. Barn plans and outbuildings . 237—board rafter closed places there will be no corn upon the floor of thebox, so that it will be easy to shovel out the corn. Inone part of the west cribs of this kind are in commonuse, but they are not frequently found elsewhere. A COVER FOR CORN CRIBS A vast quantity of corn is destroyed or badly damagedby being exposed in open cribs to the rains and snows ofthe winter and spring. A simple and very cheap methodof protecting the log or rail crib, in common use in thewestern states, is suggested by seeing hundreds of them ROOFS FOR CORX CRIBS 239 filled with co
. Barn plans and outbuildings . 237—board rafter closed places there will be no corn upon the floor of thebox, so that it will be easy to shovel out the corn. Inone part of the west cribs of this kind are in commonuse, but they are not frequently found elsewhere. A COVER FOR CORN CRIBS A vast quantity of corn is destroyed or badly damagedby being exposed in open cribs to the rains and snows ofthe winter and spring. A simple and very cheap methodof protecting the log or rail crib, in common use in thewestern states, is suggested by seeing hundreds of them ROOFS FOR CORX CRIBS 239 filled with com soaking in th© heavy rains of two boards six feet long and fasten them togetherat the end by leather or iron strap-hinges, as shown inFigure 237. They should then be laid across the corn,which is to be heaped up into the center of the many pairs of these boards are used as may be neces-sary for the length of the crib, or two pairs for each lengthof boards, whether that be twelve feet, sixteen feet or. Fig. 238—COVER FOR corn crib less. Boards are then tacked upon the rafters length-wise of the corn crib, commencing at the lower part,each board overlapping two inches or thereabouts. Thenails should be only partly driven in, so that whenthe cover is to be taken away the nails are easily drawnout with a claw hammer. Figure 238 shows a log cribcovered in this manner. It will, of course, be necessaryto stay the cover by some means so that it may not beblovsTi off by heavy winds. CHAPTER X ICE HOUSESice: its uses and importance Every year the use of ice increases. It is not merely aluxury, but becomes a necessity so soon as its value isknown by experience. As with many other gifts ofnature, however, its very abundance causes it to be disre-garded; and this mine of usefulness is formed once ayear, perhaps almost at the farmhouse door, and allowedto pass away in spring unworked. Ice in the dairy isnext to indispensable, for holding milk and cream at aproper t
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