. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 396 THE BOOK OF THE FARM AUTUMN. noticed in covering the hay-stack (2134). The straw is first laid upon the eaves, beyond whicli it projects a few inches, and then in an overlapping manner upward to tlie top. Where a butt-end of a sheaf projects, it should he beaten in, and, where a hollow occurs, it should be filled up with a lit- tle additional straw. In this manner the straw is evenly laid all round the top of the stack, to the spot where the
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. 396 THE BOOK OF THE FARM AUTUMN. noticed in covering the hay-stack (2134). The straw is first laid upon the eaves, beyond whicli it projects a few inches, and then in an overlapping manner upward to tlie top. Where a butt-end of a sheaf projects, it should he beaten in, and, where a hollow occurs, it should be filled up with a lit- tle additional straw. In this manner the straw is evenly laid all round the top of the stack, to the spot where the thatcher began. Suppose he has laid the covering on the top of the stack, fig. 422, all round to the line from a to h, before closing up which he makes the top f^'S- 422. a, consisting of a small bundle of well-drawn long straw, tied firmly at one end with a piece of cord; the tied end is cut square with a knife, as shown at a, and the loose end is spread upon the covering and forms the finishing to it. To secure the top in its place, a straw-rope is thrown down by the thatcher from a to d, the end of which his assistant on the ground fastens to the side of the stack.— After passing the other end of the same rope round the top, he throws it downin the same direc- tion, where it is also fast- ened to the stack. In like manner, he throws down the lozenge mode of roping the covering of a stack. both the ends of a rope from a to c, where they are also fastened hy the assistant. These 2 ropes are seen at e and f. Having thus secured the top, the thatcher closes in the covering from a to h, when the ladder is placed to receive him. Tak- ing the ladder to c, he inclines its top over the covering of the stack, and secures its lower end from slipping outward by a graip thrust against it into the ground, He then mounts and stands upon the ladder at the re- quisite hight above the eaves at c, and there receives a number of ropes from his assistant, which he keeps beside him, between th
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