Homesteading 



horses or bulls harnessed to each end, is used, 

 and when it works well, will draw huge heaps 

 together ready to be put up into a stack. 



Another method which we found more service- 

 able, as far as unloading the rack went, was to 

 roll the load off by an arrangement known to 

 sailors as a parbuckle. Two ends of a strong 

 rope are secured to the upper rail of the gate 

 side of the rack, and the bight laid across the 

 bottom and allowed to hang over the other side, 

 so that the hay is loaded on the rope. On arrival 

 at the stack, the gate of the rack is opened against 

 the stack, the team unhitched from the wagon and, 

 by means of a logging chain or rope, hitched on to 

 the bight of the parbuckle, and the load rolled off. 



By this means rows of loads can be placed 

 close together, another tier on the top, and finally, 

 a third load to top off with. When the plan 

 works well it certainly saves much labour, but 

 stacks made in this way seem more liable to let 

 the wet in. 



Thatching as in Britain is very unusual, noi- 

 as far as the winter is concerned, is it needful 

 but when there is heavy rain in the fall, mucl 

 hay may be damaged unless stacks are carefull> 

 topped off. 



The ambition of the farmer is to build a propei 

 barn, a huge structure, with room for hors( 



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