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purchaser to make a valid objection to really superior hay 

 and get it at an inferior price on account of the weeds. 



Then in making the bales, be sure to have a good power- 

 ful press. The heavier the bales, the less the cost of trans- 

 portation and the smoother the look given the bale. Let it be 

 neatly bound by either hoops, splits, or what is better, wire. 

 The latter can be purchased at a cost but little higher than 

 will be received for it again as weighed with the hay, and 

 the bales will present a neater appearance than can possibly be 

 given by the clumsier process of splits nailed to a board. 

 This will of itself often decide a purchaser in .favor of the 

 sale. A buyer, going into a commission house to fill an 

 order, will naturally be influenced by the neatness of the 

 commodity to be purchased ; and while he may not be a 

 judge of the nutritious character of the hay, he will, as all 

 merchants are, be a good judge of a merchantable bale. So 

 it is seen with all branches of business connected with farm- 

 ing. A dairy that sends out nice yellow butter, will realize 

 in the market, at all times, remunerative prices; while 

 another, that puts on the market white puffy butter, will 

 scarcely find a purchaser at a price great enough to save the 

 producer from debt, although the cost of running the two 

 dairies may be exactly equal. The merchant will be glad 

 to sell for such a farmer, the hay will sell readily, and hence 

 if there are profits he will be sure to realize them. 



Having already spoken of various shelters for the pro- 

 tection of hay from weather, only one more will be mention- 

 ed, and that is the "SHELTERED STACK POLE," which is 

 made in the following manner, viz.: 



Set a pole six inches square on a cross of timbers about 

 the same size, and brace it well from each beam of the 

 cross. It can be put on either by a mortise and tennon or 

 toe-nailed. Let the pole be about fifteen feet high, and 

 have a series of 1J inch holes bored every 12 or 18 inches, 

 for about half its upper length. Have also a good stout 

 wooden or an iron pin to go into these holes. Then make a 



