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FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



Hay Milking — 1!)27 <t"ality First 



Continued from page 1, column 2 

 cation of the time to cut for best results. 

 Timothy in bloom is at its best. Cut 

 alfalfa from one-tenth to one-fourth 

 bloom. Earlier cutting will be dangerous 

 to the .stand. Late cutting generally re- 



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sult^ in loss of leaves. For alfalfa follow 

 the blossom development rather than the 

 new shoots at the base. Clipping of these 

 will not result in injury, nor is it neces- 

 sa)y to set the cutter bar high for alfalfa. 



Getting quality hay depends a great 

 deal on the curing, regardless of the kind 

 of plant. Making timothy hay for the 

 horse-hay market i.s one thing and making 

 it for milk producers is another. Make 

 hay while the sun shines but make it in 

 the shade as much as possible. Let the 

 hay cure in the windrow or cock rather 

 than in the devitalizing heat of the sun. 

 Clover and alfalfa both, lose a lot of 

 leaves and valuable food when left to get 

 bone dry before raking up. 



For many dairy farmers the hay crop 

 is the one big crop and the cows are the 

 market. The market will take a lot of 

 good quality hay and pay a lot more for 

 it than for inferior stuff. J. P. Hehicr. 



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The average daily milk production per 

 cow for all cows, based on reports from 

 New England dairymen, continued to in- 

 crease during April, being 4.7% higher 

 May 1 than on April 1, according to a 

 report issued today by the New England 

 Crop Reporting Service. This gain com- 

 pares with a 4.7'/' increase for the same 

 period last year and a .3.09^- increase two 

 years ago. On May 1. 1927 the average 

 daily milk production for farms reporting 

 was 17.92 pounds per cow compared with 

 17.12 last month, 17.32 on May 1, 1926 

 and 16.93 on May 1, 1925. April milk 

 prices were higher this year than they 

 have been for several years. April grain 

 prices advanced .slightly over la.st month 

 but remain for most grains lower than a 

 year ago. 



For New England as a whole the aver- 

 age daily milk production on May 1 was 



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