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use the mowing machine, with a platform fastened 

 behind on which the clover drops. See III. 81. A 

 man puts it off in bunches, using a fork or rake. 



A fourth method is in using the pea-harvester 

 attached to an ordinarv mowing machine. See 

 TIL 57. 



82. HORSE RAKE- 



The bunches in either method require to be 

 turned over occasionally so that the clover may dry 

 quickly and thoroughly. This work should be done 

 carefully, otherwise the best seed will be lost. The 

 crop should remain out a week or ten days after 

 being cut, or until it is sufficiently dry to be put into 

 the barn or threshed. The best quality of clover 

 seed, both alsike and red, is got by threshing it as 

 taken from the field. 



The curing of timothy hay is, as a rule, an easier Curing of^ 

 matter than curing clover. The very best quality 

 of hay is made by putting up in ricks and allowing it 

 to stand a few days, but this is not always necessary. 



Timothy Hay. 



