Cultivation of Arable Land, Stacking of Grain Crops. Modes of, 



the (heaves gradually a little more in, in every courfe, till it comes to a ridge .or 

 point, according to the form of the Hack. In making this part of the Hack, great 

 care mould be taken to give the ear-ends of the (heaves a fufficiently Hoping 

 direction upwards, in order that they may be the better fecured from wetnefs. 

 And the outfide mould be well rounded, in the manner that has been directed 

 above. 



Where proper attention is beflowed in building corn-flacks in this way, every 

 fheaf in the whole will have fuch a Hoping polirion outwards of the Hack, or to 

 wards the root ends of the (heaves, as will afford the moH perfect iecurity againft 

 damp and moiHure.* 



In Hacking wheat-crops, thefe directions require more particular attention; as 

 the flieaves mould have a rather more Hoping direction when placed in the Hacks, 

 on account of the tallnefs of the Hraw, in order that they may be the better fe 

 cured againft the injurious effects of damps. 



It is of much convenience and advantage, in the Hacking of grain as well as hay, to 

 have a large (beet or fail-cloth to place over them in cafe of mowers or bad weather, 

 while they are building, and before the thatch is put on ; as where this convenience 

 is not at hand, much injury is frequently fuHained at thefe times by the fudden 

 falling of rain. 



It is the practice in fome diflricts, efpecially where the Hacks are made of a 

 circular form, and the weather is wet and unfavourable, to have a funnel or chim 

 ney left in them, in order to prevent their taking on too much heat. This is ef 

 fected by tying a Qieaf up in a very tight manner, and placing it in the middle, on the 

 foundation of the Hack, pulling it up occafionally as the building of the Hack pro 

 ceeds all round it. And in fetting up ricks in bad harveHs, it is a practice in fome 

 places, particularly with barley crops, to have three or four pretty large poles tied 

 together, by winding ftraw ropes round them, fet up in the middle, round which 

 the Hacks are then built. Where grain Hacks are not placed upon elevated frames 

 or Hands that are open in the bottoms, it may be ufeful in fome cafes to leave one 

 or more openings in the lower parts of the Hacks, that there may be a free cir 

 culation of air underneath them. -j- But except the Hacks are large, or the grain 

 when put into them in an imperfect condition, fuch openings are quite unne- 

 cefTary.J 



It may likewifebe ufeful, in building large corn ricks, to have * ftadtmgfagf* 



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* Farmer s Magazine, vol. III. t Ibid. 



J In the northern parts of the kingdom they are denominated fawtes. 



