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BULLETIN 277, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



position roofing and supported by eight posts. Six of the posts 

 should be 4 by 4 inches by Qh feet long and the other two should be 

 4 by 4 inches by 27 feet long. Three posts should be placed at each end, 

 supporting the eaves of the shed, which should extend within 4 feet 

 of the ground. Two posts in the middle of the shed should support 

 a 2 by 6 inch ridgepole. All posts should be set 12 inches in the 

 ground. The sides and ends of the sheds may be open if not exposed 

 within 100 feet to a railroad main line or open-end switch tracks. It 

 is recommended, when feasible, that composition roofing should be 



Fig. 8.— Emergency sheds — single unit. 



used to inclose the ends of the shed from the peak of the roof down to 

 within 4 feet of the ground, in order to protect the cotton entirely 

 from weather. Metal sheets should not be used for inclosing the ends 

 or sides of sheds. (A single unit, or shed, is shown in figure 8.) 



Arrangement of cotton. — Cotton to be stored in sheds (units) should 

 be arranged in two tiers (see fig. 11), the bales forming each tier being 

 placed end to end. No tier should exceed 36 bales. The bottom 

 layer of each tier should contain 8 bales. Each layer from the 

 bottom up should contain 1 bale less than the layer next below, no 

 tier being more than 8 bales high. The total number of bales in any 

 shed or unit should not exceed 72. 



The tiers should be supported <>n stringers, as follows: There should 

 be three 4 by 4 by 10 inch mud sills laid on the ground crosswise with 

 the shed and lengthwise with the bale or at right angles to the line of 

 tiers. (See figs. 8 and 11.) Those in turn should support four 4 by 

 6 inch by 15 foot stringers laid at right angles to the mud sills 

 and spaced about 3 feet apart so as to properly support the bales. 

 (Four of these stringers are required for each tier, as it requires two 



