Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1883 — King Hay. [ARTICLE]

King Hay.

The statistics of the United States prove that hay is among the foremost crops raised in this country, if not the very first. At the present time there are estimated to be in the United States 40,000,000 sheep, 40,000,000 cattle, and 20,000,000 horses. In two-thirds of the country these animals require to be fed from three to five months, and they will consume an aggregate of 90,000,000 tons, which, at $5 per - ton, represents the enormous sum of $450,000,000. Is not hav, therefore, king? “There is nothing like settling down,” said the retired merchant confidentially to his neighbor. “When I gave up business I settled down, and found I had q’dte a comfortable fortune. If I had settled up I shopld pot