A MODEL DAIRY FARM 9 



up the hay again, exposing it to the air, and thus 

 perfecting its curing. There is a great difference be- 

 tween dried hay and cured hay. I endeavor to keep 

 all the qualities in the hay, and have found that it 

 pays well to follow this system. When I was cut- 

 ting my grass and clover the last time, several vis- 

 itors who were present thought it would be impos- 

 sible for us to get through with an ordinary mowing 

 machine. In fact, it took three of us to cut the 

 piece, with myself on the machine, and the boy 

 ahead and man behind, and still we had all we could 

 do to get through. The greatest difficulty I have in 

 harvesting a hay crop is to find a machine that will 

 cut it." 



" How do you manage oats and Canada field peas 

 where they are planted together ? " 



" I get these into the ground just as early in the 

 spring as possible. I set the plow about six inches, 

 get the ground in the best possible condition, and 

 put the peas in with a drill, about the last week in 

 March or early in April. Two and one-half bushels 

 of peas and three bushels of oats per acre, are the 

 usual amounts. This is thick seeding, but my best 

 results have come from this proportion. This is 

 turned into hay just as soon as the peas begin to 

 form in the pods. I do not mean that the peas should 

 be large and hardened, but at the time the first little 

 buttons are seen in the pods, when they are cut and 

 cured the same as the regular hay crops. It makes 

 a splendid feed, and is sweet and full of nutrition. 

 The animals eat it readily, but all of it goes through 

 the cutter before it reaches them." 



"To what extent do you use crimson, or scarlet, 

 clover?" 



