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Has made, Hay Making
easier
lloymnklng la nn art which a great
nauy farmers have not yet learned.
The niodorn method or making hay Is
far different from that of tlio old days
when KraBB wna cut with scythoB, turn
ed with pitchforks, If tlmo permitted,
and stowed awny In dork, musty
bartiH, or stneked In the open field
to keop or spoil nn might he.
In modern haymaking, tlmo Is onsen.
tlal. If tho crop should ho cut a dny
too soon It will cattily spoil. If a day
too Into Its quality may bo impaired
y Its dry, woody growth. If It 1b al
lowed to llo on tho ground 24 hours
too long before being toBBcd nnd cured
Its quality may ho reduced one-half.
Modem buying machinery makes
haynmking easier, but even with all
the appliances that Ingenious manu
facturers linvn Riven us, tho propor
tion of farmers who mako a "euro
thing" of their hay crop, every yoar
fli all too small.
There has ulwayB been a great deal
ef trouble In curing the clover-hay
crop. Much of Its valuo Is lost because
cf tho lack of help necessary to prop
erty euro It and tako caro of It after
ft has been cured. Tho hay-tedder has
helped greatly, and this kicking ma
chine Is now scon on every good farm
whero tho best modern methods aro
employed.
Tho sldo ruko la another flno ma-,
chine which helps us In saving the
crop, nnd 'If clover Is cut In exactly
the right tlmo tho ubo of these two
machines will enable any furmor to
savo all their Is of his crop, with at
least 00 'per cent, of Its feeding value.
Heretofore, much of tho buy of this
country was lost through allowing It
to stand In stnclts In tho Hold. Tho
kay burn is now a necessity on every
good farm where tho moat Is made of
everything. Whore hay Is still stack
ed canvas covers help a great deal, but
tho only way to properly caro for clo
ver hay 1b to put It Into a well-ventilated,
clean barn.
Tho valuo of tho hay crop doponds
largely upon tho man who makes It.
llo must havo exact knowledge of tho
tlmo to cut It, Just how It must be
cured in all kinds of weathor, nnd
how to storo It. Ho must thoroughly
andcrstnnd tho ubo of nil haying ma
chinery nnd know how to mako tho
Boat of every hour of tho haying sea
son with his human help' ns woll.
Tho proper use of machinery Is tho
most Important thing. Too many farm
ers In their haste- to get tho crop off
the ground crowd their mowing ma
chines boyoml their capacity, which
always results In consldcrnblo loss.
Nothing Is moro Indicative of a poor
farmor than tho sight of a hayflold In
which little rows of grass, varying
from two to six inches, aro left stand
lag, tho result of trying to mnku a
seven-foot cyclo-bar cut a soveu-foot
six Inch swath., -
Tho machlno Bhould bo set and so
driven ob to cut ovory spear of grass
slick and clean, nnd lay It down even
ly. Then, when tho raking comes on,
there Is another sourco of loss In tho
careless way In which tho ground Is
covered, or rather not covered. Lit.
tlo bunches of hay left hore and thero
count largely In tho aggregate, and
can largo monoy lost.
We know of many good farmers who
are particular about the way In which
taoy handlo ovory crop on the farm
except tho hay crop. They mako out
ef this a sort of side Issue. Thoy fall
te Bake proper preparations, and whon
tho season comes upon them thoy
dash hurriedly Into tho work, rush It
from start to finish, tako Binall note
ef weathor conditions, and thereby
lose from 10 to 25 per cont. of Its
value. V '
Tho up-to-date farmer who produces
timothy hay ob a rulo raises It for tho
sasrkot and not for tho consumption
ef bis own stock, becnuso clover and
alfalfa are so much better, Timothy
for the markot should-tao allowed to
get rlpor boforo it Is cut thun If It Is
to bo Btackod and fed on tho farm.
All arrangements for tho baling
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2,,r F fe',aAVE'nMft ad Backache.
