62 MAY. 



should not be cut until the leaves have acquired thefr 

 full size, for I have seen the stock that were in a clo- 

 ver field, and whenever a tree was felled the cattle 

 would leave the clover, go to the tree, and eat the 

 leaves as high as they could reach. This is a proof 

 that the leaves of some trees, particularly the mulber- 

 ry and maple, are good food for cattle; and if they 

 are so when green, why not so when cured like cle- 

 ver or timothy ? 



Suppose an individual were to remove to a newly 

 settled country, and set himself down in the midst of 

 the wilderness. He commences clearing the land, 

 and while he is falling his timber, if it be in the fall, 

 he may collect the limbs and leaves, to secure for his 

 horses hay enough to serve them for one year ; which 

 will be the best of hay, if properly cured and stack- 

 ed away. This should be done in the same manner 

 in which clover or timothy is cured, and stacked. 

 This would be a blessing to thousands of men who go 

 to those unsettled countries, and are not aware that 

 the leaves of the woods will make hay. A great 

 many leaves might be collected in a short time, by 

 cutting off the twigs and ends of the branches, and 

 even one tree would make considerable provender. 

 Nature is kind to those gentlemen who sit themselves 

 down in the wild woods, for they are abundantly sup- 

 plied with horse food from the trees, without much 

 labor. 





