CHAP. I. 



GRANARY AND TOOL HOUSE. 



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rick-yard ; many of the inconveniences that would otherwise result 

 from drawing loaded vehicles into the barn would thus be avoided. 



The Granary should be adjacent to the barn, and may be con- 

 structed with advantage in the roof of that building, immediately over 

 the threshing-floor, by which means the corn may be hoisted up when 

 ready to be stored, and let down into a waggon drawn underneath when 

 wanted for use, without the labour of carrying out. It is also more 

 secure from depredation. The usual mode in some districts, however, 

 is to erect the granary upon pillars in the stack-yard, it being thereby 

 rendered safer from the attacks of vermin. As windows may be opened 

 on either side, it can always be kept well ventilated. These openings 

 should either be latticed or wired, so as to admit a frequent current of 

 air. The granary should also be provided with bins for the separation 

 of the different kinds of grain, as well as with conveniences for the 

 storage of sacks, sieves, and measures; and, above all, with good 



Fig. 220. Tool House, or Implement Shed. 



fastenings. The girders, the joists, and the floor should be close, firm, 

 and strong. The inside should be lined with deal or oak planks, 

 closely united together ; the outside encased with strong weather 

 boarding, well covered with pitch or tar varnish, every now and then 

 repeated ; and the roof well tiled. A little money expended in the 

 perfect construction of this building will not be thrown away. 



When grain has been stored for any length of time, particularly if in 

 large quantities or in warm weather, it is much exposed to attacks of 

 that destructive insect, the grain weevil. It is also liable to heat, and 

 to acquire a musty smell. The only preventive is to keep it well 

 aired, and frequently turned, and screened. For this purpose, constant 

 ventilation is necessary, and the floor of the granary must be capacious, 

 clean, and smooth. 



Among the smaller farm-buildings, which are worthy of more 

 notice than is usually bestowed upon them, is the cart and tool-house 

 (fig. 220), for the reception of the waggons and implements, which, 

 when not actually employed, are often heedlessly left on the spot 

 where they were last used. This house consists chiefly of woodwork! 

 The building allotted to the purpose should be so contrived as to afford 



