H4 NOTES ON FIELDS AND CATTLE. 



having the wood element in excess and the saccha- 

 rine defective. Hay overheated and stained dark is 

 but second-rate for the dairy, and to the hunter 

 ruinous. 



The slightly embrowned and deliciously fragrant 

 layer (as you cut it) of many varied herbs and stems 

 is the stuff, we beseech you, for our Alderney and 

 cob ; not too green, mind ye, not too stringy, not too 

 dark of hue, nor dusty, but short, crisp, scented that 

 a king might make his bed thereon and be con- 

 tented. 



The Middlesex calculation is that a good mower 

 will lay low from one and a half to one and three- 

 quarter acres of grass per day. To each mower there 

 are engaged five haymakers, men and women, in- 

 cluding loaders, stackers, pitchers, and all. The men 

 work from six A.M. to six P.M. ; the women, from 

 eight a.m. to six P.M. There is an extra money 

 allowance for work done after these hours. They 

 bring their own rakes and pikes, usually ; and there 

 is no better hay made in the wide world, or a heavier 

 average crop, than on the petted meadows in the 

 neighbourhood of the metropolis. 



