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Definition of Stooked
1. stook [v] - See also: stook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stooked
Literary usage of Stooked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
"Lot number one, cut at the ground and stooked September 24th. ... To make a short
story of it, the lot cut up arid stooked, when husked, dried, and shelled, ..."
2. The American Wheat Culturist: A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Wheat by Sereno Edwards Todd (1868)
"The " shocking manner " in which a large proportion of the wheat of our country
is stooked—and in many instances by farmers who sustain a fair reputation ..."
3. The Farmer's Companion: Or, Essays on the Principles and Practice of by Jesse Buel (1840)
"Cut and well stooked, neither the grain nor the forage is likely to be seriously
injured by the weather, even if left in the field late. ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1901)
"It has been abundantly shown that the dry matter of stooked corn and corn ensilage
has practically an equal digestibility. We have, however, two important ..."
5. Crop Production in Western Canada by John Bracken (1920)
"The sheaves should be stooked as wheat is stooked, and stacked preferably near
the buildings, to be threshed when convenient. If the sheaves are well dried ..."
6. British Farmer's Magazine (1851)
"It should be stooked as soon after pulling as possible, and never allowed to
remain over night un- stooked, except in settled weather. ..."
7. Annual Report by Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station (1892)
"The fourth two rows were brought to the barn and stooked in the same way, and in
about a week were husked, the stalks re-stooked ..."
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