300 FIELD CROPS 



No. 8 timothy hay. Shall include all hay not good enough for 

 other grades, sound, and well baled. 



No-grade hay. Shall include all hay badly cured, stained, thrashed 

 or in any way unsound. 



Other grades of hay recognized by the National Hay 

 Association include light, No. 1, and No. 2 clover mixed 

 hay; No. 1 and No. 2 clover hay; choice, No. 1, No. 2, 

 and No. 3 prairie hay; No. 1 and No. 2, midland hay; and 

 choice, No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 alfalfa hay; as well as 

 several grades which include hay of very low quality. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



An afternoon spent in visiting some of the hay mows, feed stores, 

 or hay stacks in the neighborhood and studying the different types of 

 hay, their quality and other characteristics, may be made very instruc- 

 tive. In the late spring or early summer, a visit might also be made 

 to several hay meadows to study the grasses of which they are composed, 

 the prevalence of weeds, and other factors which influence the quality 

 of the product. 



SUPPLEMENTARY READING 



Farmers' Bulletins: 



312. A Successful Southern Hay Farm. 



362. Conditions Affecting the Market Value of Hay. 

 Seal's Grasses of North America. 

 Hunt's Forage and Fiber Crops in America, pp. 36-51. 

 Shaw's Grasses and How to Grow Them, pp. 403-435. 

 Spillman's Farm Grasses of the United States, pp. 2-13, 30-41, 217-224. 

 Voorhees' Forage Crops, pp. 16-18. 

 Wing's Meadows and Pastures. 



