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or to be fetched home in froily weather, or 

 when wanted. Much, however, is carried 

 to the homeftall at hay-time ; fome to be 

 ftacked j others to be houfed ; a practice 

 which, when room can conveniently be had, 

 feems to be in good eftimatiom It is at once 

 got out of the way of the weather, and pro- 

 bably into the place in which it will be 

 wanted : the muftinefs- of houfed hay, which 

 is talked of in fome places, is not perceived 

 in this. 



The pradliee of STACKING HAY IN THE 

 FIELD adds much to the eafe and difpatch of 

 hay- time. If the ftack be placed in the 

 center of the ground, a confiderable part of 

 the hay may be collected, without the trou- 

 ble of loading it on to a carriage. 



If it be in large cocks, it is fometime's 

 drawn to the flack with one horfe, and a cart- 

 rope put under the fkirts of the cock on the 

 fides, and above the fkirts on the back part ; 

 giving the bend of the rope fufficient hold 

 of the hay, to prevent its being drawn from 

 under the cock. The two ends of the rope 

 pafs to a pair of hames ; being made fafl on 

 on.e fide, and kept in its place with a peg on 



the 



