Cut hay is generally fed mixed with grain and is considered an excellent feed, as it prevents the stock from eating the concentrated grain ration too rapidly. The hay is usually dampened when used in this manner. This is one of the disadvantages of feeding it for if more than enough is mixed for one feed and it is not fed within a short time it is likely to sour if the weather is warm, or possibly freeze if the weather is cold. This condition, together with the labor and bother of mixing, has caused feeders in many instances to turn to ready-mixed and molasses feeds. However, for feeders who desire to prepare their own mixed feed ration the cut hay is probably the most convenient ingredient that can be used to produce the required bulk. IMPORTS OF FORAGE-PLANT SEEDS. =The Seed Laboratory of the Bureau of Plant Industry reports the following imports of forage-plant seeds permitted entry into the United States under the seed importation Act.= -------------------------+-------------------+---------+---------- | September-- | July 1- | July 1- Kind of seed. +---------+---------+Sept. 30,| Sept. 30, | 1921 | 1920 | 1921 | 1920 -------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------- |_Pounds._|_Pounds._|_Pounds._| _Pounds._ Alfalfa | 422,200 | 44,100 |1,364,000| 171,500 Canada bluegrass | 5,200 | ... | 7,400| ... Alsike clover | 671,400 | 87,000 |1,106,700| 109,700 Crimson clover | 879,500 | 998,100 |1,581,600|1,958,800 Red clover | 116,400 | 6,800 |1,792,900| 305,200 White clover | 263,600 | ... | 538,600| ... White and alsike clover | | | | mixtures | 2,700 | ... | 8,100| ... Red and alsike clover | | | | mixtures | 2,100 | ... | 2,100| ... Alsike clover and timothy| | | | mixtures | 500 | ... | 1,100| ... Broom-corn millet | ... | ... | ... | 1,100 Foxtail millet | ... | 14,700 | ... | 14,700 Grass mixtures | ... | ... | 40,100| ... Orchard grass | 833,300 | ... | 959,100| ... Rape | 554,100 | 170,900 | 728,700| 215,700 English rye grass | ... | 15,600 | 16,300| 130,800 Italian rye grass | ... | 49,800 | 13,800| 131,300 Timothy | ... | ... | 95,100| ... Hairy vetch | 280,600 | 33,000 | 645,900| 367,700 Spring vetch | ... | ... | 8,800| ... -------------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------