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we think herds grass ought to be cut. It has then, " more 

 heart in it," — to use a common farming expression,— not only is 

 the grass itself more thoroughly organized, but the seed also, 

 which, in well grown herds-grass, is abundant, contains a large 

 amount of nourishment, being equal, in this repect, to grain of 

 any kind, weight for weight. Experience has taught us that 

 grass cut at this period of its growth, and properly cured, 

 makes hay of the highest quality. Cattle that have been fat- 

 tened, with the smallest expense for grain, have been fed on 

 such hay. We have seen horses, performing constant service, 

 in good, hard, muscular, working, condition, as if supplied 

 with corn, fed on such hay alone. 



We are well aware that much of our grass stands too long, 

 especially on large farm's, where a great amount of hay is to 

 be cut. This may render it necessary, in some cases, to com- 

 mence cutting the grass before it is in proper condition. But 

 even in such cases it is not the earliest cut, nor the latest which 

 is the best. It is that, which, when cured, has neither the suc- 

 culent weakness of rowen, nor the hard and woody fibre of 

 straw ; but that which has the firmness, and consistency, and 

 color, and quality, which all men understand, who know by 

 necessary experience and observation, what is the most nutri- 

 tious and economical hay which they can purchase in the 

 market. 



CATTLE AND SHEEP, 



The attention of our farmers is turned now more than ever 

 to their cattle. There is an increasing interest in the question, 

 what breed is best adapted to our soil, and in many places 

 great improvements have been made. It begins to be more 

 and more understood that size is not always a test of merit ; 

 that quality is better than quantity ; and that there is no more * 

 mistaken economy than an attempt to feed an animal on pas- 

 tures unsuited to it. Compact, solid, thrifty oxen, cows whose 

 boney structure does not overbalance their muscular, and which 

 have not a superabundance of offal, sheep "^hich are " heavy 



