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Making the hay is the simplest of operations : 

 never offer to shake out the swath, for it should be 

 moved as little as possible, in order to preserve the 

 leaf; leave the swaths long enough according to 

 the weather, to be nearly made, then turn them 

 over, and leave them till readv to cock or cart. If 

 the crop is very great, or the weather unfavourable, 

 other turnings may be necessary, but be not too 

 busy. 



CLOVER. 



The latter end of June, the clover crops will be 

 ready to mow. In many situations it will not be 

 advisable to feed any more of it than can be dis- 

 pensed with, the hay paying so much better. 



In the making of all artificial grasses into hay, 

 particularly clover and sainfoin, it should be ol>* 

 served to act quite differently from the making na- 

 tural grass. The latter is strewed about soon after 

 mowing ; but the former should lie in swath a day 

 or two, then turned carefully, and lie a day or two 

 longer. In good weather, this makes it sufficiently. 

 It may then be got into cocks, in which it should 

 remain about two days, and then carted to the 

 Stack. The whole is a very easy and cheap process. 



MEADOWS. 



The very early or rich meadows, and the highly 



manured upland pastures, about great cities, wiil be 



ready to mow in Jane. In executing the work, 



observe particularly, that the labourers cut as close 



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