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it off while it is all good and get another crop started, if you 

 want more hay. We are fast finding out the difference between 

 dried grass and hay. I used to mow my first crop and get another 

 nearly or quite ready to cut when some were doing their ' ' hay- 

 ing." How they laughed at me then, but now they most all do 

 it. It is seldom that I am the first one to start. I should cut 

 timothy for cattle when in full bloom, same as clover. For 

 driving horses it is well to leave it till the bloom falls entirely. 

 Some horses will drive well on clover or timothy cut in full 

 bloom, with grain. To others it is most too loosening and 

 softening. 



