Stack-stand.
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Agriculture.) A device for supporting a stack of hay or grain at a sufficient distance above the ground to preserve it dry beneath and prevent the ravages of vermin.
It consists of a central foot, around which are arranged a series of pillars, connected to the central one by radial bars; braces connect the pillars and radial bars with each other.
The supports are of cast-iron, and the other parts of wrought-iron.
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Stack-stand. |
More care is lavished upon stack-stands in Britain than in the
United States.
A stack-stand in the
West is a mere foundation of rails, usually a square of the length of a rail, say 11 feet, or else 11 × 22.
Some carry up the sides for a round or two.
The British stack-yard, when conducted in the most approved style, has stands in rows for the reception of grain, the stacks being carefully thatched.
On the foundation are erected posts, which support the floor.
In the center is an open, pyramidal structure, affording an opening for access of air to the center of the stack.
