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FARM APPLIANCES. 



ladder, can lift the pin which supports it. This is, of 

 course, done at each corner, and thus the roof is raised, 

 one peg at a time. It is lowered in the same manner by 

 reversing the operation. 



SUPPORTS FOE STACKS. 



In stacking straw or hay, when stock is permitted to 

 feed upon it during the winter, it is unsafe to leave the 

 stack without support. The danger is that the stacks 

 may be undermined, and fall over upon the animals. 



Fig. 158. FRAME FOR STRAW OR HAT STACK. 



This will not happen if a stout support is made, as shown 

 in figure 158. A few strong posts are set firmly in the 

 ground, and planks spiked on the side as shown ; the 

 cattle can eat the straw from between the planks, and" 

 may eat the stack entirely through without danger of its 

 being buried by over-turning. When the crib thus made 

 is filled, the stack is topped off in the usual manner, 

 being well spread over the eaves to shed the rain, and, 

 as it is eaten out below, the straw settles down gradually. 

 It is quite easy to cover a stack so made with a roof, so 

 as to form a very cheap barrack. In the summer, by a 

 little change, this will make a good calf or sheep pen. 



