Show 4 4 4 4 1 Care of Grain Grail Straw J C HOGENSON Extension Agronomist Utah AgrIcultural College t H H I I I I I IH I- H-H- H Good clean straw has e feed value It is recommended that a ns es s much of the straw as possible be well wel l stacked at the time of threshing so s 0 that it will not waste aste In some sec sec- sections sec sec- sections sections of thi the state a simple method metho d of stacking straw is used Posts are arc placed in m a circle just the t he sIze of the proposed stack Woven Wove n WIre six 51 feet high is placed on the t he inside of these posts The thresher thresh er IS placed so that the blower deposIts deposit ers s the straw and chaff in m the center of the enclosure One man only IS i s she needed to move the straw from the t he center to the outside To make a good straw stack with wIth- wIthout without without out the wire a man anda and a boy should d I spend their entire time m in the stack sta stac k at the time of threshing to see that th at I the sides are built straight and that tha t the center be kept well filled all the t he tIme Straw stacks should be topped hed hehe d oft off similar to a hay stack If the t he top of the stack can be covered elther eit cither h er with Ith wild hay or coar coarse e straw a rounding top will Ill be all that will be necessary n to keep the straw in m good go goo bed d condItIon Whether it will pay to rake up the t he straw been from a field v which has been bee n harvested witha with Ith Itha a combine will Ill de depend d e peal pend entirely upon how ur urgently the t he straw will be needed by the owner owne r Whether the cost of raking haulin g and stacking the straw will III be more mor e eis than Ethan the value of the straw to h his is farm fa rm animals must be worked out o ut and decided upon by the al farmer who owns the straw and the t he farm animals to be fed |