Show Con contains tallis most protein and ume lime I 1 says expert I 1 I 1 d good legume hays bays are arc excellent feeds because beable they cont contain alif a high percentage of protein and lime says E P reed heed extension specialist in soils and crops at the ohio state university A ton of alfalfa he points out contains pounds of crude digestible protein and 51 pounds of lime A ton of red clover contains pounds oi of digestible crude protein and 43 pounds of lime a ton of sweet clover pounds of digestible rude crude protein n and pounds of lime and a to ton of 4 timothy contains only GO pounds of digestible crude protein and 4 pounds of lime the mast practical method of making hay in ohio reed believes I 1 Is s found in the wai windrow method after the hay Is cut it should be loft left in the swath until well wilted it Is then raked into small windrows wind rows with a side delivery rake the small mall windrow permits uniform drying of both stems and leaves and there Is a minimum loss of leaf to complete the curing process the windrow should be turned at least once each day until dry enough for storage As the top of the windrow dries turn it over on dry ground so that the under surface Is exposed if tile the hay becomes wet from rain the same process of curing and drying Is recommended except that the turning should be more frequent when the hay Is sufficiently dry it t is most efficiently taken up with a web hay loader rather than the push arm type which knocks off many of the leaves |