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hand, but they reduce the man labor required and make it 

 possible to get out large acreages in a short time. 



95. Storing Corn. Corn can not be stored in the same 

 manner as other grains, because of its liability to heat. It 

 is practically impossible to store a large quantity of it together 

 until it is at least a year old, without great danger of its heat- 

 ing and spoiling. 



Fig. 27. The corn picker, a machine for gathering the ears from standing corn. 

 Not yet in general use. 



The most common method of storing corn is in the corn- 

 crib, a narrow bin with slatted sides so that air can circulate 

 freely through it. Two and one-half cubic feet of space are 

 required for a bushel of corn on the ear, which is the form in 

 which it can most safely be stored. If 40 acres of corn are 

 produced on a farm of 160 acres and storage room must be 

 provided for 30 acres with a yield of 50 bushels to the acre, 

 3750 cubic feet of space are required. To furnish this space, 



