HAYMAKING

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 3 January 1931, Page 13

HAYMAKING

Tho practice* of haymaking i 1 itst.ff i.s comparatively simple, .says a '.■{tivo;nincnt expert. First of al'i, wt. mast have a good pa cl clock, that is one winch is carrying really good grasses, for i!splp#«-t unpalatable grasses, etc., however well made into hay, though (■•■ tori I v stock, do not 'provide the animals with the same' degree of nourishment as would hay made from a lirst-e]ass pa stum

The naddoek intended for hav should 1 •* well to,'-dressed with suitable' manures such as superphosphate, or super and sulphate of ammonia in the spring. This U most necessary, fox it must he

remembered that we are going to seriously weaken our pasture Iby cutting for bay and it is therefore' necessary to provide it with sufficient manures to enaMe it to recover after cutting. If this is not done, the hay paddock will be found to be inclined to run out/, bare spaces will occur in the sward after cutting, allowing for the establishment of undesirable annual weeds and grasses and the paddock is not nearly as good as it was before the crop was cut.