Show SAFE STORAGE FOR CORN GORN GR CROP P Millions Lost Every Year by lm- lm Improperly Im properly property Stored Gran Grain r POWER POWER ELEVATOR ELEVATOR IS HELP Building Contains Two Large Cribs Crib and Bins for Small Grains Grains Equip ment Cuts Down the Labor J Cost By Fly WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr William WilHam A. A Radford will answer questions questions' and give Sl advice FREE OF COST on nil all subjects pertaining to the subject of oC building work ork on the farm arm for tor forthe the readers of oC this paper On account of ot his wide 16 exp as Editor Au Author thor and Manufacturer h he is without doubt the highest authority on all aU these subjects Address all Inquiries to William A. A Radford Ibid Rad- ford Cord No 1827 Prairie avenue Chicago ill m. and only two-cent two stamp for Cor II reply I It must he be pretty discouraging for fora a farmer fanner t to I raise lse a bumper crop of corn and then before It Is l marketed see ee no small part of his grain disappear disappear pear because of the tile activity of ot rits and arni through by weather Still millions s of dollars worth of corn cornar ar r t I h. h y I I 1 t v I 1 4 1 l i I 1 N Vi 11 1 rn l i. i t. t 1 lt 1 r tL iY W y W t n z ZA T j JI t TI f 1 f t i if K f J m f v f I l' l 1 n S tf E 8 4 t F i- i r. 7 t P. P 5 I i il I ri r- r i I l r-f r l' l 4 j m J F J Bj V v I.- I. I I i 0 lo lost t every year e 1 because of or these thee e enemies ene mies of ot corn Corn orn needs safe storage that Is a astore astore store house that Is Impregnable to rats an and weather At the same time tImet timeA A t t must be exposed to the air so that It will cure properly To accomplish results experienced farm build build- tug fug architects have designed what Is generally known as a high corn crib but which In reality Is a storage house for both corn and small grains such as ns wheat oats barley burley etc A good example of ot a high corn crib Is shown In the accompanying tion thea This is a 0 frame frairie building set seton seton seton on a concrete foundation and a concrete concrete con con- crete clete floor By reference to the floor plan which accompanies the exterior view It will be seen that a driveway 10 to feet wide runs through the center of the building On either side Is Isa Isn a n corn crib that extends to the roof root The These e cribs are eight feet wide and 34 feet teet long and will around bushels of ear ar corn The walls of ot the cribs are of ot plain heavy boards nailed onto a heavy henvy frame slightly parted d so that the air all can cnn circulate through the corn The heavy construction Is necessary because of ot the bursting pressure of the grain when the cribs are filled fined The floor of the cribs Is of concrete but underneath under tinder neath nath has hns a channel or gutter Into which the tue corn may bo be allowed to drop so that flint It may be le dragged out The In Inside walls of the cribs above aboTe the first floor ceIlIng ere we tight as Is the floor which allows for fOI two bins for tor the small grains These bins have I Tc CTt I I 1 i eL so 9 y I r c LC t. 1 First Floor Plan doors In the floor connected with chutes by hy which the grain may be lie berun rUT run b. b by gravity to wagons in the h drive wa way vay The cupola on the center of f the building extends above the ridge This Is to accommodate the spout of the power elevator levator located at nt one side of ot the driveway The Tile wagons containing contain ing Ine the husk husked d corn are driven Into the building BO so that the rear ends are even with th the elevator to In Th n the ii e floor la Is a wagon dump through which the carrier belt and ond cups run The front of the wagon Is lifted the corn com drops Into the dump and Is carried the elevator to the spout In tb the cupola This spout Is movable BO so that the grain may be spouted pouted to any part of ot f I either of o othe the cribs This nus la Ii laJ J i operated by either electric motor or orgas gas engine an also may be used to carry the tile small grains to the overhead overhead over over- head hend bins This building equipped wIth a n powe elevator I tor provides a n safe storage hous house for command cornand grain t the ae same tiro ruts the labor cost of ot storing them Man Many farmers build a concrete hog peg CRIb CRl I CRI C l L Second Floor Plan feeding ceiling floor at nt one end of ot the lie crib thereby Ic reducing the labor handling the corn that Is b being fed to the lie fattening fat fat- hogs The construction of this building I Is simple sImpi the tie principal points being to erect a n sturdy bull building ding that will withstand the weight of the grain In tm tue at ut tue me tune De Dt open so that the air nir can cnn get In ln but the rain cannot The high corn crib Is one of the bull buildings that the modern owner uses to prevent pre waste While such a building as this will be seen Slen on many farms lu Iu the corn belt there still are many formers who cling to the lie old wasteful method of ot putting their crops crop into old fashioned cribs built of fence rails ralls while some take no no other care of the Uie corn than to pile It and cover It with canvas The waste of ot corn by these methods metho s would soon pay for fora I a modern weather tight crib |