WHEAT CULTURE. 



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about 10 feet from the ground ; yet the Btacka have remained quite perpendi- 

 cular. They have suffered n<> damage from wind or rain, and the loss of 

 butts on the outside is not worth mentioning. 



After selecting a good site, level and dry, measure oil' the ground 12 yards 

 by 6 yards, and build a good straddle of straw, sticks, or other suitable 

 materia] which may be handy You can start from the centre or from the 

 outside, but it is simpler work to start from the outside, and this is the 

 general practice. 



Fig. 1 shows the easier method of commi ocing the stack. First of all, 

 place a layer of sheaves on the ends, A and B, butts- outwards, and running 

 lengthways with the stack. Then lay sheaves along the sides, C and D, butts 

 outwards, running across the stack and overlapping the heads of the end 

 sheaves. These are the only sheaves which will be placed flat on the ground. 



Fig. 2. — Another method of commencing the stack. 



Another method of commencing, which is not quite so simple, is shown 

 in Fig. 2, and provides for binding the corners of the first tier. The first 

 sheaf, A, is placed at an angle, pointing towards the centre of the stack. 

 The next sheaf overlaps the head of the first, and the third that of the 

 second, and so on, until the sheaves are lying straight across the stack. As 

 the corner B is approached, the butts are spread and the heads overlapped to 

 bind the corner. Then the sheaves are straightened again along the end, 

 B C, and so on around the, stack. 



In filling up the centre of the first tier, always place the butts on the 

 ground. The dotted lines in Fig. 3 show the sheaves first laid. Fill up by 

 placing sheaves heads outwards, overlapping the bands of the first layer. 

 Continue around the stack, and then commence again in the centre, always 

 placing the butts on the ground, until the centre is filled. 



