THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



placed outward and the central part of the stack 

 kept high. This gives the straw an outward and 

 downward slant. The shape of the stack may be 

 round or rectangular and it is made as high as a 

 man can conveniently pitch the bundles from a 

 rack, usually 24 to 30 feet. Stacking is hard 

 work both for the one who pitches the bundles 



FIG. 35. Stacking wheat in the field. 



and for the stacker. The straw is dry, usually 

 the sky is cloudless, and the air quite calm. With 

 the thermometer standing between 90 and 100 

 degrees in the shade the worker is likely to feel 

 that shock threshing after all would have been 

 preferable. But when after a few days a heavy 

 rain falls, he realizes that his grain in the stack is 

 much better protected than that of his neighbor 

 who left his in shock waiting for the thresher. 



