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will retain for years if kept from light; with all its saccharine quali- 

 ties unimpaired. 



I employed seven men and one boy, who alternately mowed, spread^ 

 loaded the wagon, drew in, stowed away, &c.; immediately after the 

 grass was cut it was spread as thin as possible over the field, and 

 was turned once before noon. At one o'clock it was raked into 

 windrows and cocked; at two o'clock the wagon commenced draw- 

 ing into the barn, where it was packed, and salted with from half a 

 bushel to one bushel per ton. At evening, all the grass cut before 

 three o'clock was drawn in and stowed, retaining all the nutritious 

 qualities to form flesh, bone, muscle, and to promote growth in the 

 animal to be fed on it, having lost only 14 per cent of water, which 

 was partly replaced by salt. In fact, therefore, my hay is nearly as 

 heavy as it was when standing in the field. The salt draws out 

 the water, which passes off by evaporation, and takes possession 

 of the pores, adding to the weight of the hay, and curing it on the 

 same principle that it does beef or pork. 



I am, very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



R. L. PELL, 



