85 



thus 60011)S, of grass are reduced to 951bs. of hay, and 

 between that and 90 it continues through the winter. 

 — From the middle of March to September, the ope- 

 rations of loading and marketing expose it so much 

 to the Sim and wind as to render it much lighter ; 

 that is, hay which woidd weigh 90 in the spring or 

 summer after it has been ricked, would waste to 80 

 by the time it is delivered to a purchaser in the mar- 

 ket, from exposure, trussing, and remaining at market, 

 often during twenty-four hours altogether. During 

 the following winter the waste will be little or no- 

 thing. The same hay will weigh on delivery 80 in sum- 

 mer and 90 in winter. You now know when to sell. 

 Before I conclude this Number, I must remark 

 that in nine cases out of ten, meadows are allowed 

 to ripen too much ; the loss which farmers sustain by 

 the exhaustion of land from the overripening of mea- 

 dows is incalculably great — by overripening, the lirst 

 growth is injured in quality, the second crop (hmin- 

 ished in quantity, and the land injured beyond con- 

 ception — no grass seed (except where the seed is 

 considered the crop) should be allowed to ripen — 

 mowing (provided yo\i mow early and before the seed 

 has ripened) will exhaust but little in comparison. 

 Corn must ripen because the seed is the crop, but in 

 meadows, hay and not seed is the crop. 



No. XXII. 



Beware the fate of Mr. Syng-e,* 

 From Eiiffland if your maids you bring ; 

 Then liovv shall Irish damsels please, 

 Unhlest with art of making cheese ? 

 AVhy — but one mode tan I discern, 

 And that is — send thorn there to learn. 



Dairy managenwnt shall be the subject of this 

 Number, for it rarely happens that your milk-houses, 



* Of Glenmore Castle in the County of Wicklow; this 

 gentleman is a valuable landlord. 



