HAYMAKING. q7 
considerable portion of the hay. We are more in favour of 
the use of the trimmings from fences, hedges, and ditches. 
Faggots make an excellent stack-bottom, but it must not be: 
forgotten that they only last some two years. 
In building the stack much more pasture hay can be dealt 
with on the same sized stack bottom than hay made from 
stover or alternate grasses, and the longer one takes in making. 
the stack the better the result is likely to be. Three weeks to: 
a month is about the limit, but the stack should be covered at 
night. In building stacks always keep the middle full. Avoid. 
unloading on the same side, and do not permit the man who 
receives the hay to stand too much on the same place. Avoid 
jamming on the stack, unless some more hay is immediately 
put upon the jammed place, and as the stack progresses have 
the sides pulled with a rake, in order to get the stack solid 
and into a good shape. 
The top of the stack seldom producing good quality hay, 
inferior or coarse stuff is collected to top up with, and the roof 
may be made as steep as can be, as it will be sure to settle 
down lower than one desires by the time the thatcher comes. 
round to. finish it off. The stack should not be thatched until 
the heat is well on the wane, because it has a tendency 
to prevent heat escaping, which is most undesirable, and apt to 
generate mould. 
Should you desire to keep a few extra loads of hay ready to 
fill in the middle of the stack in case bad weather causes 
unexpected delay, it is advisable to cover this extra hay with a 
thick coat of rough litter, in place of a cloth, and should this. 
extra hay be stored in a barn, be sure to always keep all the 
doors and wickets open night and day, so that it may generate 
its heat without undue moulding. 
Lastly, we would impress upon our readers that every drop 
of rain carted with hay causes mould, and hay had better 
be left lying about for months, than got up in a condition 
