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conical roof of some stout but very light material, cover it with 

 half-inch sheeting, and let it be large enough to protect a 

 space larger than the stack Frame it in such a 

 manner that a square hole will be left in the top of the roof, 

 through which the stack pole will pass. It will then slide 

 to the bottom where it will rest, unless on hay. When it is 

 wished to make the stack, raise the roof and confine it, by 

 putting the pin through the pole underneath, and when the 

 stack is completed let the roof drop on the top of the hay, 

 and it will bid defiance to all manner of storms. Should it 

 be necessary* to move it, it can be readily carried on a wagon 

 to any part of the farm and set up. Should it be the wish 

 of the farmer to allow the cattle to feed on the hay in the 

 stack, provide four batoned sides, like a door, say five feet 

 wide, and in length the square of the circle made by the 

 hay stack, provide them with stout hooks to fasten the cor- 

 ners. The stack is then protected to the height of five feet. 

 In making the stack, lay rails or poles across the bottom on 

 the cross timbers, and that will keep it off the ground. 



TROUBLESOME PLANTS TO MEADOWS. 



There are several plants exceedingly troublesome to the 

 meadows in Tennessee. Among them is the White Top 

 (Erigeron Philadephicuni), or Fleabane. This is a perennial, 

 and sometimes infests meadows to such an extent as to ren- 

 der them worthless. Meadows troubled with them should 

 be mown several years in succession when the White Top 

 begins to blossom. Broom Grass (Andropogon Scoparius) 

 is also very pestiferous, destroying meadows after four or 

 five years unless closely watched, and the broom grass cut 

 up by the roots every spring. The Trumpet Creeper (Big- 

 nonia radicans) infests meadows in rich bottom lands, and 

 when cat off by the mower, iorms hard knots which will 

 arrest the action of the sickle. This vine should be dug up 

 " root and branch." White clover and blue grass are both 



