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NEW YORK. JUNE 14, 1910. 
Entered as Second-Class Matter, .Tune 2G, 1870. at the Post v n ir-oQ 
Office at New York. N. Y., under the Act of March 3. 1870. - 
Hustling the Hay from the Field 
Make the Horse Do the Lifting 
MATTER OF EVAPORATION.—Haymaking is 
a job of evaporation. We struggle to give 
green grass the water cure by taking the water out 
of it. It 'is the air rather than the sun that effects 
the cure, and this is one of the cases where hot air 
proves more effective than cold reasoning. The best 
hay, especially the clover or Alfalfa, is made in the 
shade, away from the hot sun. where the warm air 
can blow through it. The reason for this is evident 
with a little thought. Cut down two trees in full 
leaf. With one immediately chop off all limbs so as 
to leave the trunk. Leave the other alone, letting 
the leaves wither when they see fit. The log of the 
first tree will remain damp and soggy. The log of 
the tree where the leaves were left will dry out much 
faster than the other. That is because the leaver 
sucked or pumped o\it the water from the log before 
they died. When they were cut off. or if they were 
promptly withered and killed this water would have 
remained in the log until it could evaporate very 
slowly through the wood. In like manner, broad¬ 
leaved plants like clover or Alfalfa will throw off 
the greater part of their water through the leaves, 
if these are kept away from the direct sun, so that 
they will not dry and wither at once. When the 
leaves dry, the moisture must be thrown off through 
the stems, and that is a much harder process. The 
theory of curing clover hay, therefore, is to cut it 
before maturity, and rake or throw the hay into the 
swath or cock before the leaves are fully withered. 
Then by opening up this swath or cock to the warm 
air the water drawn off by the leaves will be evap¬ 
orated, and the hay will be cured. In this year of 
Haymaking in the Time of Maud Mutter. Fig. 257 
A Two-horse Tedder Will Turn as Much Hag as These 10 Men. Fig. 25S 
The Hag Loader Taking up Hag from the Swath. Fig. 200 
The Push Rake. Used in the West. Fig. 261 
The Combination Push Rake and Stacker. Fig. 262 
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