. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. jm. 2908. Coni-sidiuls arc requisite fixtures of the stack-yard; they are basements oftimber or masonry, or sometimes of iron, on which to build the stack, and their object is to keep the lower part of the stack dry, andexclude vermin. The usual mode of con-structing stands is to place a stout frame oftimber on upright stones, two feet high, andhavi
. An encyclopædia of agriculture : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and of the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture. jm. 2908. Coni-sidiuls arc requisite fixtures of the stack-yard; they are basements oftimber or masonry, or sometimes of iron, on which to build the stack, and their object is to keep the lower part of the stack dry, andexclude vermin. The usual mode of con-structing stands is to place a stout frame oftimber on upright stones, two feet high, andhaving projecting caps of flat stones. Theyare also constructed wholly of stone, withcircular or polygonal walls (Jig. 436 a, b),built to the same height as in the formercast, in a rather slanting manner outwards, and covered on the tops with copings of oak-planking or flat stones, which project over the edges several inches, and in that wayprevent the ascent of rats and mice to the stacks. In both these modes, pieces of timberare placed as a frame in the middle to support the grain upon, and generally a cone ofspars in the centre, to form a column of air in the heart of the corn. Some suppose thefirst of these sorts of corn-stands to be the best f
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