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The New Haysel
A considerable advance in the art of drying crops has been made in the South of England, under the lead of the agricul- tural colleges at Wye, East Malting and the Kent Farm Insti- tute. Some grass was cut this year a good month earlier than usual, carried at once and dried in oast houses. The method has many advantages over the old haymaking methods which are slow and come late, are at the mercy of the weather and in the best circumstances waste a good part of the feeding value. It is decided by our agricultural chemists that this young grass so dried has the feeding value of " concentrates " and " cakes," which, of course, are very expensive fodder. The Cambridge research workers are of opinion that by due mowing and cutting at intervals of about one month the actual yield may be trebled and the feeding value of a unit is as 83 to 53 of ordinary hay. Similar results have been reached by the I.C.I. research workers at Jealotte Hill, where special emphasis has been laid on the increase of milk yield in winter.
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