Sw&et Clovej? Just Right or Cutting for May
should bo inadu In advance, so that
the mower can bo started and kopt
ahead only a few acres ut a tlmo. One
man can operate tho mower nnd ted
der. The tedder Bhould bo started an
hour or bo before tho hay Is to bo
taken up, und this Is work which re
quires greut caro If tho crop Is to bo
saved In tho best condition.
If tho hay crop Is lurgo a loader Is
almost lndlspcnanblo, becauso It will
do tho work much faster than any two
men, and do It hotter. As It Is always
dltllcult to get help In haying time, It
Is a good plan 'for several farmers to
buy and operate a loader and other
haying machinery on tho co-operativo
plan, ny a llttlo careful figuring and
good Judgment n group of farmorB can,
In this way, holp one another to Bavo
their crops, with less labor and less
oxpenso, nnd with more certainty of
bucccsb than could bo attained In any
other way.
Timothy hay mny bo baled directly
from tho swath without much danger
of heating, nlthough It is safer to havo
thp hay thoroughly cured before be
ing baled. If hay Is baled directly
from the swnth it must bo entirely
frco from rain or dow, nnd this pro
cess can bo employed only undor tho
best of weather conditions.
Upon tho weather depends almost
entirely the safety of tho clover drop.
Tho best time to cut clovor Is when
It Is In full, rich bloom, and boforo
nny brown heads uppear In tho field.
Many farmers claim that clover should
not bo cut at this stago, but tho experience-
of tho writer Is that nlno
times out of ten the crop will bo saved
in hotter condition than If allowed to
stnnd longer.
Start tho mowers enrly In the morn
ing, becauso dow will not hurt tho
clover, provided tho weathor Is fine;
run tho machlno until about ton
o'clock, and then stop for tho day. If
tho weather Is bright tho toddor
should bo started about noon, and the
hay raked In smull windrows, nnd theso
can bo allowed to stand until tho hay
Is ready to bo drawn Into tho barn.
If tho weather Is Just right tho hay
will bo ready to bo taken from tho
field within 24 hours, and put up In
that condition It Bhould retain all of
Its leaves and succulenco, nnd mako
excellent hay,
If evon u slight rain falls, or If the
hny is allowed to romaln In tho Mold'
moro than a day, tho small piles
should bo turned ovor. Tho hay must
bo porfoctly dry when It Ib put Into tho
Darn: If it la not trouble will quickly
follow.
If the hay boglns to heat In the barn
there Is not much to be dono for It, To
fork It over and stir it up only In-
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creases tho trouble If clover hay Is
properly cured and put Into tho mow
in first-class condition, and the mow
well vontllntcd, there 1b not much
dnngor of heating.
In order to muko a good clovor-hay
crop wo must thoroughly understand
tho nnturo of tho plant. When tho
crop Is ripening tho water 1b constant
ly passing out of tho soil up through
tho roots, tho stalk, and Into tho alt
through tho leaves. Tho plant Is be
ing built up and matured in this way.
When the blossoms begin to turn
brown, that is n sign that tho connec
tion between tho wnter and tho' plant
is being lessened, and this is tho tlmo
whon tho crop should be cut, becauso
it completely severs the connection
and reduces tho amount of water In
tho plant.
Clover cut at this period has about
75 per cent, of wator left In tho stalk,
nnd tho problem Is how to got rid of
tho most of It without drying out tho
plant too much, thereby rendering It
loss palatable and less valuable as a
Btock food.
When clover hay Is put Into tho
barn in exactly tho right condition
It has uhout 25 per cent, of moisture,
which It has absorbed from the soil.
In the west, whero tho ucrcago Is
generally much larger than In tho eaBt
and south, muny clover ralsors find It
a good plan to cut their hay In tho
evening, turning It over next day after
tho sun is well up with tho tedder.
