. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . hed, and whichI find very convenient. It has all the facilities required in a crib, itcan be filled direct from the wagon, and there are movable steps, or plat-forms, whereon to stand to fill the crib to the top. There is also a floorfor shelling, which, when not in use, can be raised out of the way for load-ing. I give a drawing (fig. 337) of the frame of a single end bent. Thereare, as will be seen, two cribs, one on each side of the drive-way; eachcrib is 4 feet wide, outside measure, at the bottom,
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . hed, and whichI find very convenient. It has all the facilities required in a crib, itcan be filled direct from the wagon, and there are movable steps, or plat-forms, whereon to stand to fill the crib to the top. There is also a floorfor shelling, which, when not in use, can be raised out of the way for load-ing. I give a drawing (fig. 337) of the frame of a single end bent. Thereare, as will be seen, two cribs, one on each side of the drive-way; eachcrib is 4 feet wide, outside measure, at the bottom, 6 feet at the top, and10 feet high to the plate. This gives 50 square feet of section in eachcrib. With six bents, a crib 20 feet long can be had, giving 1,000 cubicfeet, or a capacity for about 700 bushels of ears in each crib, when level ) 294 ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER =^==® ^vQ with the plate. The drive-way between the cribs is 8 feet wide, thusmaking the whole building 20 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 16 feet highfrom ground to peak of the roof. The crib is supported upon piers of.
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