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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.EXTERNAL RECORD