Show PROPER GRADING AND BALING OP OF HAY DEMANDED BY CITY MARKETS I 1 4 1 1111 on the first leg of his trip to city market this Is the season nt of the ear hen farmers are sendina their hay tiny to the lie city markets in the face of a carnelous man mar Nelous clou increase in motor propelled eh leles which ent only gasoline tt it Is worthy of note tint flint the production and consumption of hay in the united states has increaser d steadily sear by amr reaching its highest point in history in 1019 1919 this fenre yield will be only sill lilly les less at the some time the marketing of tiny I 1 as become a more particular un der taking formerly merly behrl all tiny as sold within 30 tulles of the place where inhere it aas ans low now a large port of it Is tripped by rail and some soine exported twe two kind kinds of market markets marl ct et tiny may he divided into general ancs city market liny hay and local or country rv market hay the line of distinction I 1 eteen the W two 0 class clas ai if Is not distinctly drawn dran but it mav le be said rail that flint the lemand demand in regard to quality anil and bettar relps Is more rigid in the cita than on the tilt loal markit it requires require i a better quality of hay tiny to arnde na tso no I 1 on ho tile city market m ark L t lhnn on tho the local market Comp tired with lilt liay tiny in the city di posing of it in lit the country Is A simple matter on the local market tic ile producer usually conie conies in dinelt contact balth lie cm sumer and hay bay Is 14 noi not gold sold according to its chit erode hut but on its IN merit it Is 14 designated as choice rood good bright liny medium edlum ni etc tills tilts in eludes all kinds of ciny liay and hence there Is no necessity for the producer in to know the commercial grades when tiny Is shipped to the city market ho however never tie tile grado grade civen given hy by the per li of he tile utmost importance the tile prices nf of the different grades of liay tiny depend in years of normal yield on the demand of city consumers who may be divided into three general elates according to the hind of liny tiny they feed in the first class are the drivers of fancy driving mid saddle horses who feed the high put t quilley hay such horson must ie te kept in the best condition and as no 1 bay Is very palatable and agrees with if tho tile horses it Is used to furnish the required bulli bulk of HIP the ration rather than the quality of nut ritte sub frnnces it 11 contains ailigh grade hay find finds a ready sale stile for the tile demand usually exceeds the supply ilie class of consumers con avoid extremis in both price and find grade and feed the mel medium illum grades of ha in tilt eastern part of the lie united beates no I 1 and no 0 o 2 tini timothy othy are fed fell in preference trence to the other grades ant and lire fire cauper cli of this tilts kind are beLl to use timothy and clover cloer hay and legume hay especially alfalfa in preference ference to ill lin lift iho third class tw the tile lowr loor grades sn nirh cli as nr po no I 1 tinothy and no gradi gradt this tilts ha lilt Is fid by man mail livorse owners because it Is in limp bild by owners of trails trans uit find pule stile ao 00 went something to fill up thi tbs horses and art not greatly the itu quality of the tied I 1 hors els know that when left poor tiny 14 fd 10 it irei A larger grain ration than whore batter ix ater grade liny tiny Is I 1 used hit lilt quan tit of poor hay in the market is much gleat er than that of rood good hay hay should be well baled bated most blost liny holy for city market non dae ii 1 baled and ench each ear there la ili con coil loss I 1 sa in marketing markt ting hay tiny on oil nc tic count of improper baling the ruts by aich market hay tiny is I 1 graded ie te tint tl at it be sound and bell 11 bale 1 properly baled billed bay tiny consists of ba tin f 4 of uniform size having straight CIK S square ends the pro prof er number of irad airm accurately vinced and baled in ili such a alt n to stand handling and shipping will rach bale should contain only one orie grade of hay tiny coin coll posed of enough folds to bo be torn api apt rt easily alien lie the alres ires are ore removed the size and nd weight of the balls er sr important in most maikits markt tR ilie pro ducer should know the demands of tte market to which his its hay Is to be shipped usually a man mail snips amps hi lit dinv into one on general market where tl if e site 1 and weight of bale Is uniform die the email bale up to pounds te Is much in demand bec because nue one man can load unload and deliver deller it tilts etzo size 13 1 popular cpr liand lIng lii where ship menti lire tire by arler boat in lie the south southern retail trade a bale not more than titan 70 pounds approximately SO 30 to the tile ton Is popular in several eastern markets the largo large upright bale weighing croin rom to pounds la in preferred the prot producer lucer should select his best hay for the tile city markets erode grade it carefully bale it according to the vir rhet and avoid shipping more than one class of hay tiny in the same car |