the swath indeed n it Is a common to commence hauling or sta stacking citing hay immediately dla tely after it ie Is raked baked under certain conditions this practice Is allow able when the yield Is light or when a heavy yield is stirred several times with fill the tedder and if the day ir I 1 cloudy and there Is a good breeze hay can be entirely cured la in the swath and a good quality made during hot dry sunshiny weather in the middle of the si b bu wever this pt practice netIce af f curing in ide tae swath will not produce the beet best arde under euch such conditions tie hs empt anally clover and alfalfa al alfa should be raked into the windrow just after it is all well wilted and before the leaves become ary enough to break off when ben raked S after being raked the toy hay may be eft la in the win aw vw until it Is ready to e moved or ll 11 nay be put into cocka cocks ad d left until thoroughly cured |