Tho sldo delivery rako Ib probably
used moro In tho west than In other
soctlona qf tho country, and this Is
found to bo a practicable aud UBeful
machlno.
Tho best time to make clovor hay
Is on a cool, clear day with the wind
blowing, for tho wind cures tho hay J
better than tho sun.
A very hot sun, particularly It there
Is much humidity In tho air, kills the
leaf structure and prevents It from
evaporating the moisture. When hny
Is tossed Up loose In the windrow, or
In small cocks, tho air can pass
through It, aud this absorbs the mois
ture moro rapidly than tho sun.
Good hny Is not dried grasps, a dis
tinction which many farmers havo not
learned. When clover hay Is put Into
tho barn It ought to havo somo mots
uro In It, not tho moisture produced by
rain or dew, but tho natural' molsturo
which tho plant has absorbed from
tho soil,
It clover Is not cut until all tho
heads aro brown, It can easily be
cured, but It will not make very good
hay. Again, It the hay Is raked up
Into cocks when It Is perfectly dry,
and thon becomes soaked, much of Its
value Is lost
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Mixed timothy and clover Bhould t
cut Immediately after the bloom be
gins to fall. Closo watch must be
kopt of the meadow at this period, as
tho timothy blooms and sheds lta
blossoms in a very short time. When
tho bloom Is on full, tho heads are
full grown and the seed firmly set, so
that thoy do not shatter easily In ban
dltng. Cut Just af this time, tho nu
trition of the hay Is retained and It
makes a fine selling product.
' If tho grass is allowed to stand un
tlll a bit overripe, tho Beeds will shat
ter In handling, and much of its sub
Btanco will bo lost. Tho stomB, too,
becomo hard and loso much of tholr
succulonce so greatly relished by the
live stock, because tho molsturo leaves
tho stems "Very quickly aftor tho grass
has reached maturity.
If cut after thoroughly rlpo tho
most deBlrablo portion or tho hay Is
lost. Many of the blades are entirely
lost In handling, nnd what remains
on tho steniB Is tasteless and unpala
table to stock.
Whonever you observe much hay
left In tho mangers be sure It has been
rejected by the Btock becauso It Is
unfit for tholr needs. Sometimes
stock will eat this woody, dry hay out
of necessity, but it does them no good.
On tho other hand, tho early mown,
mixed hay possesses all of those ele
ments so necessary to th6 building up
of animal tissue, and live stock will
eat It up clean. Tho farmer who finds
it difficult to obtain enough waste hay
to supply bedding for his animals muy
be sure that ho Is getting about all
tho benefit thero Is to bo had from his
hay crop.
Whllo It Is not wIbo to, cut too
early, still It is better to err on the
sldo of early than of late cutting. The
amount of good hay secured by early
cutting Is usually greater than that
when cut after tho crop has thorough
ly matured.
One thing In favor of early cutting
Is the faot that tho drain upon tho
soil Is stopped. The ripening process
of tho hay crop exhausts the soil very
rapidly, and It Ib important that the
elements necessary to produce good
hay should bo kept In tho soil as long
as possible Renewing and maintain
ing soil for hay Is anothor story.
I)y mowing meadowB early In the
season the grass will spring up and
form early and succulent fall graz
ing at a period whon there Is usually
shortago In pasture, and when the
live Btock need It most.
Of course, it can be drlod out apd
present tho appearance 'of protty good
haybut all the samo It is safe to count
that about halt of Its value has been
destroyed by the rain.
The use of canvas caps is thereforo
to be recommended.
(Copyright, 1913, Shulti Syndicate Press.)
It takes somo grit to thin a field of
corn. Wo hate to pull up nice, thrifty
stalks, and yet, when wo do it, we
may be adding a good many bushels
to the crop wo cut nost tall. Too
thick corn cannot ear as well, nor ma
ture as well quickly.
