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Show GOOD COVER FOR HAYSTACKS Ample Protection Afforded by Layer of Coarse Grass, Such as Millet, Sudan or Sorghum. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) High price of hay makes it essen-' tial that farmers top off their haystacks hay-stacks with proper covers for protection protec-tion of the dry forage against weathering. weath-ering. A cheap and simple cover for any stack or rick of hay may be made by spreading a layer, about four inches thick, of some coarse grass, such as millet, Sudan grass, fine sorghum, or some coarse wild grass over the top of the stack or rick, placing plac-ing long poles over the hay, and then binding these poles permanently in place by the use of wires weighted down at both ends. Where the hay is stacked out of doors in oblong ricks, a satisfactory cover may often be made by using 12-inch boards 1 to 1 inches in thickness, cut as long as the rick, which may be wired together and lapped like shingles to form a satisfactory cover over the hay. Some farmers have been successful in using crimped galvanized roofing or corrugated corru-gated roofing with the edge bent to interlock in-terlock in the same manner as a protection pro-tection for hay-ricks. |