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stacked "when there is considerable moistiire in 

 the hay, providing the stacks are not made too 

 large or stack ventilators are used. Always use 

 some kind of stack bottom, even if it is no more 

 than a layer of straw. On large fields many 

 use the common go-devil, or ricker, to haul the 



Plate XXI. 



The "Go Devil" and Stacker Putting 

 Up Alfalfa. 



hay cocks or bunches to the stackers. Mr. Wil- 

 cox has called attention to the Lockhart drag as 

 an advanced method of hauling hay from the 

 fields to the stack. This drag is made of nine 

 1x6 boards placed six inches apart and bolted at 

 each end to 2x4 cross pieces laid flat. It is sim- 

 ply dragged over the field and a ton or more of 

 hay tipped onto it with forks and then dragged 



