. Arid agriculture; a hand-book for the western farmer and stockman. Dry farming; Irrigation. ARID AGEICUl^TUKE. 139 stacked "when there is considerable moistiire in the hay, providing the stacks are not made too large or stack ventilators are used. Always use some kind of stack bottom, even if it is no more than a layer of straw. On large fields many use the common go-devil, or ricker, to haul the. Plate XXI. The "Go Devil" and Stacker Putting Up Alfalfa. hay cocks or bunches to the stackers. Mr. Wil- cox has called attention to the Lockhart drag as an advanced method of haulin
. Arid agriculture; a hand-book for the western farmer and stockman. Dry farming; Irrigation. ARID AGEICUl^TUKE. 139 stacked "when there is considerable moistiire in the hay, providing the stacks are not made too large or stack ventilators are used. Always use some kind of stack bottom, even if it is no more than a layer of straw. On large fields many use the common go-devil, or ricker, to haul the. Plate XXI. The "Go Devil" and Stacker Putting Up Alfalfa. hay cocks or bunches to the stackers. Mr. Wil- cox has called attention to the Lockhart drag as an advanced method of hauling hay from the fields to the stack. This drag is made of nine 1x6 boards placed six inches apart and bolted at each end to 2x4 cross pieces laid flat. It is sim- ply dragged over the field and a ton or more of hay tipped onto it with forks and then dragged. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffum, Burt C. , 1868-. [Worland, Wy. ] The Author
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