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outside row a few inches beyond the butts of the 

 row beneath, and continue thus as succeeding 

 tiers and rows are placed, "laying out the stack," 

 always keeping the middle full, until the stack is 

 seven or eight feet high. This forms the bulge. 

 Now begin to draw in the outside rows a few inches 

 at each round, thus finally bringing the stack to a 

 narrow top made by the lapping of the last rows 

 of bundles which should be tied down by driving 

 sharpened sticks four to five feet into the top of 

 the stack. The bulge should extend two to three 

 feet beyond the base, which will make a stack 

 with a ten foot base, fourteen to sixteen feet wide 

 at the bulge. Do not tramp the outside rows of 

 bundles. Pitch from both sides of the stack if 

 possible. Each successive tier of bundles should 

 thatch the preceding one, much the same as the 

 shingles on a roof. Take considerable care as 

 regards thatching above the bulge. By proper 

 stacking, the grain below the bulge should be 

 entirely protected from wetting. 



Fig. 24. A good job of stacking. 



