A SITCCESSFITL DAIRY FARM. 21 



provides for renewal of the .clover and, throii<;h the ai^ency of the 

 clover and manure, niamtains a better condition of the other grasses. 

 The owner believes also that the seedling plants of the clover hold better 

 through an unfavorable winter in the sod than they would in a newly 

 fitted seed bed. The manure is applied, so far as possible, with a 

 spreader. 



Oats and peas are seeded at the rate of 2 bushels of oats and 1 of 

 peas per acre; with these 6 quarts each of timothy and clover per 

 acre are sown, the drill with which the grain is sown being provided 

 with a grass-seed attachment. Then if the oats lodge or the season is 

 unfavorable, so that the grass is killed out, a new application of seed 

 is made as soon as the oats and peas are cut, and the seed worked in 

 with a brush harrow. Following this a light coating of manure is put 

 on with the spreader. If the field should come in full of weeds it would 

 be replowed before seeding, but in an}' case the owner's plan is to get 

 a stand of grass as soon as possible, that being his best crop. 



HARVESTING THE HAY. 



Since ha}' is the principal crop on this farm, it is worth while to 

 consider the method employed in putting in the hay and the utiliza- 

 tion of labor at that work. On the first day of hay harvest one man 

 runs the mower in the forenoon; another man runs the tedder in the 

 forenoon and the rake in the afternoon. Late in the afternoon one 

 or more men begin cocking the raked hay. 



In the forenoon of the second and later days one man with a team 

 runs the mower, another the tedder, and four men spread out the hay 

 cocked the previous afternoon in order that it may dry. In the after- 

 noons two men and teams haul hay from the Held to the barn. The 

 proprietor works the hay fork on the loaded wagon, two men distrib- 

 ute the hay in the mow, two pitch hay in the field, one rakes the hay 

 cut and tedded in the forenoon, and another cocks the raked hay. 

 The man last mentioned also finds time to feed the hens in the after- 

 noon. 



One of the hands spends his whole time in the dairy. Another man 

 is engaged in the dairy in the forenoons for a local dairy company 

 whose milk is handled in Mr. McDonald's building, while in the after- 

 noons this man works for Mr. McDonald in the hayfields or wherever 

 needed. Consequently in the forenoons there are eight men besides 

 the proprietor at work, and in the afternoons nine men are working 

 on the farm. 



During forenoons in hay harvest the proprietor spends his time 

 grinding sickles and in superintending the work of his men so as to 

 keep them all profitably employed. 



From 5 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon most of the men are kept 

 busy milking. Those who handle the work teams, however, have 



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