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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



The average size of rectangular stack reported is 16 feet in width, 37 

 feet in length and 19 feet in height. The width varies from twelve to 20 

 feet, the length from 25 to 40 feet and the height from 18 to 20 feet. 

 Reports indicate that the best stacks are from 18 to 20 feet in width, as 

 high as the stacker will make them, and as long as the distance to haul 

 the hay economically will admit. Sometimes, where well-protected stacks 

 do not reach their full height until all the cuttings for the season have 

 been made, they are started with the first cutting, and each additional 

 cutting is placed on top of the preceding one until the stack is topped out 

 with the last cutting. 



FIG. 73. A stacking outfit that handles from 50 to 75 tons a day. 

 [Courtesy Farmers' Review.] 



FIG. 74. The poles-and-cable method of stacking, 



