Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 214 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR SEEDS. divided a little, and pulled down so as to cover and defend the upright sheaves, thus making twelve sheaves to each shock. In the case of wheat, the stems of which are hard and dry, and which requires to stand in the field only a few days before it is ready to be carried home, the head-sheaves are omitted. In the case of oats and ba
Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending Elements of practical agriculture; comprehending the cultivation of plants, the husbandry of the domestic animals, and the economy of the farm elementsofpracti00lowd Year: 1838 214 PLANTS CULTIVATED FOR THEIR SEEDS. divided a little, and pulled down so as to cover and defend the upright sheaves, thus making twelve sheaves to each shock. In the case of wheat, the stems of which are hard and dry, and which requires to stand in the field only a few days before it is ready to be carried home, the head-sheaves are omitted. In the case of oats and barley, which, on account of the greater softness of their stems, require to stand a longer time in the field, the head-sheaves are used for the purpose of securing the upright sheaves against the effects of the weather. Fig. 120. The shocks should be set nearly north and south, so as to be equally dried by the sun on both sides. By means of the head-sheaves, the other sheaves are protected from an ordi- nary shower, which runs off from the convex surface, and the whole stand till they are sufficiently dry to be transported to the barn-yard. There is one variation from this method of arranging the sheaves to be noticed. It is ever proper to cut crops of corn when dry, but often, from the effects of dews and rains, the crop is in a moist state when it is necessary to reap it. In this state, and the observation applies chiefly to oats, it might be unsafe to bind the sheaves tightly at once, lest they should become mouldy or the ears sprout. In this case the rope may be drawn very loosely round the sheaf, and nearer to the ears,
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