. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . should be built in front ofeach car door. Stock cars are generally built forty feetlong; therefore, the chutes should be about forty-two feetapart and wide enough to allow for the smaller cars of lessrecent construction. Facilities for unloading from
. Packing house and cold storage construction; a general reference work on the planning, construction and equipment of modern American meat packing plants, with special reference to the requirements of the United States government, and a complete treatise on the design of cold storage plants, including refrigeration, insulation and cost data .. . should be built in front ofeach car door. Stock cars are generally built forty feetlong; therefore, the chutes should be about forty-two feetapart and wide enough to allow for the smaller cars of lessrecent construction. Facilities for unloading from wagons should also beprovided, as well as stock scales and a scale house. Stock yards should, preferably, be roofed over, so asto protect the stock during bad weather. This is particu-larly necessary for sheep and hogs. The modern yards arenow built of reinforced concrete and paved with brick orconcrete. The Government requires that all hog pens be pavedand properly drained and that all yards be provided withfacilities for watering the stock. In Figure 67 is illustrated a section through a coveredstock yard built for the storage of cattle, sheep and pens are of various sizes and are arranged so that allalleys connect with the runway to the killing floor. Theroof over the alleys is raised above the main roof, and PBi-PMiLD OOOFINO. FIG. 67—SECTION THROUGH STOCK YARDS. FIG. 68—SECTION THROUGH STOCK RUNWITH DETAILS. 98 STOCK PENS means for light and ventilation is provided by continuousmonitors. In Figure 68 is illustrated, in detail, the constructionof a runway to the killing floor. The incline of the runshould be three inches per lineal foot, if the space willpermit, and should never be more than three and one-halfinches, except for very short runs. The brick floor, laidwith three courses of flat bricks, and one course laid onedge, will give a secure foothold for the live stock. Where the ground space is limited, the stock pens mustbe built in decks, one above the o
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