Show curing clover my aly own method of curing clover f or part clover and timothy is to t cut in the afternoon and evenin evening 9 and let it lie exposed as left spread out by the machine all night the dew will not hurt it the next morning as soon as the dew is off spread out with a fork all the tile thick m i asses or lodged portions of the field and then as soon as the surface of the hay is dry rake into thin wind windrow rows turn these dim wind rows by liand hand and spread out a little where feces necessary ary then in the middle of the afternoon rake these those windrows into large bunches and make the hay into cocka cocks we do not stop to gather up the hay clean it is a waste of time and labor follow with a steel horse rake and dump the hay as near the cocks as its possible we keep two rakes geln going and aim to do as much of the wore work as possible with the rakes an in intelligent tell igent boy on the rake will save half the labor of cocking we rake all the laud land between the rows of cocks and as much as possible between the cocks themselves the are put on top of the cocks and atthe same time we trim up the cocks and make them compact and anu snug all the hay bay you rake UPI up in a g this Is way is saved all that is left is lost or greatly damaged old ra kings after being exposed to rain or dew for two or three days are worthless worth less than good straw jos harris in american agriculturist for r az july i ay |