350 MEADOWS. [JUNE. 



they do so, or at least as much of it as they can, 

 till twelve or one o'clock, at which time they dine. 

 The first thine* to be done after dinner, is to rake it 

 into what are called single wind-rows * ; and the 

 last operation of this day is to put it into grass^ 

 cocks. 



\t-cond Day. The business of this day com- 

 mences with tedding all the grass that was mown 

 the first day after nine o'clock, and all that was 

 mown this day before nine o'clock. Next, the 

 grass-cocks are to be well shaken out into staddlcs 

 (or separate plats) of five or six yards diameter. If 

 the crop should be so thin and light as to leave the 

 spaces between these staddles rather large, such 

 spaces must be immediately raked clean, and the 

 rakings mixed with the other hay, in order to its 

 all drying of an uniform colour. The next busi- 

 ness is ro turn the staddles, and after that to turn 

 the grass that was tedded in the first part of the 

 morning once or twice, in the manner described 

 for the first day. This should all be done before 

 twelve or one o'clock, so that the whole may lie to 

 dry while the work-people arc at dinner. After 

 dinner, the first thing to be done is, to rake the 

 staddles into double wind-rows -j~ ; next, to rake the 



* Tl rake in such manner, as that each person 



makes a row, \vhich row-* nr<- thrr. or lour feet apart. 1. M. 



f In doi - rake the hay in opposite 



or towar<! .nd by that means form a row 



" o'" a -.ingle wind-row. Jvjch of 



.:ul-ru\vs arc about six or right feet distant from 



< tlicr. /. /!/. 



grass 





