HAY, any kind of grass cut and dried for the food of cattle.
The time of mowing grass for hay must be regulated according to its growth and ripeness; nothing being more prejudicial to the crop than mowing it too soon; because the sap is not then fully come out of the root, and when made into hay the grass shrinks away to nothing. It must not, however, be let stand
too long till it have shed its seeds. When the tops of the grass look brown, and begin to bend down, and the red honeysuckle flowers begin to wither, you may conclude it ripe for mowing.