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Popular Science Monthly 



the ground or above the floor of the 

 driveway. A strip of 8-in. galvanized 

 iron is placed at the top of the wire and 

 nailed to the outside of the siding. The 

 bottom of the galvanized iron is 2 in. 

 lower than the top of the wire, making a 

 total height for the wire and iron strip 

 of 36 in. all around. This strip will 

 halt rats that may climb up the walls. 

 The rat-proofing is put on the drive side 

 of the cribs so that if the doors are left 

 open rats will be unable to get at the 

 corn. Care should be taken not to 

 leave objects near the walls which would 

 enable a rat to jump above the proofing. 



Provision is made for four drag doors 

 on the outer side of each crib and two 

 rolling doors on the inside. The drag 

 doors are so designed that the corn will 

 roll out of them on the conveyer-belt of 

 the shellcr. The rolling doors on the 

 inside are for access to the crib. They 

 should consist of a frame completely 

 filled with wire netting, with a galvanized 

 iron strip at the same height as on the 

 wall. The drag doors are made of siding 

 nailed to the cleats with the wire mesh 

 between. 



Movable inverted troughs of slats are 

 placed on the floor lengthwise of the 

 cribs. These are in sections to facilitate 

 handling and are designed to increase 

 the circulation of air. .'\s a further aid 

 to circulation, movable shafts may be 

 placed at the side or on top of the 

 troughs. The shafts are constructed of 

 strips 3 in. wide by l in. thick nailed 

 vertically to frames made of material 

 2 in. wide by I in. thick. To hold the 

 shafts in place they may be nailed to 

 the cross-ties overhead. 



An Easily Constructed Support for a 

 Trap-Door 



MANY people have an out-door 

 cellar, entrance to which is had 

 through a trap-door. The hinges on the 



door usually become bent and broken 

 in a short time, because, when the door 

 is opened and laid back, it seldom rests 

 on the ground. Usually it touches the 

 door-frame, which strains the hinges 

 and causes them to break. To avoid 

 this, fasten a hinge (B) on a block (A) 

 near the outside edge in the center of 

 the door, and to this hinge fasten a 

 stick (C) that will reach nearly to the 

 other side of the door, and see that the 

 hinge works very freely. When the 

 door is opened and let down on its back, 

 the stick will swing out and support the 

 door, as shown in the drawing, so that 

 it will not touch the frame. When 

 the door is closed the support swings 

 back, and lies flat on the door. 



A 



arc necessary. 



Adjustable Overshoes to Prevent 

 Horses from Slipping 



NEW horse overshoe has only one 

 strap to buckle. No tools whatever 

 The two front links are 

 made to tip in or 

 out and fit any 

 shaped hoof. 

 Nothing projects 

 which can possi- 

 bly hurt the horse. 

 The overshoes are 

 made of malle- 

 able iron to pre- 

 vent the calks 

 from breaking off. 

 The side calks 

 prevent side-slip- 

 ping entirely, so 

 that the hor.se can 

 trot with perfect 

 safety on icy pavements. 



The use of overshoes is particularly 

 recommended because they can be re- 

 moved at will, so that a horse is not walk- 

 ing or standing on sharp points when the 

 calks arc not needctl. New ones can be 

 put on with the first ice or sleet, or even 

 used in sunnner weather on bad roads 

 without first visiting a blacksmith. 



Easily fitted over- 

 shoes for a horse 



A support attached to a cellar door 

 to prevent breaking hinges 



FOR hanitarj' reasons nc\er paint a 

 kitchen a color to hide the dirt. 

 A color should be used that will show 

 every particle of dust and dirt, which 

 will then be remoxed for the sake of 

 apiK-arance. 



