110 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
is to be used for binding it will expedite work 
to cut it into suitable lengths before getting 
into the field. 
The stack should he located in a convenient 
and well-drained place and have a foundation 
of straw, rails or boards, to keep the fodder 
dry. The base of the stack should have a di- 
ameter slightly less than the length of two 
bundles of stalks laid end to end. The butt 
ends of the stalks should form the exterior of 
the stack and the center should always be from 
two to three feet higher than ‘the outside for 
that layer of corn. The diameter in well-made 
stacks slightly increases up to a height of six 
or eight feet, after which it may contract until 
topped off. As the stack is built bundles are 
laid crosswise over each layer about and at the 
center and over the ends of the bundles form- 
ing the outer layers, to keep the whole well 
bound together and to maintain a sufficient 
slope to the stalks forming the outer circum- 
ference of the stack. When the top is to be 
formed the stalks may be gradually drawn in 
and all the bundles placed in layers sloping 
from center to without, so.as to furnish good 
protection for the fodder below. Sometimes 
the stalks are laid up to a pole five or six feet 
long, inserted in the top of stack, to which the 
bundles may be fastened. Such a covering is 
not easily displaced by the wind. 
