78 Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



Wabaunsee county : "When the hay is stored in sheds it is safe against 

 all kinds of weather, and can be hauled in winter during storms, which 

 I believe more than makes up for the extra expense of the shed and put- 

 ting the hay in it." 



Brown county: "Stored in sheds there is no waste, there is better 

 quality, less labor, and the hay is easier to feed." 



Logan county : "Much more economical to store in sheds, taking quality 

 into account." 



Hodgeman county: "No comparison. There is always more or less 

 loss every year by stacking." 



Marion county: "You save a 25 per cent loss, besides the convenience 

 of feeding during winter, by storing inside." 



Marshall county: "A good hay barn is a very profitable investment 

 on any farm, on account of the hay saved." 



Harvey county: "Much better hay and no waste. I have eight large 

 sheds, and think they pay." 



Chase county: "A shed saves 25 per cent or more if the hay is in- 

 tended for the market." 



Dickinson county: "The hay from the shed or mow is noticeably 

 better." 



Ellis county: "One ton in barn is worth two in stack." 



Lyon county: "Sheds or barn best if you don't feed to cattle." 



Norton county: "If hay is to be kept for market it will pay to pro- 

 tect it." 



Jackson county: "It is very hard to stack alfalfa so it will keep." 

 Washington county: "Don't stack valuable feed like this outside." 



Douglas county: "I do not advise stacking in eastern Kansas, on ac- 

 count of the rain." 



These growers do not favor storing in the shed or the mow: 



Ellis county : "I do not think sheds or hay barns are worth what they 

 cost in this part of Kansas." 



Geary county : "With my method of stacking and covering stacks with 

 old hay, kafir or straw I suffer very little loss, and my cattle eat all 

 damaged hay." 



Harper county: "I have only one shed, and don't think they pay, as 

 it costs much more to put hay in a shed than to stack in the open. Our 

 hay men cost $2.50 per day, and I put it up as cheaply as possible, stack- 

 ing second cutting on the first stack, which makes only one roof." 



Comanche county: "If properly stacked we lose very little." 



Cowley county: "A stack made right and covered with sheet iron is 

 all right if rain does n't catch it uncovered." 



Franklin county: "It costs more to use sheds or barns. The metal 

 stack cover will keep it just as well." 



Geary county: "With my method of stacking and covering there is 

 very little loss." 



Jackson county: "Stacks keep well if topped with millet or slough 

 grass." 



Saline county: "Very little spoils in a well-made stack." 



