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the hay will turn more or less brown. The 

 obnoxious presence of weeds and dust needs 

 no comment ; but I may explain to readers 

 who are unacquainted with the principles of 

 agriculture, that between the respective time 

 of flowering and seed, the nutritive value of 

 grass and consequently that of the resulting 

 hay, becomes considerably decreased. 



Experiment has shown that chopped hay 

 "goes farther" than long hay, and that it 

 undoubtedly improves the digestibility of 

 corn when mixed with it. The length of the 

 grass taken into the mouth of a horse when 

 he is grazing in the open, is certainly much 

 nearer that of " chop," than that of long 

 hay. 



Oaten hay, which is oats cut when the 

 grain is in a soft condition and then dried, 



