Show cwg FLOORS IN CORN CRIB how a most durable and serviceable foundation can be provided in the tall 0 1907 I 1 built a crib and granary with driveway between and concreted the floors of both crib and granary writes a fanner in the kan pas farmer they have been used for storing two crops and it I 1 were to build a dozen cribs and granaries I 1 would use no other floor for several reasons viz jt Is rat proof fully as cheap or cheaper than lumber economical of spice as no foists joists are necessary and everlasting if properly constructed my building Is on a rock foundation put well into the ground and laid in cement forur the sills being bed ded in cement mortar below the space intended tor the floor proper I 1 camped tamped in fully a toot of cinders bring ing these up to the bottom surface of the floor over this I 1 camped tamped firmly n n f arf i s f CROSS SECTION OF FLOOR pig i vertical cross section of ona crib the other to be built in the same manner 1 rock wall 2 cinders 3 concrete floor 4 anchor rod nut 5 L sill 6 grade line outside 7 grade line of driveway 8 anchor rod the floor from to 4 inches thick composed of one part portland cement three parts coarse sand and five parts broken rock it there Is a better grain floor in lyon county I 1 do not know who owns it I 1 have a room floored in the same way tor our cream separator also one in our henhouse they are all right and no mistake about it here are the details of my plan tor concrete floors A point of importance Is to anchor the sills so firmly that they can not be sprung away from the concrete by the weight of grain against the sides of the building wy plan was as follows to rod the sills together with say one half inch iron rods the concrete to surround ahe rods perhaps the following illustrations will serve to show what I 1 mean by L sills I 1 mean a two by four or two by six laid flat in cement on M wall and one of 1 l same dimensions a placed on edge of the flat piece of course the fill 1 must be frame and well spiked before being placed on the wall the stud dang may be framed and when placed on the sill a w it appears as in fig 2 I 1 being the toot of stud 2 the vertical portion 0 and 3 the flat portion of sill tha anchor rod should pass through 3 and the floor surface be flush with 3 REPAIRS OF OPEN DITCHES john T stewart says it Is economy to make them frequently the argument Is often used that a ditch not remain open but all fill anly serving its purpose tor a few years without additional expense this statement Is true with nearly all open drainage but the same statement vw apply to nearly all other farm im prove ments buildings require repairing and repainting every few ears lawns and shade trees require atten alon every season fence posts rot and wires break farm machinery lasts a certain period and then must be replaced by an entirely new article con the repair of open ditches Is only in line with other improvements the more carefully they arc looked after the less time and expense will be required in these repairs ex pensive ditches have been dug and left to take care of themselves roots from water rushes and branches from wll lows and cottonwood trees becoming lodged in small silt deposits tike root and grow forming a thicket of grass or bushes catching all drift aa a result the ditch fills in rapidly and in the course of time the expense of cleaning Is nearly as great as the first construction A little attention and a few dollars each season would have kept tho channels in perfect condition in some localities ditches have been where the bottom was at or nearly the same elevation as the ad joining low lands the only appear ance of a ditch was given by the old spoil banks which had been left lying along the edge the farmer counting the depth of the ditch from the top of these banks wondered why it did not drain the land when it was in no more condition for carrying water than a granary without a roof would be for keeping grain dry young tree in bearing do not let your trees bear heavley while young as every fruit reduces their vitality and heavy yields ruin the form of the tree some boast of the heavy yields of two or three year old trees but they do not realta what a loss U to them in the future A |