MAKING COWPEA HAY 



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The mower is started in the morning as soon as the dew 

 is off, and run till noon. As soon as the top of the vine 

 is well wilted it is run over with a tedder. When the 

 crop is very heavy, the tedder is used a second time. 

 Vines that have been cut in the morning and teddered in 



Cowpea Hay Rack Ready for Moving:. 



the afternoon are usually dry enough to put in small 

 cocks the next afternoon, and if the weather promises fa- 

 vorable they are allowed to remain in the cocks for two. 

 or three days before they are hauled to the barn. If it 

 should rain before the vines are put in cocks they are not: 



