Lattermath  hay  is  good  for  cows,  not  for  horses.  The
second  cut  is  generally  considered  as  inferior  in  nourishment
to  the  first.  New  hay  is  not  wholesome.  At  Paris,  when  a
load  of  1,000  kilos  is  bargained  for,  the  seller  must  deliver —
if  between  haymaking  and  October  1,  1,300  kilos— from  Oc-
tober 1  to  April  1,  1,100  kilos — and  after  April,  only  1,000.
This  is  fair,  and  allows  for  loss  of  weight  in  drying.  In  Lon-
don a  load  of  new  hay  is  20  cwt.,  of  old  hay,  only  18  cwt.
The  dried  halm  of  the  trifolium  incarnatum,  after  the
seed  is  ripe,  is  little  better  than  straw.  Clover,  lucerne,
and  saintfoin,  are  generally  supposed  to  lose  three  fourths
of  their  weight,  in  drying  ;  but  in  general  they  lose  more,
especially  in  moist  climates,  where  the  sap  is  more  di-
luted. When  touched  by  the  frost,  they  become  very  -m-
wholesome,  and  should  never  be  given  to  cattle  except  quits

dry.
