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Show H pr PROTECTION FOR HAY. fl A Good Htrnrturc, Altlmntjli Tlioro In fl Not Very Much to It. fl ' A' good wny, even if it is somewlm B old, of dimply protecting liny and fml- H tier is to make tin open structure wit.li H a roof that can be raised or lowered, . ; y y Jp H " mill KsnMm&t&r nacxiln' i H & '" ' ' ' ' H "'"Fig. 1-IIAY AND FODDEH SHED. H as nbccss:ir- to receive1 mid best protect H the hay or fodder beneath. As usually H built, It inia foiiH-poat affair, one po3 H .; (strongly :t in t he ground) nt cacli onr- H n er; but it the shell is one of consi'l H crublu length t.v posts arc used. a H ..shown in the accompanying , out (Fi" H J). ,Ylmt in an wrdinliry building eon, flB ' the plae H "ZZT-ZHZ h ere become u B yA frame,, whieh H .... ' efich cornqr em H ( braces the post "iv B ' - , manner shown :U A H in Fig. 2. H posts nddttioiml to H (? f ' jji j , those at. the corner H T I '' ' nre P1'' l'mvn a' H. J' I iron Kt irrup is used, M I 'as depleted 'at B 1 j The covtr, or roof, H FIG. 2. the frame H should be mnde of the lightest obtain H able material that will turn rain. When a raised or lowered it Ik secured in place H by iron pjns stuck into holes bored in H the poata -for that purpose. A jack H screw, if' to be had (two jncksen'.ws H would bo better) will be a great help H ' in raising the adjustable roof. Thi-r Hfl is a jackscVew made that, clamps to htj H upright post, which would here be just B " . the thing. This is the ehenf est possi H blc hay protector, as there is hardly H anything: it hut the roof. G. W. H Raters, in Journal of Agriculture. H i |