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farther on one side than thej are on tlie opposite side. 

 There being nothing to snpport the overhanging bilge, 

 that side of the stack settles mnch more than the 

 other. The consequence is, that the courses of sheaves 

 on one side of the stack will be turned np, at the batts. 

 to snch an angle, that the rain wUl be conducted to- 

 ward the middle of the stack instead of running off the 

 oatside. It is eminently important, that the straws on 

 the outside courses of the stack, should always be so 

 incliaed downward, that they will conduct the rain out- 

 ward, firom straw to straw, until the water will all flow 

 off the bilge of the stack. 



H'jw Tr' Top Off a Stack. 



If the stack is being built of sheaves, the middle must 

 be kept so fuU that there will be a good inclination of 

 the straw in the butts of the bundles. This is always 

 a much oerrer onide than to attempt to keep the mid- 

 dle of the :k at a certain height above the outside. 

 The srackr- > ; move on his knees, as already stated 

 on a : " - - e : and, in order to keep the sheave 

 close : ri' as they can be conveniently, he should 

 lay eujA ;_rai partly on the side of the one last laid ; 

 and as it is pressed down with the knees, hold it from 

 slipping with both hands. By this means a much larger 

 number of bundles may be secm-ed in a smaller compass 

 than otherwise. Ii the straws only have a suitable in- 

 clination to carry the water outward, instead of toward 

 the middle of the stack, rain will injure but a small 

 portion of either straw or grain. If one side of a stack 

 should be lower than the other, it may usually be cai*- 

 ried up even, by using the large sheaves for the lower, 



