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a further decrease had to be recorded. On the 1st of August 
140° was again reached, and the fan worked one hour, after 
which it was not used. Altogether 3 hours 40 minutes fanning 
was given to this stack, which turned out to be good hay, with 
very little mould. It realised 19/. It is difficult to account for 
this stack having made less money than the last mentioned, as it 
was unquestionably much better hay, although it was certainly 
not stacked in such good condition (see Table XII., p. 714). 
Plot XVI. — A. C. Bamlett. 2nd Stack. 
This allotment of about 5 acres had a heavy crop of good 
grass of similar quality to that on Plots 14 and 15. It was, 
however, more shaded by trees than even Plot 14. The grass 
was cut on the 19th, turned, wind-rowed, and cocked in the after- 
noon of the 20th, shaken out on the 21st, and stacked on the 
21st and 22nd. Like that of the preceding plot, it had some 
rain on it in the night of the 21st, and it was not thoroughly 
dry when stacked. It was, however, so far made that a little 
delay would, if the weather had been fine, have obviated all 
need for a fan ; while, if more rain had come, the quality would 
have been injured. The stack was a round one, 20 ft. diameter at 
the base. The flue was of 6-in. sewage-pipes, laid in the ground 
with a bend upwards in the centre of the staddle, and over this 
a shaft was constructed, by means of a wooden cage, as in this 
exhibitor's first stack. 
On the 23rd this stack showed signs of heat, the east side 
being 135° ; and on the 24th the fan was put to work and kept 
going at intervals during the day ; on the 25th it was turned 
for one hour, and on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, pretty con- 
tinuously without much change being effected. After this the 
heat diminished, and it would probably have been better for 
the hay if no farther working of the fan had taken place, as 
when the stack was cut, much of the hay was mouldy. This lot 
sold for 19/., exactly the same sum as Mr. Phillips's stack last 
described had made ; but certainly it was a much dearer bargain 
than the former rick (see Table XIII., p. 715). 
Plot XVII. — Agricultural and Horticultuhal Associa- 
tion (E. O. Greening). 4th Stack. Power Fan. 
This plot, of about 17 acres, was a very light crop of young 
grass, it having been grazed until late in the spring. It was 
mown on the 2()th, and stacked on the 22nd and 24th. After 
the crop was mown, it was so thinly scattered over the land 
that it had to be gathered into windrows by the horse-rakes. 
Some showers fell on the days when the hay was stacked, and 
