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Tavistock, 
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pd for un more efficient Ларе of Aa land 
= 
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actual value of the crop. We have under 
рем in DUK the IO peu Де of prova last year, 
s ? tons tal produced was 3,300,000 
[хен е ks nd hid arg the б. му rate, would bi at 
least, 12,000,000. ; one-fifth of which = 2,400,002L., is, we 
to farm 
Д bes 
merely a process for g Grass as that it may be stored 
insafety. Ifevery Vade o oh C could be exp as soon as 
cut to a temperatare under 200° until perfectly dry, and then 
packed away uuder а waterproof roof, the hay would be аз 
good as such Grass could yield. The whole nutriment which 
the Grass contained would be present in the hay — 
by wasting or ir fermentation ; and the nearer that our hay- 
) | making approaches this the bet нч will its produce Ae AC 
ing p cribes the process 
The follow as фе 
conducted in the ina ortis тугыл "o танге |3 
best hay is 
is best understood, € the 
* The early or eadows, and =ч мез manured 
upland pas s Ae Аа m cities, will be av yea ow in 
executing the work, observe partioularly th n" the 
ing P С", 
the great geek kor nigbt ; € v.p SM ihe hay will d well 
made, if n comes; but, in case of bad weather, the 
** The following is the process of emt n Middlesex. 
“ In order that us subject may be more clearly understood, 
ici оре rations 
whole process, fr Tola the mt in which the mower first 
applies his — he nt [3 E n, Ls is secured, aithor 
in the barn o tack. аа) е immedi tely 
on this cn n тош ust E p ede vations— 
5 M russia 1 Mang fit b inu D. the Middlesex 
b ios best ожор, in number I 
acr 
he маа буе bay-makers (шеп and отеп) to each mower, 
TAM last are paid = the day, т men rerom d өр 6 till 6. 
t the women only from $8 ti = а for ап extra hour ог so in 
requires des, ih they 
resting an our or two in tbe middle of the day. 
“ Every hay-maker is ө ed Be come provided with a 
fork and à rake of his own; but when the Grass is ready, and 
abourers scarce, the farmer is frequently obliged to provide | d 
; nly the rake. 
* Every part of the ЗЕК is earried on with forks, except 
leari 
day are such, and in the same order, as before described, and 
are Itn ne until the bay harvest is completed 
d both d 
propo 
haymakers (of 
is about, 20 
ju m ү n mowers: the latter 
ix ^w FESTE day to assist the A But 2 
windy, or very drying weather, agreate: —— 
p makers will be required than w "bon the weather їз cloudy 
ut together and earried, In this manner 
may be - re and stacked at a small expense, and of a god 
r1 tops and bottoms of the Grass are insufficien 
F Thee are no hay-stacks more neatly formed, or better 
secured, m those of Lp At Tu vant time, 
апу ing the m mploved 
pw Into. а prope! AA and, about 
ста ee the wh сотр Foie properly наю) 
бооой ћо recoiving an 
B. 
bi ", 
suspected o deep is dug Heer and dece dote to ^it, which 
y he water from the spot, and render it 
re. 
e Middlesex farmers are desirous of preserving tho 
ж. colour of their hay às much E ырк. Nerd. a lightish 
biown is of no disservice to it. Hay of a n colour, 
oned by its baving heated too much i tho Жү. їз said 
to weaken the horses that eat it, by promoting an excésa of 
consequently, it sells at а reduced prioce.* 
MH 
imparting a ne to pn hay, изо, will 
t agreeable — ean cattle, for it will be nearly 
y of s 
** [t is the succulent herbage р” rich m Ана ко? 
But when wi hot or pc Mena no 
ав wella " den other farmers under similar eireumstancen, а! 
In such weather tbe Grass 
risp, rustios, and handios like bay before tho sap is sufficiently 
a state fit to be put into large stacks. 
A Y Ata it is thus —— made, it 
uch, and sometimes becomes mow-burnt.* 
emarks though written so many years 
адо, е tar, "essentially applicable, The differences 
Fi № n tho 
morning is "tedded (or spread), and great care taken to shake 
it out of every dt IE to strew it prete over - the 
ground. Soon afterwards it is turned with the same degree 
of care and attention ; "ind if, from the number of hands, they 
he, 
into what are called single Ae * and the last атна 
pik 
is 
Second Day. Тһе business of this day commences with 
rass doo alt VET Grass that was — the fiist day after nine 
t 
being 0! 
I "y! and p that to turn the Grass that was tedded 
e first part of the morning once or twice, in the шаппег 
ox s r the first day. This should ail be done before 
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next, to e the Grass into single wind-rows; then the double 
"RI -rows are put vm: bastard-cocks ; - "lastly, the ишә 
wind-rows are put into Grass-cocks, This completes the 
of the second day. 
“ Third Day.—The Grass mown апі not sp 
second day, add also that mown in the p^ peto an ur 
was 
ht in Dasta/d-oo0t will this afternoon be in a proper state 
s carried ; but if the weather should, on the contrary, have 
been cool and соочат, ра ра rA it p фону же е 
пона сос аа a e first thing set а! ner, 
to RARE that w! ^ in Grass-cocks last night iok double 
and ваго А apa Une put 
as 
the rakings p the ela Eng pe vwd. Li 
р 
Бугу) ason Tont bi Do Ue t ben just mentioned | 
e frequent and repeated use of the h ay- -tedding 
n place Li such a costly staff of hay-makers. 
t 
— and the так 
course Qus ve ончен v a great change in the practice of 
е tbongu. i m ңе ends on à r 
e h hlad 
a few remarkabl rm days, reachin 
rom 
T are usually а А Рт на Tie оф iem e 
cre and а half to an acre and 
Mh wa zu 
ii ei set 2 ean ers a : ра: 
ciudin, tehe: an 
but thia is, EX Коше, Do — by the introduction of the 
y -ted 1 
would make your 
ich ра 
$ In doing which, every two т тако the һау in 
opposite NN or towards each other, and by that means 
form a row n dee m of double the size of a single wind- 
row. Nach of. Жы d ouble wind-rows are about б or 8 feet PE 
distant (rom «ach other, 
9305. 
io t the p | details of f hay making it neces- 
мү to add that, reed mown by hand or Le Clover 
ot be sha kenabroad. The swathes 
ks, and е i 5 t 
ible, 1 
This ы possibla, в ы also to "the making of 
DERWICKSHIRE.— Unseasonable 
— a fourth of T А 
M pera ea got, and w 
| boar that i in Du ei fleece : got quite Ne. 
By g а lot at night (T weather per rmitted we 
f you r hay comeout of the ас 
and the beauty of the doux rs to appear, the hay you 
of basta 
-cocks to prepare fo т carting should 
then 
n the cocks, for theair to tak e awi е чь damp 
ourao, the beauty of the colour would bo done away. 
