Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1908 — Baling Clover Hay. [ARTICLE]

Baling Clover Hay.

Clover hay has been so plentiful this year that the farmers are almost at their wits end to know what to do withit. Other work has teen k. eping them out of the hay field. The corn has been so far behind and was needing attention so badly that it looked almost like a crime to quit the corn field for the clover, but the prospects, of good seed crop' demanded that the first crop be gotten out of the way and so they went to work at it. Clove* was so plentiful that the price has been exceedingly cheap. Down near Danville the farmers sold the hay In the meadow for $2.50 and 13.C0 per load and some of the Danville teamsters hauled as much as two tons to the load. Over near Ambia the price has been even lower thap this. One way of getting rid of the hay that- has been tried in this vicinity will be watched Mth interest by those interested in clover raising. Several fanners have been bailing the hay out of the meadow as soon as it w; s cured and the other clover ralseis are wa'c'w ing to see if It will*keep In the bale, thus rendering it usable. It Is contended by those doing this, however, that It will come out clear and bright. Clover hay is very hard to keep in the stack,when exposed to the weather and if this method will suffice it is safe to say that there will be a great deal of clover hay baled in another year, thus doing away with a great deal of hard work and a g.reat loss of hay from exposure to the weather.— Rossville Press.