. Barn plans and outbuildings . -EXTERIOR OF GRAIN BIN jtasses, as seen in Figure 284. The bins are made with asubstantial frame of two by four timber, mortised 290 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS together, and boarded with matched inch boards insidoof the frame. The bottom is made slofjing, and is raisedabove the floor, so that the latter can be washed or sweptwhen needed. The form of the bins is shown In Figure285. There is a slide at the bottom, by raising whiclithe grain may be let out on the floor, and shoveled intobags, or through the spout seen at a, in Figure 286, into. Fig. 286—SECTION OF
. Barn plans and outbuildings . -EXTERIOR OF GRAIN BIN jtasses, as seen in Figure 284. The bins are made with asubstantial frame of two by four timber, mortised 290 BARN PLANS AND OUTBUILDINGS together, and boarded with matched inch boards insidoof the frame. The bottom is made slofjing, and is raisedabove the floor, so that the latter can be washed or sweptwhen needed. The form of the bins is shown In Figure285. There is a slide at the bottom, by raising whiclithe grain may be let out on the floor, and shoveled intobags, or through the spout seen at a, in Figure 286, into. Fig. 286—SECTION OF A GRAIN BIN bags on a wagon in the shed below. A spout in the frontfilso enables a portion of the grain to be run into bagswithout shoveling, and if thought advisable, a spoutmay be carried through the floor from each of the slidedoors, with very little expense. The spouts are providedwith hooks at the bottom, upon which cloth guides, seenat a, a, Figure 288, are hung, to direct the grain into thebags. A space is left sufficient to allow a boy ic go VENTILATOR FOR GRANARIES 291 behind the bins and sweep the floor and walls, and thereis a space of at least four feet in the middle of the gran-ary between the rows of bins. The bins may be made ofany desired size, and separate from each other, or inone continuous bin, divided by movable partitions. Everycare should be taken to have no cracks or crevices in thebins, floors or building, in which weevils can hide, andthe windows should be covered with fine wire gauze. Theventilators in the roof should also be covered to
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