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cient protection to the grain, to ventilate the crib 

 through the centre of the flooring. 



FOE MEASURING COBN, either shelled or in the ear, 

 the following rule is given in the American Farmer^ 

 Encylopmdia : " Having previously levelled the corn 

 in the house, so that it will be of equal depth through- 

 out, ascertain the length, breadth, and depth of the 

 bulk ; multiply these dimensions together, and their 

 product by four; then cut off one figure from the 

 right of this last product. This will give so many 

 bushels and a decimal of a bushel of shelled corn. If 

 it be required to find the quantity of ear corn, sub- 

 stitute eight for four, and cut off one figure as 

 before." 



