. Barn plans and outbuildings . settling unevenly. Siding need not be matchedstuff unless snow blows into cracks of buildings. In manysections it is customary to board up with six-inch stuffand leave the cracks slightly open. This crib is as strongand durable as it need be for any region. The length willdepend on the conditions involved. The crib is all oftwo-inch stuff nailed and spiked together. A CONVENIENT CORN CRIB 235 This crib will hold about 100 bushels to the runningfoot of ear corn, filling it ten feet high. The same prin-ciple of construction applied to a narrower building, saythe b
. Barn plans and outbuildings . settling unevenly. Siding need not be matchedstuff unless snow blows into cracks of buildings. In manysections it is customary to board up with six-inch stuffand leave the cracks slightly open. This crib is as strongand durable as it need be for any region. The length willdepend on the conditions involved. The crib is all oftwo-inch stuff nailed and spiked together. A CONVENIENT CORN CRIB 235 This crib will hold about 100 bushels to the runningfoot of ear corn, filling it ten feet high. The same prin-ciple of construction applied to a narrower building, saythe bins five feet wide instead of ten, would make alength of forty feet, which would hold about 1600 air should be admitted through the bottom it is evidentthat a cement floor would not do for a corn crib. Cementpiers to set the posts on would be excellent and are oftenused. Have the tinner make pipes of heavy galvanizediron twelve inches in diameter, which should be set on ?J->t I .... 1 ( f I : ii .; : i.» vi ::. ,.j^-iPr Fig. 233—STUDDING OF CRIB Fig. 234—SMALL CRIB flat stones sunk to hard earth in the ground, the pipesfilled with cement concrete and the crib set thereon so ratscannot climb them. A CONVENIENT CORN CRIB Figure 234 shows a corn crib which is satisfactorywhere a small amount of corn is to be kept. It can bemade any size desired, but possibly one twenty-five bytwelve feet is the most satisfactory. The sides may bemade of any kind of rough boards placed about two inchesapart, or strips of wood of any character can be used,provided the opening between them is not wider than threeinches. The roof is made out of ordinary rough boards »i^ « * y||l ill
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