Show IIO HOW TO CURE CLOVER elM AN APPROVED METHOD OF CARING FOR THE HAY Nil Y CROP A fIN IUM OF WASTE B 9 w 11 ne ilic or of the Maino In curing clover IN to mow It when there ts Is a prospect or of d dry weather for a 1 couple or of I days ars and when It Is from water or orI dow and let t lie Be as cut tat hat dayS day or orI ort I I I t somewhat on the tho stir sur 1 It IL r v r er 1 not t Q 11 o it itI I or t L J Il IlI I fW tn noon In tho afternoon or of the second da daIt dait It IR Ii put IUt Into Into cocks feet hl high h hI I Ordinarily It Is wilted at t this time I but it If the weather hM Iia dark or the is IB VCr ery heCo heavy portions or of It are arc to he bc d In whIch casc th the n are I The Thc cocks made by u small forkfuls flattened out so that it will come oft off In layers when ag in At AG It curc It settle settIe and unless the tho thoi i ro high In to their wIdth the wl vill flatten out Is wrong The Thc walls wails are arc kept perpendicular of oc the tho wa way up and ten gradually drawn In Much time lime n ned ed ednot not bo consumed In tho bunches as lit Is quickly Quick done One condl condition on is do clo vR must thUL JO go Into the cock free trec from rain or dew It cn can bo be safely cocked when containIng lots of oC water from Its own but not wh when n nen iven u a lIttle mols Cr from m Wair r rYo Yo We Io it ta la Jund In socks three or foth day or disturb lug It On a day In whIch the air Is 15 dry we open up the tho bunches so that the thc Roll air can draw through them and usually after aCtor about two hours expo exposure exposure sure lie tho hay is read ready to draw to the thc barn It Is not to tear It ii apart and wear It Il out as it Il readily parts with Its own moisture whIch Is chiefly near tho center and the bot bottom torn tom or of the bunches l IC rain min falls while the tho clover Is In Inthe the tho bunch it ft doc not wet It deeply after the bunches have been heen made for fora or ora a few hours hen rain comes we C let the alone and the water dries out of sound weather again To successfully cure curo clover cloer or other othol fodder plants In this wa way r It Js Is Issen essen ml to let the cocks alone alon and allow them to cure curo and dry out undisturbed Clover thus cured and aired out Just before putting Into the barn docs loes not burn In tho mow or come out dusty In mIdwInter a handful from froni the mow cnn can lC he Itc Into a knot without breaking stocks or wringing off the tho leaves We re also cure green oats and pens peas In Inthe Inthe the same way Out of oC tons weighed Into the barn harn one year ear and fed out in wInter all or of the oats made from It by the cattle cattie were collected and sav saved d In one stack This method of curing curinS succeeds In ordinary reather Of OC course courso heavy rains mean defeat to this or Rn any system unless the bunches are covered with cloth or fiber caps Carn |