FITTINGS AND DETAILS. QI 



required capacity and plan of the store, will be found on Plate 54 

 (Figs. I, 2, and 3). The bin is 6 feet square by 2 feet 8 inches 

 high, and (supposing the com to be within 2 inches of the top) 

 contains 70 bushels. As the corn diminishes in the bin, the 

 boards (8 inches deep) may be removed at pleasure from the 

 grooves. 



The advantage of bruising oats has been long admitted as an Machines for 

 economy in feeding \ when thus treated they have been found ^°°^- 

 to go one-half further in measure, whilst the horse is kept in 

 better condition. Machines are made for this purpose which 

 will crush from i J to 6 cwt. per hour by manual power, and of 

 course a great deal more when worked by a gas engine, or 

 by steam, or horse-power. Some of these machines are made 

 with a steel barrel, having two cutting edges and a cutting plate 

 of hard metal fitted on each side, so that when turned in one 

 direction it will kibble peas, beans, and maize, and if reversed 

 will kibble barley and oats. Chaff-cutters and mixing-machines 

 of various sizes and power are also manufactured. The latter 

 consists of an archimedean screw, by which means the chaff and 

 bruised corn are thoroughly turned over and mixed together. 



The daily supply of mixed food for horses usually consists of Food supply. 

 16 lbs. of corn and 10 lbs. of chaff, making a total of 26 lbs. 

 A chest, therefore, such as that represented on Plate 54 

 (Fig. 4), being 3 feet by 2 feet by 4 feet, contains 24 cubic feet, 

 and as there are 1 3 lbs. of this mixture to every cubic foot, this 

 chest would hold a day's supply for a stable for 1 2 horses. A 

 chest to contain 4 bushels, as shown on Plate 54 (Fig. 6) can be 

 obtained in japanned or galvanised iron, and various others of 

 different sizes and shapes, some being made with sloping lids.* 



* The Winchester bushel, which was the former standard for England 

 and originally kept at Winchester, was measured by a law of King Edgar 

 observed throughout the kingdom. It contained 2150-42 cubic inches and 

 the gallon 268|- cubic inches. The Imperial standard bushel now used 

 contains 2218-19 cubic inches. The proportion of the latter to the former 

 therefore is about 32 to 33, viz., 32 pecks, bushels, or quarters of the new 

 measure are equal to 33 of the Winchester measure. 



