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Hay (fodder)
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Coumarin and good hay in 1911
The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica's article on hay as fodder says good hay should come out green and smelling of coumarin, the substance it credits with the scent of new-mown hay.
A reference work describing hay quality in its own time; SmellBook records what it says, not a present-day analysis of hay.
The statement the claim rests on was found word for word in the text of the cited page or chapter of the digitised source, fetched from the named service, and an editor read that whole text against every part of the claim. The passage is cited by its locator; SmellBook does not reproduce the passage. Source text from Wikisource (proofread transcription).
- Hay (fodder), p. 109 Printed page 109 is image 122 of the digitised volume; the article Hay (fodder) spans images 119–122.
Time described: 1911. The passage states no time; the source's publication date is used as the latest possible time it describes. Checked 2026-10-05.
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