136 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[9 March, 1908- 



iinplement has distinct adviantages. Its price with one set of sowir.*g 

 wheels is j[^a, ios. ; extra wheels are fifteen shillings each so that for a 

 complete machine, to sow from the largest to the smallest of seeds, the 

 total outlay will be about ;^6. 



MOUSE-PROOF STACK SITE. 



G. A. Sinclair, Principal, Longerenong Agricultural College. 



The accompanying illustration is that of a mouse-proof stack site 

 erected at the Longerenong Agricultural College by the students under the 

 supervision of the Farm Manager, Mr. Martin: — 



The outside measurements are 76 ft. 6 in. by 41 ft., which gives ample 

 room for a stack of 150 tons. From the outside of each corner-block to 

 the centre of the next block, the distance is, in the direction of the length, 

 5 ft. \\\ in., and in the direction of the width 5 ft. pf in. — this sheef 

 laps around the corner of the blocks i| in. The distance apart of all the 

 other blocks is 5 ft. \o\ in., centre to centre, which allows i| in. for 

 overlap in the iron. We used twenty 12 -ft. lengths of 3 x i hardwood, 

 let in flush with blocks at the top ; forty sheets of plain iron, 6 ft, x 3 ft.;, 

 sunk six inches in the ground, the portion below ground being tarred ; 

 and forty blocks, 9 x 4I in., cut from old sleepers, sunk 2 ft. in the 

 ground. 



The cost, exclusive of labour, was: — Iron, ^9 6s.; hardwood, 7s.; 

 sleepers, 12s. ; nails, 2s. Total, ^10 7s. 



MOUSE-PROOF .STACK SITE. 



