12 BULLETIN 277, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SCHEDULE FOR RATING. 
City. Town. 
First class. | Second class. | Third class. | Fourth class. 
IBasiSatOse === oe ee eee eee eee $2.15 $2. 25 | $2. 35 
$2. 50 
Charges for deficiencies for this type are the same as for Standard I. Deductions 
as outlined under Standard I will also apply to Standard IT. 
ADAPTATION OF STANDARD II. 
The standard warehouse of frame construction lmited to 600 
bales storage capacity is net to be reeommended for general use. 
Where real estate is so cheap that it can hardly be considered as an 
item in the cost of a storage plant, and where cotton is to be handled 
in small lots of 500 or 600 bales, it might be to advantage. to con- 
struct such houses, but in most cases the additional land required 
would cost much more than it would to erect a warehouse with several 
compartments separated by standard fire walls. Where large 
quantities of cotton are handled, the cost of trucking would be 
greatly increased by having each compartment separated from the 
others by a space of 100 feet. It is also well to take into consid- 
eration the fact that insurance on cotton in such buildings is much 
higher than it is in the building described under Standard I. 
STANDARD 11.—_CLOSED E€CTTON WAREHOUSE (OR COMPRESS), COMPARTMENTS 
LIMITED TO 1,000 BALES’ CAPACITY. 
Construction of building.—The outside walls of a one-story build- 
ing conforming to this standard should be of brick not less than 
13 inches in thickness, with or without standard parapets. (See 
p. 32 for requirements of thickness of walls for buildings more than 
one story high.) The roof should be of slate, metal, or approved 
composition. The storage capacity of no compartment should 
exceed 1,000 bales, which requires about 72,000 cubic feet. If 
divided into compartments, the division walls should be at least 
17 inches in thickness for a one-story building and should extend 
at least 2 feet above the roof. All joists should rest on ledges, | 
metal hangers, or metal wall plates. Each compartment should 
have one or more standard fireproof doors, not more than 40 feet 
apart, opening outward, in each outside wall, whether at end or side 
of compartment. The floors should be of earth, shell, cement, or 
some other noncombustible material. Monitors, skylights, and roof 
lanterns, or texas, are not allowed unless they are made of wired 
glass properly set in metal frames. The top of each compartment 
should be provided with one or more metal ventilators. The com- 
press tower should be of metal or some other noncombustible material. 
Samples.—All cotton stored in a warehouse of this standard 
should be graded, and the samples, together with books and other 
records, should be properly stored at 1 safe distance from the storage — 
compartments, 
