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Show CLOVER HAY FOR DAIRY COWS How to Curt It to Mk Beit Fodder Cut When Dew le Off, Boon as Well Wilted. Clover for milk cows should be cut when part of the heads commence to turn brown; If cut too early there Is a waste of substance, and If cut when ihe bends are dead ripe, the leaves have fallen off In the curing and the stalks are hard and woody. The character char-acter of the weather should bo t tidied. Cut when the dew Is off, as soon as well wilted. It should be haken out and turned before dew falls. The next duy rake Into mall windrows, and after the field Is raked over, commence com-mence at the beginning and double the rows, and by turning the bay with the rake two or three times, exposing tie green hunches to the kiin and air, the Hiip will c vapor. i o by the tnldilM of the afternoon, whi n the hay may be bunched nnd put up Into medium-sized medium-sized cockH. If the weather Is clear, cocking will not be necessary. The next morning haul In; spread one peck of coarse cult upon each load If the bottom of bunt-hen should be damp turn the bunches over an hour belore hauling. The nicest way to cure clover hay la to put It up lu good iled cocks, cap It and let It remain In the cock until well cured, when It shuu'd be hauled In and placi d In n portion of the mow for spring feeding. Clover hay cured In the cock In much mote valuable than tun dried Pay. Cows fed with this qun'ity of hay will not only plve a largo quality of milk, but the ml k will le rich and will II ivored. If the hay feels heavy In handling, a l;ier of old hay or tttrnw rhould be spread over men lotd to absorb the tnol.ture. Green hny should not b put Into the mow, n It Is nire to beat, and may ratine the- losn of the baru. |
