The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-14

shocks. The bottoms OF the stacks
should be raised from the ground slight
ly by laying down old rails or other ma
terial To keep the straw from coming
I'm contact with the earth. thus prevent
ing the absorption Of moisture from be-
low. The shape of the stack Is less im-
portant than the manner I'm which the
bundles are laid though round stacks
probably shed water better than ths
long ricks sometimes built.
Stacking should be begun ns soon as
the grain il well cured I'm the shock.
I'm about ten days 10 two weeks after
cutting. Round stacks are usually
about ten feet In diameter mt the base.
The usual plan is to build four stacks
in a setting in pairs six feet apart.
First build large. round shock
about eight feet I'm diameter. Then
place two layers of bundles. one direct
ly on top of the other with the heads
resting against the shock and the butts
forming the ten-foot base OF the stack.
Make the next row with the butts just
covering the bands of the other row.
In the same manner lay rows OF
bundles. like shingles, until the center
Is reached, overlapping the rows n lit
tie more toward the center OF the
stack. When the first layer is com
pleted. begin again AT the outside and
build toward the center.
Shocked bundles have slnnting butts.
because they are set I'm the shock with
n slight slant instead OF exactly up
right In building the outside rows
around the stack lay the long edge OF
the butt on top and projecting beyond
the lower bundle. In Ibis way the d.
ameter of the stack Is gradually In
creased. forming the bulge. After a
height OF seven or eight feet rs reached
lay the outer bundles with the long
edge Of the butt beneath and just COW
erIng the inner edge of the layer just
completed. In this way the diameter
is gradually decreased and the stack ~
tapered slowly TO II point.
Always keep the middle OF the stack
high and firmly tramped down. DO
not tramp the outer layer at all. Keep
ing the middle high gives all the
bundles Il slant toward the outside and
helps To shed rain. At the peak, where
the bundles overlap, fasten capsheaf
stake driven into the top OF the stack.
A well-built stack ten feet in diameter
should be 20 Ia - feet high.
Thrashing.
As previously stated. Il Is cheaper to
thresh directly from the shock " the
work can be done while the grain II
still In good condition. Thrashlng from
4.
from rains, however. ms the work must
wait until the bundles are dry. This
may mean the loss of one or even two
or three days after heavy rains. ON
the other hand. If the grain is stacked,
thrashing may be resumed almost ms
soon as the rain stops. Grain may be
thrashed from the shock either before
or after II has gone through the sweat.
If IL Is thrashed before II goes through
the sweat, IL Will sweat In the bin,
but If IL is dry-thrnshcd IL viii not be-
injured. II the grain is damp when
thrashed, IL sweats too much and IN
likely to become hot and be damaged
by bin burning. Stacked grain should
be allowed To go through the sweat be-
fore II IN thrashed.
before thrashlng is begun particularly
II II has come from neighbours farm
where different variety Of oats ~
grown or IL some other grain has Just
been thrashed. Cleaning the separator
also prevents the bringing Of weed
seeds from other farms. The operation
Of the machine should be watched
carefully TO see that all the grain IL
from the straw. II is much
easier 10 do clean Job Of thrashing
when the grain il dry than when Il IN
moist.
The straw should be run into the
NOW, where rs can be kept under
cover or. If IL must be stacked outside.
he stack should be built carefully go
hat IL will shed water. Ont straw IL
1 valuable roughage for live stock, be-
ng much better for this purpose than
he straw OF wheat or barley. II is also
IF value for bedding and the making
IF manure. If IL is not all needed for
iced.