If the boy wants to attend the ag
ricultural college, and you can afford
It, don't mako the mistake of keep
ing him away. The day will come
when you will be sorry,
lUffjlillurvi
620 OHIO AT FORT GREGG
Thlrty-Stx Men Were Lost Directly In
Front of Fort Losses Other Reg
iments Suffered,
The First division, Twenty-fourth
corps, was near Hatcher's Run tho
evening before the battle at Fort
Orfgg, and nil night, In line In a clo
ver field.
Colonel West, commanding the SJjc-ty-second
Ohio, about ten o'clock that
night naked that I be detailed from
Compnny K to report to General Ob
bom's headquarters, when one from
each regiment of tho brigade was es
corted outsldo of the lines to And out
If it was posslblo for men to crosB a
ewamp reported in our front, writes
T. R. Shaw of Coin, la., In tho Na
tional tribuno. After about four
hours', time, having located tho en
emy's workB and getting the informa
tion wanted, I reported to General Os
born's headquarters. The general thou
wroto me a pass, excusing me from
duty for flvo days.
About that tlmo a terrible cannon
ade began towards Petersburg and
lasted until daylight About sunup
tho Sixty-second waB ordered In line
in advanco of the First brigade, First
division, Twenty-fourth corps. I took
my place In the ranks, and wo double-quicked
about five miles, when
we formed lino of battle and were or
dered to deploy as skirmishers. .Our
right was on tho rebel line of works
facing Fort Gregg, some two miles
away.
There wasn't a man. of any corps
ahead of us, except a disorganized
mass of rebels in the ravines and be
hind the stumps, which we drovo
beforo ub, regardless of the shells
of tho rebel forts. We could not see
Fort Gregg at this tlmo, It being be
yond a ridge, but thero was a three
gun battery nt a bend In the line of
works that shelled us, and aa we got
near It gave U8 canister, but our left
flank advanced until they could get a
croBSflro on tho battery and took It
when we drove everything over tho
ridge and came In plain view of Fort
Gregg.
We kopt driving their men, until
we finally made a rush for an old
road in our front running parallel td
the fort and a splendid position for
a skirmish lino, whero we annoyed
the fort, and kept tho gunnor down
Tintll some time after noon, when wo
were recalled. The troops were then
massing for a charge. As I was near
Colonel West a staff officer told him
to withdraw his men behind tho ridge
and let them go to dlnnor, and, they
need not go In the charge, as they
the (Sixty-second Ohio) had done
enough. Hut when the chargo was
formed Colonel WeBt called to all that
wanted 'to follow him to fall In. Most
of tho regiment responded and ad
vanced up to the front of tho fort.
Captain Griffin quotes Capt H. L.
Carr as saying that no part of Os
horn's division struck Fort Gregg.
Now, the Sixty-second Ohio lost 36
men directly In front of the fort The
Thirty-ninth Illinois had a heavy loss,
also tho Sixty-seventh Ohio. None of
Turner's men ever wero ahead of
these regiments. Captain Griffin says
tho colors of tho Twelfth West Vir
ginia and the One Hundred and Six
tenth Ohio were planted on the south
sldo of tho fort. They never were In
that position, and the reason they (tho
Twelfth West Virginia and One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Ohio, Osborn's di
vision) Went In at the northwest anglo
was In a hand-to-hand encounter at'
the south, and, as the captain admits,
held tho garrison at that point. Tho
Twelfth West Virginia, tho One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Ohio aud others
went in nt that corner of the fort,
whllo Osborn'a men went in at tba
same time at the front
Optimism. v
Admiral Schley once tried to have
certain reforms Instituted in the navy.
He found at headquarters a good deaf
of the optimistic or lazy spirit, how
ever, and so he rebuked a headquar
ters optimist with a story.
"You remind me, sir,'1 ho said, "of
old Jimmy Traddles. Jimmy wbb a
laborer. Noon Bounded one day, and
be sat down and felt In his pocket for
his lunch. Dut the pocket was empty.
"'Boys,' he Bald," 'I've lost my
lunch.'
