. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. GRAIN CllUl'S. 249 butts outward. If it is attempted to store corn-stalks in barns or in very large stacks, tliev will almost invariably decay, owing to the large amount of water they contain, which it is impos- sible to drv out bv any amount of exposure. Storing the grain.—Corn cribs are such a simple affair that it would not have occurred to me at all to describe their con- struction did I not frc-(]ucntl\- receive ajiplications for plans by which to erect them. The fundamental princi
. Book of the Farm; being a revised edition of The handy-book of husbandry, a guide to farmers. Agriculture. GRAIN CllUl'S. 249 butts outward. If it is attempted to store corn-stalks in barns or in very large stacks, tliev will almost invariably decay, owing to the large amount of water they contain, which it is impos- sible to drv out bv any amount of exposure. Storing the grain.—Corn cribs are such a simple affair that it would not have occurred to me at all to describe their con- struction did I not frc-(]ucntl\- receive ajiplications for plans by which to erect them. The fundamental principle for the arrangement of the crib is to give the freest possible admission to air, and to keep out rats and mice. Of course there are many considerations of convenience, which it is best to study, and the mode of construction must depend very much on the amount of grain to be stored. For a Northern farm, where from 500 to 1,000 bushels of shelled corn are to be kept, (double that bulk of ears,) the plan shown in Fig. 66 will be found effective. It is 10 feet high Fig. at the sills, 12 feet wide, the plate 7 feet high from the floor to the eaves, and as long as the requirements of the farm make necessary. It has a passage-wav 4 feet wide from the door at the end to within 4 feet of the rear end where there is a bin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates
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