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Show BUILDING A SHIPPING CRATE To Get Correct Proportion and Still Make It Light Is Matter Requiring Requir-ing Thought and Experimenting. To build a strong shipping crate in the correct proportion and still make tt light in weight is a matter that can aot be carried out without some '.nought and experimenting and for .his reason I have drawn plans and 5uilt sample crates in an experimental experiment-al way until the result is satisfactory co me, and I feel sure will be to those Poultry Shipping Crate. who wish to build crates after this pattern, writes E. F. Barry, in the Successful Farming. The drawing will give a corect idea af how to put the crates together and the following lumber bills will if followed fol-lowed give correct results. The material, if a-person is to use my number of these crates of a certain cer-tain size he can best go to a box factory fac-tory or mill and have them cut to or-ier. or-ier. The long stock should consist of Doards any length six inches wide by :hree-eighths inch thick to be used for Dottom. Slats any length three .nches wide by three-eighths inch ;hick. Frame stock any length three 'nches wide by three-fourths inch thick. Common stock spruce surfaced ;wo sides. It will be found desirable to make ihree sizes of these crates of a suit-ible suit-ible height for broilers and fryers and it least two sizes for mature fowl and tor turkeys. |