"Their he gave a cheery laugh.
"Ts a darned good thing I've lost
It, too,' he said.
'"Why so, Mate?' a man astod.
"'Because,' said old Jimmy, 'I left
my teeth at home.' "
The Very Kind.
"What's your name?" asked the re
cruiting agent.
"Fish," replied the applicant
"You'll do. We'll mako you a 'sword'
fish."
Foolish Questldh No. 77,632.
Dr. Kindell of the Fiftieth- Illinois,
jWhllo In camp at Rome, Ga., In 1864,
Answered almost every possible foolish
question, but a now one was sprung
on him by a young man of Company
B. He came to the doctor with an In
Iflamed eye. The doctor fixed him up
'some medicine to bo dropped Into th
eye threo-tlraes a day. The young mas
"left the office, but roturned In a few
minutes, slightly disturbed.
"Doctor," said he, "shall I drop this
is my eye before or after meals?"
HOW COCA COLA REFRESHES.
The remarkable success which has
attended the sale of Coca-Cola has been
explained In many different ways. Some
have attributed it to "good advertis
ing;" others to "efficient management,"
others, to its "delicious flavor" and still
others to the fact that it was the first in
the field of "trade-marked" soft drinks.
In this connection, the opinion of a
manufacturing chemist who has analyz
ed Coca-Cola and studied Its history for
many years, win prove Interesting. He
attributes the popularity of the drink
in large part to its quality of refresh
ing both mind and body without pro
ducing any subsequent depression.
He points out the fact that the chemical
composition of Coca-Cola is practically
Identical with that of coffee and tea
(with sugar added) the only material
difference-being tho absence of tannic
acid from Coca-Cola. Ho points to the
laboratory experiments of Dr. Holllng
worth of Columbia University and of
Dr. H. C. Wood, Jr. of Philadelphia
which provo conclusively that the caffeine-containing
beverages (coffee, tea,
Coca-Cola, etc.) relievo mental and mus
cular fatigue by rendering tho nerves
and muscles more responsive to the
will, thus diminishing tho resistance
produced by fatigue. These experi
ments alao demonstrate tho fact that
the caffeine group of beverages differ
from the stimulants In that the ubo of
the latter la followed by a period of de
pression which calls for moro stimula
tion, thus resulting In the formation of
a "habit" Adv.
Tongue-Tied.
His Need of the Moment.
An old darky was encountered by
tho expedition sent by Undo Sam for
tho relief of sufferers by tho Missis
sippi floods. Uncle Eph was in a
dilapidated looking skiff or dugout
which he was having considerable
trouble to keep afloat. He was busy
paddling with one hand and bailing
out his craft with tho other when the
relief boat camo within hailing dis
tance of him:
"Hello there, uncle I What do you
want?"
"Nothing but wings, boss," was the
answer.'
AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE.
A sixty horsepower seven-passenger
"Stearns" touring car complete and
In good condition. There Is no new
car on tho market with so much pow
er. Reason for selling owner wants a
more modern car. This "Stearns"
cost $4,750. Will sell for $1,600 and
to a responsible party, part cash, bal
ance monthly payments. No trade of
any kind. Address P. O, Box 898,
Omaha, Nebraska. Adv.
Why Druggists Go Insane.
Little Lola's mother had sent her to
the corner drug store for a stampod
envelope, giving her three pennies
with which to pay for It
"Well, little girl," said the drug
gist, "what can I do for you?"
"If you please, Blr," answered Lola,
politely, "my. mamma wants thre
cents' worth of stamped antelope."
Natural.
"As soon as I approach -a backer
for my enterprise ho files from me."
"Well, don't you think It tho nat
ural thing for an 'angel' to fly?"
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It is impossible to maintain
health and strength if you
allow the stomach to becoae
weak, the liver sluggish and
the bowels constipated, lul
you cm guard against such
troubles by the daily use of
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