HAYMAKING. 715: 
before described. These plants are wont to lose their leaves. 
during the process of drying, and must therefore be treated in 
locks. 
These locks of hay are constantly added to, and made 
larger as the condition of the crop improves, until they grow 
into good-sized haycocks; but unless the most diligent care 
and attention is given, and the hay is turned as seldom as 
possible, a great deal of the leaf—the most valuable part of 
the plant—is lost. Should the season be wet, these plants are 
harder to convert into hay than an ordinary crop, but a period 
of fine weather must not be allowed to pass without advantage 
being taken of it, although the crop may not be quite ripe, or 
the maker quite ready to begin to work. Any other work on 
the farm should be postponed in favour of this class of 
haymaking. 
Management of perennial pasture hay is quite different from. 
what we have before mentioned, and the nearer we come to: 
London the better, apparently, is haymaking understood. 
The grass is put into small cocks the first day it is cut, in 
order that the dew may not deteriorate its quality. Unless. 
actually raining, it is thrown out again every morning, and 
recocked in the evening the cocks are made larger and larger 
as the hay becomes dryer. When sufficiently made it is 
carted to the rick, which is covered by canvas, corrugated 
iron, or other means, and the green colour is retained Only 
a small quantity is dealt with at a time, and the stack being 
some time in making continues to settle gradually, thus a 
vast bulk is stored. 
In rural districts further moved from the great markets, hay 
is spread as soon as it is cut; the next day it is turned by a 
machine, and is generally found sufficiently made to cock. 
It is then drawn into rows by a strong tooth horse rake, and 
cocked in the ordinary manner. 
In stacking, if the hay, on account of the weather, is. 
