1907.] 



Improved Grain-Drying Sheds. 



draught of air from end to end of the shed. When the shed 

 is quite full both ends should be closed with J-in. mesh wire 

 netting to keep out birds. 



The end of the shed should face the direction of the pre- 

 vailing wind to secure a through draught, and it should not be 

 put in a sheltered position ; the most suitable site is alongside 

 a macadamised farm road. 



If the sheaves are dry when " wired " they cannot be packed 

 too closely together, and though damp must not be packed 

 too loose, as the wires keep the weight of the sheaves above 

 from pressing on those beneath. This, in fact, is one of the 

 secrets of the success of a shed of this description ; no matter 



FIG. 3. — End of Shed. 



how damp the sheaves may be they cannot press closely 

 together, air can always obtain access laterally as well as 

 longitudinally, and grain not in good condition is bound to 

 improve. The wires require to be moderately tight and can 

 be easily made tighter by screwing up the straining eye-bolts. 



A shed of the dimensions of the one described will hold on 

 the wires ; and built solid inside, about 40 acres of an ordinary 

 crop. The wires can be rilled with barley sown with grass 

 straight from the binder without being stooked, and in a few 

 days, if the weather be favourable, it can be threshed out, 

 and the wires again filled with other grain, which after a few 

 days good weather may be transferred to the inside of the 



