Show CORN CRIB PAYS DIVIDENDS Grain Gran Should Be Properly Hou Housed ed to Prevent Waste t J THIS BUILDING IS UP TO DATE t I provides des Adequate Protection Against 1 the thc Weather and Rats Rats Also Also l Is V i f Great Saver of Labor on on on Farm i By WILLIAM A. A RADFORD Mr I William A. A will answer q and anI give advice FREE FRET OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of ot building work on the farm Carm for forthe I the renders of ot this paper paper On account t of ot as Editor Author and Manufacturer he IK Is without doubt tho hIgh highest cst authority on all hll these subjects Address all nil inquiries inquIre to William A. A Bradford Bradford Brad Brad- ford jord No Prairie avenue Cl Chicago III and only two-cent two stamp forr for r reply I The rhe 1923 corn corn crop will b be worth providing present prices hold crop crot crop Is h l s sed cd s sc something like ke three h e billions of t. t dollars y 1 the tIie drop 1 in the prIce of wheat the corn crop will vill go far fur toward I As will be seen Been by the thc floor that accompanies es the exterior view PIC the building has hus a n t 10 foot 10 ot dr driveway through tho the center with cribs on either side In In Inthe the center on the right side Is space for tor the power elevator A pit in the floor Ioor opposite the elevator houses th the endless belt conveyor that takes the corn to the swIveled spout I In the cupola This spout may bo be turned so that the corn com will be car- car ned to any anyOne One of ot the five cribs shown on the thc plan The cribs arc are each 8 feet teet wide and and- e extend tend to the roof root of the the- building Over the driveway are the grain bins which are formed b by the tIght floor tight outs outside de walls Wan and tight walls on on th the sides facing Lacing the crib These bins also may may be filled by y the elevator that Is used to c carry r the corn The side walls of the cribs are so constructed Is a tree free circulation circulation lation of ot air through the flie corn A At the same time the slope of the hoards boards I keeps out the weather The concrete floor and concrete foundation walls I ke keep p out the ra raS s' s Besides being a Ii to the tIle farm 11 building b group and a safe sale place in which to store corn corn and grain sucha such a t- t thull hull building ding as ns this saves saves labor on farms where hogs are a. a principal crop By locating the crib alongside a n feeding lot and and- extending the floor so o as ns to provide pro a n concrete platform feeding feeding e p a lit lt Is Is' Is isan an easy matter mattor to feed iced the lie swine their thel corn rati rations i The Tue corn Is Is U thrown rown to the floor of the I and then l' l I r- r I tL 4 l I Ja 4 J- J tV oJ f I i I. I J. r 4 E 4 rr j whatever prosperity American farmers are are- enjoying Corn this year Is too valuable to be Je e wasted On the average farm much of this grain does go t to waste aste Inadequate h hOusing sing space Cribs that give the cor lIttle We prot ii iro from I weather and r itts ts are ire used to to td house the t corn much c of it Is spoiled polled or eaten n and the quality of the b balance suffers Successful corn gr growers w rs upon look ook upon a a a- well ventilated corn crib rib as beI be being be be- I ing g as necessary to U the e farm tarm building gr group up as the barn or hog house or any of f. f the te b buildings used to house h use live sto stock k The corn In su such h b a crib seasons eions well It does not m mold Id n neither do th the rats have hav access Tile Tie United States tates D Department of ot Agriculture Is the authority for the statement that It costs 2 a year to feed a n rat and that ra rats do many millions of dol dollars dollars' ars' ars worth of damage to the corn crop each year Comp Compared red with the value mIne of 01 the com corn crop rop that Is grown on most farms In the corn belt states the cost o of a am m modern dern crib is sma small l. l The building Is of fra frame set on on a concrete an and when its cost Is spread over the I g eO III t- t cO v Z i 10 t 2 I 2 O c 10 2 0 u 2 l Oo o l r S e i Q 1 l A i 1 Floor Plan years ears that it will last bat the annual insurance against damage by hy weather and other corn com enemies Is small Then Th 1 too too there is the saving In labor i In h l handling null and storing In a modern modem crib that must be placed on the credit side of th the building I E with a It power elevator ele the work 01 getting the e ear er r corn Into the cribs Is small The standard type of ot modern corn earn rib crib and granary is shown In the accompanying ac DC- ac- ac companying any ng Illustration This This' build build- ingIs 2 X feet teet wide and 30 feet long It is set on a concrete foundation raised slightly above e the ground level and has has' hasa a concrete floor The super Super- superstructure structure Is of frame Th The sides of the cribs are of open crib siding and the space f for w U the grain bins over tho thu drive drive- way vy is Js closed by matched siding J onto feeding n floor or Many farmers farmen use the floor of the bull building ding Itself for foi this purpose by b barring the front entrance entrance entrance en en- trance and allowing the hogs access to the building J JIt It Jt It soon soon will be timeto to harvest han and I TL d c store ore the earn corn crop Farmers whose farms are not equipped quipped with a safe weather storage t tage house such uch a 11 building a profitable Investment Investment investment Invest- Invest ment both this year and In the years to come |