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occasion a loss of 15 to 20 per cent, on the hay, 

 by its being carried beyond the point of perfection, 

 and frequently even a greater loss is sustained. 

 The expences are, per acre, as under, viz. 



Mowing 3s. ; beer 6d .0 3 6 



Milking and stacking, O 9 



Pulling die stack, and laying the hay palled out, upon ~l o 6 



the stack, / 



Horses, harness, and carts, O 2 6 



Straw for thatch 3s. j thatcher and labourer 6d O 3 6 



Total expence per acre in die stack-yard is ipj. or 20$. 



Middleton. 



METHOD USED IN SUFFOLK. 



In making hay, the following method should be 

 pursued. 



First Day. Shake out the swarth till 12 o'clock, 

 but do nothing with such as is mown after 12. 

 When it has been spread three hours, wind-row it, 

 that is, draw it into small lines with rakes : and ill 

 the evening, before the dew falls, make it into 

 grass-cocks, by drawing the rows before you with a 

 rake sliding on the back : this will be better done 

 if the nike is made stronger than common, and with 

 teeth thus capt : 



Second Day. Shake out what was mown the 

 first day after 12 o'clock, also what is mown the 

 present day before 12,. to be treated afterwards as< 



directed 



