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the inside part might ferment over these five sheo^ves, 

 and this large sheaf is placed with its ears down- 

 wards and the shock is ready. 



Q. Do you know of any other way of building 

 these shocks or stooks. 



A. Another way much in use, is the following : 

 two small sheaves are placed together so that their 

 top may rest on one another ; their lower pai-t being 

 about ten inches apart. Ten of them are thus placed 

 in two rows giving them as much stability as pos- 

 sible. These ten sheaves are then covered with two 

 others carefully laid down on the shock and acting 

 as a cap. 



Q. What advantages are derived from the use of 

 these shocks ? 



A. These advantages are manifold ; the grain so 

 arranged can remain out doors during many weeks, 

 in all kinds of weather, without being in the least 

 damaged. Moreover, the grain so arranged conti- 

 nues to feed and to ripen. 



Q. Is it also necessary to set up oats in stocks ? 



A. No ; because the oats do not shoot easily and 

 can stand a good deal of bad weather before being 

 damaged ; but wheat, rye and barley, shoot so easily 

 and rapidly that they ought always to be set up in 

 stooks, as the cutting goes on. 



In rainy seasons the only way of preserving even 

 oats, is to set it up also in stooks. The straw 



