THE JOURNAL 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. XIV. No. 9. 



DECEMBER, 1907. 



IMPROVED GRAIN-DRYING SHEDS. 

 Geo. W. Constable. . 



In view of the immense loss Scottish farmers have this year 

 sustained owing to the late harvest and the almost unprece- 

 dented rainfall in October, it may be opportune to call the 

 attention of proprietors and farmers generally to the many 

 advantages and the certain gain to be derived from having 

 an Improved Grain-Drying Shed. 



Wherever these have been erected grain can be carted 

 straight from the binder, and, to a certain extent, what is cut 

 each day can thus be secured by night. 



The Improved Grain-Drying Shed is a Richmond Grain- 

 Drying Rack and a shed combined, and is undoubtedly a great 

 improvement on the Rack alone, while the cost is not much 

 greater. Two of these sheds have been erected near Inner- 

 leithen and have given the greatest satisfaction. I shall 

 describe one of them put up at Glenormiston, near Inner- 

 leithen, by M. G. Thorburn, Esq., the proprietor. 



This shed is 144 ft. long and 24 ft. wide, covered with corru- 

 gated iron sheets, which project 2 ft. over each side, and is 

 fitted with rhones and conductors. 



The straining posts (Fig. 5A) are "H" steel joists, 20 ft. 

 long, 8 in. by 6 in. by 30 lb., with z\ in. by %\ in. by f in. 

 angles bolted to the sides of the joists (Fig. 6), to which the 

 wires, afterwards described, are attached by galvanised straining 

 eye-bolts, 12 in. by \ in. The straining posts are sunk 4 ft. in 

 the ground in solid concrete and should rest on a flat stone. 

 In order to prevent them lifting, a r-J-in. hole is bored through 



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