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Hay harvested by the 
Dain System means 
more dollars in profit 
whether you market 
your hay or feed it. 
The Dain System Rake 
enables you to use this 
system. 
W HEN we know just 
where a leak is, we 
ought to be able to stop 
it easily. 
There is a big leak in hay 
profits. The U: S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture says 
so. It says that only 10 
per cent of the annual hay 
crop grades choice. Only 
from 20 to 30 per cent 
grades No. 1. And 60 per 
cent grades No. 3. 
Where the Leak in 
Hay Profits Is 
We all know what “choice” hay 
is when we see it. It is bright 
in color, sound as to foliage, 
fragrant, and full of nutrients. 
It is relished by live-stock and 
easily digested. It brings the 
top market price when you sell, 
and it gives maximum returns 
when you feed it. 
We all know what No. 3 hay is 
when we see it. It is “off color.” 
It has lost much of its foliage. 
It is tasteless. Stock will not 
eat it readily. And it carries 
but litde nutrition, in proportion 
to its non-digestible fiber. It is 
all right for stall litter, but it is 
very unsatisfactory for feeding 
or selling. Its market price is 
about $10 a ton less than that 
of choice hay. 
The big difference between 
choice hay and No. 3 hay is 
mainly a matter of curing. The 
leak in hay profits is in incorrect 
curing methods. 
Curing in the Swath 
is Costly 
Letting the hay lie in swaths to 
cure under a hot sun is the 
method that frequently causes 
the big loss. And here is the 
reason: 
You have noted that hay, when 
cut by the mower, falls back in 
a position similar to shingles on 
a roof, with the heads and leaves 
exposed to the sunshine and the 
stems underneath in the shade. 
wur Hay Profits 
T WO hours of hot sun¬ 
shine sears the exposed 
leaves and stops the process 
of draining water from the 
plant. The pores in the 
leaves are closed and the 
water is sealed up inside 
the stems. The sun con¬ 
tinues to shine on the heads 
and leaves until the water 
is slowly steamed out 
through the stems. The 
leaves are sunburned long 
before this unnatural proc¬ 
ess has continued until the hay 
will go into stack or mow with¬ 
out spoiling. They will crumble 
between your finger and thumb. 
Many of the leaves fall off in the 
process of raking and stacking or 
loading and storing. The hay 
does not have the color, the fra¬ 
grance, the palatability, the diges¬ 
tive qualities nor the nutrition of 
the “choice” or ,the No. 1 grades 
cured in the proper way. 
Use of the Dain System 
Stops the Leak 
By doing away with the old- 
style method of swath-curing, 
and using the Dain System of 
Air-curing Hay, many hay 
growers have stopped the leak 
in their hay profits. They are 
making “choice” or “No. 1” hay 
instead of the lower, unprofitable 
grade that they used to make. 
The Dain System is called 
“Nature’s Way off Curing Hay.” 
It puts into practice the prin¬ 
ciple that properly curing hay is 
merely taking the water out of 
the hay rapidly and efficiently 
while keeping the nutrients in, 
and that the best way to accom¬ 
plish this is to let the water 
pass out of the plant in the nat¬ 
ural way. 
Water leaving a plant in the 
natural way passes out through 
the leaves in the form of per¬ 
spiration. Examine a blade of 
green hay under a microscope, 
and you will see little drops of 
water oozing out all the time. 
How rapid and thorough this 
natural process is can be best 
understood when one remem¬ 
bers that from 200 to 400 tons 
of water per acre are utilized 
in maturing a hay crop. 
T HE Dain System Rake 
was built for the special 
purpose of handling hay 
while it is still green. Using 
this rake, you follow the 
mower before the sun has 
had the opportunity to sear 
the leaves. The rake picks 
the hay up while the leaves 
are still active and delivers it 
on clean stubble in a medi¬ 
um - sized, loose windrow. 
The action of the rake places the 
bulk of the leaves on the shady 
inside, and the stems on the 
sunny outside of the windrows*. 
The windrows, being loose, air 
passes through freely. The 
leaves continue to function nor¬ 
mally in draining water rapidly 
from the plant. More quickly 
and with less labor than in 
swath curing, the hay is ready 
for the stack or mow. And only 
by this method of curing can 
hay be given the feeding quali¬ 
ties that bring you the greatest 
returns when you feed it ot 
when you sell it. 
Fir. 1 Out all About 
the Dain System 
Don’t fail to find out about the 
Dain System and the Dain Sys¬ 
tem Rake before your next 
haying season begins. Make it 
the means of stopping the leak 
in your haying profit. 
Ask your John Deere dealer to 
show you this rake. He will 
show you how easily it works- 
how its operation makes the 
Dain System of air-curing hay 
the simplest, as well as the most 
profitable method that youcan use. 
Note the inclined frame that distin¬ 
guishes the Dain from other rakes of 
its type. You will find that this in¬ 
clined frame is as important as a 
properly-shaped moldboard ona plow. 
The frame is low at the front end 
and increases in height toward the 
rear—its capacity increases as the 
volume of hay increases. The low 
front end is set slightly ahead of the 
tooth bars, causing the hay to come 
up against the frame and pitch for¬ 
ward in the loose coil that character¬ 
izes the Dain way—the way that puts 
the leaves inside, the stems outside, 
and allows plenty of air to pass 
through the windrow. 
WR1TE7TODAY FOR A FREE BOOKLET. We have prepared a booklet that explains the Dain System thor¬ 
oughly. Many thousands of copies of this booklet have been distributed. You will find it interesting and profitable 
reading. Send for your free copy today. Address John Deere, Moline, Illinois. Ask for booklet DS-140. 
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