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Improved Grain-Drying Sheds. [dec, 



shed, another 12 acres of crop being secured in this way. If the 

 crop is " wired " very wet, as it can be, it will necessarily require 

 longer time to get into condition, but it is certain to improve. 



The quantities and measurements of the iron, &c, used in the 

 erection of this drying shed are as follows : — 



22 steel joists, 6 in. x 3 in. x 13 lb., each 20 ft- long. ; 

 4 ,, ,, 6 in. x 3 in. x 13 lb., each 16 ,, 

 4 „ 8 in. x 6 in. x 30 lb., each 20 ,, 



8 ,, angles, i\ in. x i\ in. x f in., each 16 ft. long; 

 66 lengths of Kylands best drawn galvanised steel wire, No. 6, 148 ft. each 

 length ; 



750 galvanised staples, 2\ in. x 4 lb. G ; 



66 galvanised straining eye-bolts, 12 in. x \ in. ; 



25 gross 2h in. patent galvanised driving screws with washers ; 



4 gross 2 in. galvanised bone-head nails ; 



300 galvanised sheets corrugated iron, 8 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in. x 24 G ; 

 96 yards cast-iron rhones ; 

 2 stop-ends and 2 drops ; 



Six 6-ft. lengths of 2\ in. cast iron down pipes ; 



50 yards galvanised plain ridging, 15 in. girth and 24 lb. G ; 



6 doz. bolts, 2 in. by f in. ; 



5 ,, ,, \\ in. x J in. j 



21 only bolts, 5^ in. x \ in. ; 

 345 ,, ,, 4 in. x \ in. ; 



22 ,, ,, 4^in. .x \ in. ; 

 68 „ ,, 3 in. x f in. ; 

 32 co-screws, 2^in x f in. ; 

 60 screws, f in. x \ in. ; 



56 lb. galvanised hoop for rhone straps. 



The advantages claimed for this grain-drying shed are not 

 confined to saving grain and straw in a bad season. The crop 

 can be carted straight from the binder without being stooked, 

 and each day's cutting secured by night. No thatch, ropes, 

 props, kilns, or bosses are required, and the moving of stooks 

 in bad weather is obviated. No skilled hands are necessary to 

 " wire " the grain — any ordinary labourer can do this. It dis- 

 penses with keeping on extra hands at high wages in a late harvest 

 and the owner of such a shed can have all his hands employed 

 filling the wires when other harvest work is at a standstill. 



The grain gets into condition much more quickly than in a 

 stack and invariably the weight per bushel is increased and 

 the quality of the grain is superior. 



In a good season all crops round woods, hedgerows and in 

 sheltered positions can at once be " wired " after being cut, 

 and thus what on most farms even in a favourable harvest 

 would be of secondary quality is by means of the drying shed 

 made equal to the best. 



