312 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
is that should rain come that night it would hardly 
penetrate the hay at all. And being yet somewhat 
green and hardly dead as yet rain would not do 
much injury if it did penetrate. 
Loading on Low Wagons.—Towards evening it is 
probable that there will be found some hay dry 
enough to go to mow or stack, so a number of wagons 
will be loaded and run into sheds as the last. cere- 
mony of the day. 
This last item is of more importance than one 
would at first think. In a showery country it is ex- 
ceedingly useful to have facilities for rapidly as- 
sembling a lot of hay and putting it in shelter as 
night closes. The Woodland Farm hay wagons are 
assembled with low wheels and broad tires and have 
platforms tightly boarded over, each platform 7’ 
wide and 16’ long. At each end standards help the 
loaders. On such a low platform wagon it is not at 
all difficult to place two tons of hay, taken from the 
eock, or 3,000 pounds from the windrow. On the 
wagon platform is laid the one sling that goes un- 
derneath the load. If care is taken to have this 
right side up no other mistake can well be made 
with it. On Woodland Farm seven of these wagons 
are used. Some might suppose this a costly prep- 
aration, but really such a wagon with low broad 
iron wheels and simple running gears, with the plat- 
form built on it, costs only about $40 and may be 
had for less and be nearly as good. The advantage 
of them is that they enable a man to hurry in away 
