Show best curing process needed for alfalfa allow it to wilt in swath for six hours number 1 I 1 alfalfa hay buy must be CO 00 per cent ceist green color and it must bo be 40 per cent leaves leavea that proportion Is iii what the haymaker wants after he has bas cut his crop I 1 if the hay bay Is cut down on a bright day and left in the swath it cures rapidly bleaches and becomes so brit tle that the leaves leav es shatter good hay bay cana cannot ot be made with such rapid curing if the hay Is cut down and raked immediately into a swath it cures so slowly that it Is almost sure to get wet the most practical way of putting up quality hay bay Is to cut it down and allow it to wilt in the swath for four to six hours and then rake raise into a loose open windrow recommends re ads L E willoughby extension alfalfa specialist ci kansas state agricultural college usually alfalfa hay cut in the morning can be raked by afternoon and put into the stack the following day providing the weather la Is in our favor willoughby points out that if hay bay la Is put into the windrow in a wilted condition and a rain does come it may be turned in the windrow and allowed to finish curing with only ohly tt a small amount of damage ne he says that he hns has known cases where fairly good hay has baa been made after being rained on two or three times and turned after each rain |