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Fia. 64. The sweep rake may be used to gather hay from the windrow, the swath or 

 the cock, and to transport it to the stacker. [Courtesy Missouri State Board of Agri- 

 culture. ] 



Sherman county: "Hay must be well cured to go into the barn. I 

 prefer stacking, except what you feed in the barn." 



Kingman county: "Hay in barns will keep a little better, but I like 

 good stacks because they are much handier." 



Harvey county: "I like the board cover, as one does not have to stack 

 his hay in the same place every year." 



Neosho county: "Sheds will pay in a small field, but not where hay is 

 handled in large quantities by machinery." 



Osage county: "Hay for cattle is softer and relished better when 

 from the stack." 



Ottawa county : "I don't think there is economy in barns or sheds over 

 stacking, as on every farm there is stock to eat all hay that is not sala- 

 ble." 



Montgomery county: "Where the hay is all fed on the farm the most 

 economical method is stacking, as cattle will eat the waste hay." 



Finney county: "There is not enough difference to pay." 



Russell county: "I don't think sheds a paying proposition in our 



co-untry." 



