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DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 155 



This supplies a long felb want, and is a great saving in many ways to the de- 

 partment. The old method of using tread power did very well when a small 

 amount of work was to bo done, but witli our increased amount of stock, we 

 needed the power we now have. Tlie engine and machinery give entire satis- 

 faction. 



The account of expenditure is as follows : 



To engine, - ^310 00 



Freight from Springfield, 14 61 



Cost from town and setting up, 8 00 



Two 5-foot pulleys for wire rope, 75 60 



8'20 feet wire rope spliced, 48 32 



Freight on rope and pulleys from Trenton, 6 84 



Cost of shafts and pulleys with hangers and boxes, etc., etc., also 



labor in putting up, 133 87 



Cost of engine house, lumber, labor, &c., 69 83 



Extra belt, oil cans, &c., 16 57 



Alterations at the barns, door cut through, bin made, etc., etc.,.. 23 07 



Total .-.- $705 70 



The engine, ^vire rope and 5 foot pulleys were purchased at from 10 to 13^ 

 % discount from regular prices. 



With this new arrangement Ave are able to grind from 50 to 60 bushels of 

 ground feed (corn and oats) in 5 hours or one-half day. This saves us nearly 

 $3.00 for each half day we grind, when compared with the old way of going 

 5 miles to town to mill, and paying toll, or for the grinding at the rate of 5 

 cents per bushel. The cobs from the shelling of the corn furnish nearly oue- 

 half the fuel for the engine. 



CORN HOUSE. 



The expenditure of funds for corn house, was ordered for the first work of 

 this year (1878-9). 



A house has been erected 34 by 40 feet in size, with 10 feet posts. There 

 are two cribs, 6 feet in width and 13 feet high, one on either side of the build- 

 ing, thus leaving a drive way of 13 feet in width with plenty of storage room 

 above. This furnishes crib room for over 4,000 bushels of ears with room for 

 1,000 more above. 



The building is put upon a good stone foundation laid in mortar with piers 

 under the center. Small sections of the wall on the sides and ends are left out 

 in order to give free access and passage to currents of air. The building is 

 well ventilated by means of notched work on the side and end studding, leav- 

 ing an air space of one inch betw^een each two pieces of siding. The slant of 

 the siding tends to force the air, when the wind is blowing from any direction, 

 ■diagonally across the crib. 



There is a funnel shaped ventilator placed on the roof and connecting with 

 the cribs, to assist in inducing currents of air through the corn, when little air 

 is stirring. 



The bottom of each crib is an inclined plane, with the joists used as supports 

 notched in such a manner that the bottom boards overlap and have an inch air 

 space in every 10 inches of surface, and no corn can possibly fall through, but 

 must be conducted forward to the opening on the iloor of the main drive way. 

 With this arrangement, and taking from the base of the crib each time as from 



