Show COHN AND GRAIN HE ARE 5 SArt I Combination C Crib and Granary Mak Makes s Economical Storage Stor Stor- i. i age House i d t f ARRANGEMENT J SAVES LABOR LABORd r Structure of This 1 Kind Now Considered Consid Consid- r r ered One of Important Units of Farm Building Gr Groups Guards Groups ups ups-Gu Guards Against Rats By y WI WILLIAM LLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr Ur 2 ir William A A. A Had Radford ford will wm answer questions and give advice h FREE InEE OF Or COST on all subjects pertaining to the th subject of at building building- work ork on the farm for tor forthe tho the readers rN of this paper On account of or his wide experience as Editor Author and Manufacturer he Is ls Is without doubt the highest authority on all nil th these se subjects Address Address Ad Ad- dress all aU Inquiries to toUl Ul William nm A A. Radford No Xo 1827 1324 Pr avenue Chicago m. m and only two-cent two stamp for reply Housh Housing g the crops on the farm form until market conditions are better than when the grains are harvested means a n considerable Increase In the gross returns from flom the seasons 3 operations That is why many farmers In the grain belt are erecting modern structures tures designed to keep the crops in good condition and protected from th the e enemies emles that prey upon them The These e enemies are ale the weather and animals principally rats ruts The modern corn crib and gran granary a 1 Is now considered one of the important Important tant units of the farm building group Where not so many years ears ago stood are ne nearly always high In proportion A stud study o of the floor plans that accompany accompany accompany ac ac- ac- ac company the exterior view of ot this building will show how the interior Is arranged for the convenience of tho the owner At the saint time the buildIng buildIng building build build- Ing Is so constructed that It will keep the crops protected from the weather and rats It Is set on n a concrete with foundation with n sturdy frame n necessary necessary q- q essary because of the pressure the thc stored corn tom exerts n against the tho walls wf On either cither side of the ten foot driveway driveway drive drive- wa way that runs run through the center O of the building are ire two corncribs corncrib e each ch eight feet wale The walls avails of the cribs arc mo made of ot crib siding which admits plenty of ventilation which corn needs nells lo to mature and to keep ItIn It ItIn Itin In the best of vr cO and at the same time k keeps cps eps out the rain In the thc center of the building there Is a n grain dump by which the corn may be he emptied Into the endless pelt belt carrier that t takes hikes the tile corn up to th the cupola and spouts It to either one one of the four cribs through th the swiveled spout Tills This elevator cIC Is operated b by bya byn n a gas engine or electric motor In the sanie satee manner the small grains are arc elevated to lo the bins that are on the thc second floor over the drive drive- way These bins are constructed of ot matched lumber and r-a r t have tight th-ht floors The additional feature of this tills buildIng build build- Ing Is the feed grinding anti and storage rooms at nt one side On the tu-st tu floor Hom HomIs Is the grinding room which 1 I CP ee s rt t Wi ui connected with those on on tho rho sec e td floor The grain flows b by gravity to I Ithe the floor first-floor bins where Is loca located 1 the grinding machinery An overhead o carrier track connects this tills with Wall the barn or hog house nearby so that the ground feed cart can be loaded Into It II and transported directly tp to t tY- tY wail man gels gers This system It will readily h be seen Is a n saver labor m. m and i one one that will earn greater grenter profits on the In Investment Investment In In- vestment In the thc building The fhe dim limen en c i J.-d' J. 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Cur carry corn to the cribs In connection with I the tho cribs there thele are arc added tight bins tot for the storage sto of small nall grains Duel urh js as wheat heat oats barley hurley and reGon rye re Jon Gon Going n a step t J farther farm building architects have hwe Incorporated Into inlo the thc building other oilier features that add to their and decrease the rhe amount of labor ne necessary to make the tho most profit from om the crops Such Sm r a n build log Ing n a combined l corncrib granary feed storage e house If Is shown shown- in ht lh tilt the accompanying ln Illustration V ills rs building Is Intended to he be only null a n short hort dl distance from the tine dairy ot of beef cattle burn barn or the tune hog bog house depending upon which type of 01 live lI stock Mock the rn farmer 1 er specializes In For Tor or It Is the farmer who combines grain pr production cl with animal husbandry hus bus bandry who Is getting the most profit proUt from his lIis farm Grain prices are arc cot com low while live e stock prices price I of the building are 20 by CO GO feet exclusive of tho the L shaped r toed fd ed room roots One of ot the questions most farmers farmel'S will ns ask about this building Is How much will till It cost The cost of any ouy building will vary In n different s sections because of labor conditions distance from sources of building material materIal ma ma- supplies and for other reasons The Tho best plan when considering the erection of a u new building Is is to con suit gult the he local loral building contractor or 01 building material Il dealer These rhese men can give accurate p. p estimates of cost and can un provide the tile owner O with plans of tf the building to be erected However a n w well constructed building build ing lug lasts many years and flud earns high Interest rates tos on the Investment nv I through the tune conservation of the crops crops mid and the decrease In the cost of the labor required t to handle them |