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Show CURE HAY WELL BEFORE BALING Can Be Kept Indefinitely Without Danger of Heating if Properly Prop-erly Treated. AIR CIRCULATION IS HEEDED Crosswise Method of "Cording" -Pre-vents Air Spaces From Being Covered Cov-ered and Insures Ventilation ThroUoh Pile. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) Baled liny tlmt luis been thoroughly cureil In the burn or stuck before baling bal-ing can be stored Indefinitely without danger of hunting say specialists. It inny be plied so tbnt the bnles fit very closely together. liny bnled from the windrow nnd code, however, unless very well cured, Is likely to-heat more or less In storage. Sometimes the heat-lng heat-lng becomes so Intense tlmt the liny becomes severely dumnged or even tin-ninrketiible. tin-ninrketiible. Lessen Danaer of Heating. Dnmngc from bcntlng inny be greatly lessened nnd sometimes entirely obviated obvi-ated by storing the bnles on edge, nl-lowing nl-lowing nn Inch or two of air space between be-tween them. When bales nro piled flat wise the nlr Is excluded nnd bcntlng Is likely to occur, wherens leaving nn nlr space tends to prevent bcntlng b Inducing circulation, which cools the hay. The first layer of bales placed In a bam should be placed on edge, nnd the second nnd every nlternnte lnyer should be placed on edge nnd crosswise. This crosswise method, or "cording," prevents nny of the nlr spaces In the tier from being entirely covered and Insures ventilation through the entire pile. The boated air works up nround the edges of the bnles nnd the cooler nlr enters from the sides nnd bottom. Methods of Storing. When bnles Hint hnve been lnld flnt on their sides begin to bent It becomes necesxnry to move the bnles nnd pile them In the ninnner Just descilbcd. If there lire any indications of heating when the hay Is put Into the burn, or If the hay grower hns nny doubt nbout the liny keeping, It Is best to idle the bales crosswise on edge, rather than take any risk, even though this method of storing wnstes more or less storage stor-age spnee. Cases are on record In which liny growers, usually beginners, hnve bnled liny from the windrow and cock, and because It spoiled In the mow, owing to Improper storing, hnve Iwcomo convinced tbnt bnllng from the Held was not a success, not realizing that the fault Iny In the manner In which the liny wns stored. |