. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. 38 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES the middle, and care should be used to distribute the ha}' so that the whole central line of the rick is equally compressed. Neglecl of this precaution will cause the centre to sag in places and leak rain into the centre of the rick. (A stack made too flat is shown in Fig. 6.) The stack or rick should have some kind of.
. Farm grasses of the United States; a practical treatise on the grass crop, seeding and management of meadows and pastures, descriptions of the best varieties, the seed and its impurities, grasses for special conditions, etc., etc. Grasses. 38 FARM GRASSES OF THE UNITED STATES the middle, and care should be used to distribute the ha}' so that the whole central line of the rick is equally compressed. Neglecl of this precaution will cause the centre to sag in places and leak rain into the centre of the rick. (A stack made too flat is shown in Fig. 6.) The stack or rick should have some kind of. FIG. 6—A \CK M.\DE TOO FL.\T foundation to prevent decay from contact with the ground. A layer of dry straw a foot deep will answer for this, but a foundation of boards or fence-rails is bet- ter. After the stack is about two-thirds as high as it is desired to make it the middle should be consider- ably raised and kept high till it is finished. This will cause the hay to settle so as to shed rain better. It is usually uecessar>- to anchor the stack to pre- vent the top from blowing awa>" in strong winds before. 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 Spillman, W. J. (William Jasper). New York, O. Judd company
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