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row, cock, or swath and transport it to the stacker (Fig. 61), 

 a device used to build the stack. Several types of stackers are 

 on the market and the use of any of them means labor saved. 

 If the hay is to be placed in a mow or shed, hay forks, hay 



FIG. 61. Stacking hay. 



slings, or carriers are often employed to do away with the 

 hand labor of pitching the hay. 



100. Grasses for hay and pasture. The grasses that are 

 extensively cultivated for hay and pasture are timothy, Ken- 

 tucky blue-grass, rye-grasses, redtop, and orchard-grass. 

 Those of secondary importance are meadow-fescue, tall oat- 

 grass, Bermuda-grass, and Canada blue-grass. All of these 

 are briefly described on the next few pages. 



Timothy. Considerably more than half the area devoted 

 to grass in the United States is planted to timothy or some 

 mixture containing timothy. Often it is planted with red 



