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Show BUILDING GRAIN STACKS. The Work Most Be Done Oaxetully If They Are to Be Hade 'Water Proof. The value of a properly constructed grain stack Is only appreciated during a wet season It the weather Is dry, almost any kind uf stack will do The bottom of a grain stack should he started In the same way as a round shock fare should be taken to have the bottom uf the slack perfectly round with the heart nf the atsrk In the Middle In ImliHe even settling on all sides The bundles aie ult set on end In the bottom uf the stark j that the heads of grain will not come In contact with the ground, as shown In Fig 1 which represent a cross sec lion uf bottom uf grain stack, ready fur the second layer of bundles One uf the must Important things to remember, m)b the Orangn Judd Partner, la to kn p the stack highest In the inn ter and as olid as imsslb'e. mi MKTIIUI) lr UUIMUMI TDK STACK (Fl I, ftecilon or yuck, H x. Stuck Hlfint ) Home make the mlstako of piling looso straw In center This wilt causa tho center to settle more rapidly than tho outside, wllh tho bundles slanting Inwards, In-wards, n thing to be carefully avoided, avoid-ed, for such a slack will taku water. A level place should nlwas bo chosen. The stacking should bo dono with a fork. The old way of going around on tho knees and handling every bundle with the hands Is out of datn Metier stacks can ho mado with the fork, and quicker work can bo duno; besides It Is much easier When the stack Is high enough to begin drawing In, an extra layer of bundles should bo laid, commencing well to tho lusldo of the outer row, - 1 .... itfri's id OUTLINH OP TIIK COMI'LKTKU HTACK This la necessary In order to mako tho center high enough to glvo tho bundles on the outer row a slant of at least SO degrees A ron with ox-purlenco ox-purlenco using a fork will even bo ablo to glvn the outer rows of bundles bun-dles a slant nut and downwards of as much as 45 degrees, whllo ho keeps well Inwards the tenter of stack. Pig 2 shows tho bundles uf upper half of stack wllh a slant of about 20 degrees. A little oxperlcnco will en-ablo en-ablo the operator to stick tho bundles of tho outer row with the butt ends lightly Into llio center or bundles below. be-low. This wilt prevent the outer row from slipping Topping out a slack properly Is the must illlllcull part I hnvo found that 91) per cent nf all stacks that draw water take It midway between tho bulgo nnd the tup lluuco this par. tlcutar point In the stack shoi t bo very carefully constructed, tivur draw tho slack In rapidly at the start, as this nlwnys has a tendency to cause It In tuku water. Tho last fuw fed nf the tnp are by no means so pnrtlculur, because tho top Is uur-uow uur-uow and will dry out quickly, even It It should become a little wet. If water wa-ter la taken In lower down In tho stack It will not dry out until tba grain Is more or less spoiled. The last four or llvu feet of stack may bo drawn In considerably quicker than tho lower part, just so It Is kept high and full In the center. Pig 3 shows thu outline of a completed com-pleted stack Through the bulgo from a to b It Is II feet across, whllo at the bottom It Is 12 feet across. It the operator haa experience, bo may with good results put on a larger bulgo, as It would Improve the stock In settling, allowing the outer rows of bundles to slant at a considerable greater degree Hut fur the benefit of thoso who have very little or no experience It Is best to put on a very llttlo or no bulgo at all, becauss If this Is not propurly douo so that It comes out even on all sides the stack will bo sura-Jo settle over the one sldo snd then jo take water during dur-ing heavy rain. " If a line Is drawn, through stack from c to rt It will be seen that the pressure at this point, When the stack settles down, will be considerably consider-ably groater than on outside (ram bulge to ground, hence It Is very Important Im-portant to keep center of stack high and solid all through A narrow stake sharpened to a point at lower end and about fire foot long should be thrust down Into top of stack to prevent wind from blowing on Uu loot bundle |