HUSKING. 



ear d : f, the elevation of one end of a corn- 

 crib : Qy scale of ten feet^ corresponding to 



the dimensions of the corn-crib. 



133. The Crib, as seen- in the Plate, is three 

 feet wide at the bottom, seven feet from the 

 bottom to the eaves measming up the side, and 

 seven feet wide at the top. These are the 

 dimensions of my cribs 3 but, they were made 

 in my absence, and nearly at a guess from 

 recollection. I would recommend them to be 

 made two feet wide at the bottom, five feet high 

 np the sides to the eaves, and five feet across at 

 the top. They would hold a much smaller 

 quantity this way; but, the air would circulate 

 more freely ; and the corn would be better pre» 

 served. 



134. I beg the reader, if he be a farmer, to 

 be so good as to think a little of the plague, the 

 everlasting plague, and the everlasting waste of 

 ricks and mpws. Then let him look at a corn- 

 crib or two, and there see his crop, in a state 

 of perfect security, for any length of time that 

 he may choose. Here, there is no throwing of 

 corn away amongst the straw and the chaff; 

 here, there is no devouring by the rats and the 

 mice. At a barn's door, in thrashing time, thou- 

 sands of sparrows are feeding from morning till 

 night, each taking away during the day a com- 

 mon wine-glass-full of the grain; and, though 

 pigs and poultry do make a shift to come in for 



