AND HANDLING THE CROP. 



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planting each variety in succession. A stall 8 feet wide, 

 24: feet long, and 16 feet high, is sufficient for 3 to 4 acres 

 if filled only once. The stalls are made by placing posts 

 4 inches square and 16 feet long, 8 feet apart from the 

 centers, as shown at d, d, in figure 8, and d, d, d, d, 

 in figure 9, These posts form a bent of the dry-house, 

 and each bent forms a stall. Laths or strips, one inch 

 thick, and two inches wide, are nailed to the posts 6 inches 

 apart from center to center, thus leaving spaces between 



Fig. 9. SECTION OP DRY-HOUSE. 



them 4 inches wide. Movable laths are placed upon 

 these strips to hold the brush ; these are 8 feet long, thus 

 reaching across one bent. The laying of the brush is 

 begun at the middle of the stall, and as one tier of laths 

 is covered, another is placed and covered, the last brush 

 being put in from the outside of the building. The dry- 

 houses are open upon all sides to give free circulation of 

 air amongst the brush. Figure 9 shows the end eleva- 

 tion of the dry-house, a, a, being the strips which are 

 nailed to the posts d, d; 5 is a floor over which is the 

 upper story used for storage ; c, c, are braces of 4 x 4 tim- 

 ber to strengthen the stalls. The houses are roofed with 

 boards. Figure 10 is a plan of the sorting-house. It is 



