ARABLE OR GRASS? 



suffer loss of condition throughout the winter six 

 months by his inactivity during haymaking. 



Where you find a man nippy and quick through- 

 out the haymaking period, taking advantage of 

 every hour of sunshine, you will invariably find 

 that he stores away some useful hay even in a 

 trying season. 



I think Wiltshire men can claim to have speeded 

 up haymaking to a remarkable degree. Our friend 

 Mr. Arthur Hosier's idea of putting power behind 

 the hay sweep has done much to gather it quickly, 

 and how important this is. Putting your ricks in 

 the fields has become a general practice and saves 

 at least 25 per cent, of time which is so all-important. 

 One sees, of course, here and there the old style of 

 carrying the crop home, where it is safe and sound 

 for winter consumption, still living on and perhaps 

 rightly so in many cases. I sometimes wonder what 

 would be their saving supposing they provided 

 themselves with a rubber-tyred vehicle and hauled 

 it home during winter months. Perhaps not as 

 much as I imagine. 



We see at our agricultural shows another new 

 style in the offing for dealing with a crop of hay 

 lying in the fields. I allude to the travelling 

 baler. Somehow or other this machinery does 

 not appeal to me. I cannot see it in common 

 practice, for the simple reason that it is too 

 expensive for the small man and too slow for 

 the bigger one. 



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