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became necessary to obtain an additional quantity of hay ; and 
fortunately the Stewards were able to purchase about 34 acres 
of standing grass in meadows adjoining those in which the 
other trials had taken place. This, with the portion of the 
Urban Sanitary Authorities' ground hitherto unused, made up 
about 66 acres, which were allotted in the following order : — 
No. of 
riot. 
Estimated 
Estimated 
Exhibitor. 
Acreage 
Quantity 
of Plot. 
of Hay. 
Tons. 
10 
9 
12 
11 
9 
l.S 
12 
Kite 
6 
7 
13 
Phillips, Hand-power .. 
7 
9 
14 
Greening. „ 
6 
9 
15 
Phillips, Steam-power .. 
6 
11 
16 
Bamlett 
5 
10 
17 
Greening, Steam-power 
17 
13 
Plot X. — J. Coultas. 2nd Stack. 
As there seemed every probability of Coultas being first at 
liberty, the first allotment was made to him. There was a light 
crop of grass of fair quality, which was mown on the 14th, and 
stacked on the 18th and IDth, the first day being fine until the 
evening. The hay was much of it dry, but some wet locks 
remained in it ; and, as it had not been much moved about, 
a considerable quantity was decidedly green. The stack was 
laid out 20 feet in diameter ; the flue was constructed, as in the 
case of the first stack, of 9-inch pipes. In place of the five shafts 
of the former stack, one cage was used of 22 inches square at the 
bottom, and tapering to 8 inches square at the top, which was 
about 9 feet high. In order to make this cage more rigid, the 
four legs were let into the ground. It was not until the 21st 
that any heat was shown, but on that day 144' was reached. The 
fan was worked for a quarter of an hour merely to see whether 
all was clear ; but Mr. Coultas thought it desirable to allow the 
heat to rise in order to get rid of moisture. On the 25th, 150° 
was the temperature on the N. and E. ; and on the 26th the fan 
was worked lor an hour by the same engine as had been used at 
the other stack, reducing the temperature from an average of 
150' to 116'. No further application of the fan was made, and 
the heat gradually declined (see Table VIIl., p. 708). 
V\ hen cut up, it was found that the cage in this stack had 
sunk from 9 feet high to about 6 feet ; much of the hay was 
very mouldy, the upper portion being by far the best. It 
appeared to the .Judges that if this stack had heated more, the 
hay would have been better. 
