The Management of Grass Land. 
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perform their task by the acre ; the liay-makers are usually paid 
by the day. In forming a calculation of the required hands, it is 
found that an average of five (boys, women, and men) to each 
mower is a proper proportion, and that the work progresses in a 
corresponding ratio, provided the weather ])ermits. 
First day. — The mowers having commenced in the early part 
of the morning, the grass mown before 9 o'clock is carefully 
" tedded" out over every portion of the ground, and if time allow 
it is moved again previous to 1 o'clock ; after this it is hacked " 
into small rows, the h;iy-makers following each other ; when this 
is accomplished, they return to the early part, and place it in 
small "grass cocks." 
Second day. — The first operation of the morning is the " ted- 
ding" of all the glass mown after 9 o'clock the first day, and that 
mown previously to nine on the second day ; after which the next 
stage is to shake out the " grass cocks " (made the previous day) 
into small rows, or, in some instances, into round patches; in 
either case the spare ground is kept raked, and the hay moved 
once or twice previously to dinner-time, the early process adopted 
on the first day being also carried on in due succession. After 
dinner the more forward hay is raked into small double " win- 
rows," then the next stage or portion is advanced as on the first 
day by " hacking ;" after which the hay-makers return to the for- 
ward hay, and place it in moderate cocks, again returning to the 
" hacks," and leaving them as before in small " grass cocks." 
Third day. — -The process of "tedding" again takes place in 
the early part of the morning, and every other order, as practised 
on the two preceding days, follows in proper and due succession ; 
the hay most forward now requires nice attention, and is managed 
according to the appearance of the weather ; if fine and warm, it 
is again shaken out into round patches, or, if a heavy crop, is 
usually strewed into " winrows," and again moved over previous 
to dinner or 1 o'clock : after this arrangements are made for car- 
rying — ^a period of much anxiety. As every operation to be per- 
formed in due succession is now in full practice, and considerable 
judgment is required to keep all hands going on at a proper and 
profitable rate, a man of energy will realize the old adage, and 
"make hay while the sun shines;" should the weather prove 
cloudy, or otherwise, the principal attention and time is necessary 
to secure those portions under the later processes or stages. 
Fourth Day. — Nothing fresh occurs on this or the succeeding 
days beyond the plans carried out on the third day ; in fact, at 
this stage of the proceedings every movement is in accordance 
with the appearance of the weather. Care is taken to keep the 
hay in cock, or near together ; the land is well raked, and there 
should be by no means a preponderance of mowers, for it is very 
