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THE MACON BEACON, MACON, MISS.
THOROUGH VENTILATION OF CORN. CRIB
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Perspective of Rat-Proof Corn Crib, Showing Concrete Foundation by Dotted
: Line.
As a result of many requests tor In
Tormatlon regarding a building of tola
aort, apectalista In rural engineering
in the United States department of
agriculture have worked out plana for
a corn crib that will both aid In the
drying of corn and protect It from
rata. As the accompanying drawings
how, there are really two cribs In the
complete structure, each 32 by 8 feet,
with a capacity of 1,000 bushels. If
desired, however, only one -of the cribs
nay be put up at first and the con
struction of the other left to a more
ventent time.
The two cribs are separated by a
driveway 12 feet wide, and the wboln
is covered by a gable roof. The drive
way floor may be of concrete or dirt.
If the ground Is well drained, a dirt
floor in the driveway will answer very
well. If the floor is of concrete. It
will also serve as a feeding Boor for
hogs. A wood floor should not be
used, as It would harbor rats.
.The details of construction can be
used In building cribs of greater or
less dimensions or of a different type.
The devices for ventilating and rat
proofing can be used in new cribs or
In remodeling old structures.
As the plan shows, a concrete foun
dation Is put In for all of the-walls.
This foundation should extend from
below the frost level to 6 Inches above
ground for the outer wall and to 8
inches above for the Inner wall. The
space between the foundation walls
should be filled In with well-tamped
cinders or gravel, and on top of this
base a concrete floor laid. The differ
ence In height above ground between
the Inner and the outer concrete foun
dations will give a 2-Inch pitch to the
floor toward the outer edge and thus
drain off water that may beat through
the walls 'of the crib. The cinders or
gravel underneath the floor prevent
moisture & rising from the ground
through capillary action. The floor It
celt should be constructed of 4 Inches
f re-enforced concrete, with the sur
face troweled to a smooth finish.
If a Concrete driveway la decided
jpon, 6 Inches of gravel or cinder
floor should be first tamped down and
4-lnch concrete floor with a float
finish laid on top.
The Iron sockets or Joist hangers,
which can readily be obtained on the
market, should be set In while the
concrete floor Is being laid. As the
drawings show, the studs themselves
ehould be t by 6 Inches. To these is
Balled siding for the outer walls. This
aiding consists of 1 by 6 Inch boards
with both upper and lower edges bev
eled at an angle of 45 degrees. They
should be set about 1 Inches apart
This permits free entry of air, while
the beveled edges lessen the danger
of rain beaming Into the crib. However,
the beveled edges are not absolutely
necessary. In the complete structure
the siding on the walls facing the
driveway need not be beveled, as there
Is no necessity for protection from
rain here. On these sides, too, the sid
ing boards should not be carried high
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Floor Plan of Rat
A Best Trees for Fire Wood.
' The man who burns up bis post tim
ber In the winter should have no sym
pathy when he Is searching for trees
suitable for posts and. cannot find
them. All gnarled and knotty trees,
all crooked and deformed trees, and
all partly dead trees should be used
up first This gives room for the
good timber to grow larger and elves
the woodlot a good appearance.
Advantage of 8preader.
A good reason why the manure
spreader Is advantageous is because a
man who has his money Invested in
an Implement of this sort will take bet
tar cars of the manure on the farm.
Me will not allow It to lie around and
leach, but will get It back on to tbs
eld where (t should be placed.
er than 6Vi feet This permits the
crib to be filled by throwing the corn
over the boards. If the-quantity of
corn on hand Is sufficient to fill the
crib above this point, additional siding
boards can be hung on 20-penny spikes
driven Into the inner, side of the studs.
The boards have holes at proper Inter,
vals to fit over the spikes and aro
held In plajee by the pressure of the
corn. i
The rat-proofing Is an important fea
ture of the design which the farmer
can not afford to neglect One-half
Inch mesh wire netting Is put on all
sides of the crib between studs and
siding and carried to a height of 30
inches above the ground or above tbs
floor of the driveway. At the top of
the wire a strip of 8-Inch galvanized
Iron should be nailed to the outside of
the siding. The bottom of the gal
vanlzed iron Is 2 Inches lower than
the top of the wire, making a total
height for the wire and Iron strip of
36 inches all around. This galvanized
Iron strip will halt any rats that may
climb up the walls. The rat-prootlng
is put on the drive side of cribs so
that if the doors are left open rats
will still be unable to get at the corn
Care should be taken not to leave any
objects near the walls which would
enable a' rat to Jump above the rat
proofing.
Provision la made for 4 drag doors
on the outer side of each crib and 2
rolling doors on the Inside. The drag
doors are so designed that corn will
roll out of them on to the conveyer
belt of a sheller. The rolling doors
on the Inside are for access to the
crib. They should consist of a frame
completely filled with wire netting,
with a galvanized Iron strip at the
same height as on the wall. The drag
doors are made of siding nailed to
cleats with the wire mesh between.
Movable Inverted troughs of slats
are placed, on the floor lengthwise ot
the cribs. These are in sections to
facilitate handling and are designed
to Increase the circulation of air
through the corn. As a further aid to
circulation of air, movable shafts may
be placed at the side or on top of the
troughs. The shafts are constructed
ot 1 by 3 Inch vertical strips nailed
to frames made of 1 by 2 Inch stuff,
In order to bold the shafts in place
while the cribs are being filled, they
may be tacked to the crosstles over
head. The number of shafts to be
used will depend upon the amount of.
moisture In the corn.
Complete working drawings for this
crib may be obtained from the office
of public roads and rural engineering,
of the department A bill of materials
to enable those Interested In the mat
ter to form some idea of the probable
expense in their locality of erecting
the structure will also be furnished
on request
As has already been said, however.
some of the fundamental principles In
volved, the rat-proofing, the ventila
tion, and the protection against ground
moisture, may be employed advan
tageously In smaller buildings.
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- Proof Corn Crib.
Marketing Live 8tock. '
"Every farmer should market his
own live stock." This Is to be the
slogan of the extension work In Min
nesota during the coming winter.
There are about 200 live stock snip
ping associations In Minnesota. There
should be three or four times as
many. Through a co-operative as
sociation which is well organized and
managed, the farmers can market
their own stock to the very best ad
vantage. Adding Vegetable Matter.
Plowing cowpeas under adds vege
table matter to the soil which tend I
to make it loose and resistant to ex
cessive dry weather or wet reatber.
It also adds chemical fertility to tbs
oil in the ray of nitroreo.
GREATEST FREE PORT
DISTINCTION GIVEN TO THE CITY
OF HAMBURG.
Has Hlstorlo Background of the High
est Interest, Going Back for Cen
turiesProf, Kennedy Telia ,
Origin of Scheme.
The most Impressive example of
what a free port can be and what It
Is apt to promote is Hamburg, Ger
many. It is conspicuously foremost,
and this despite the fact that Bremen
is also a free port. These are the
fatherland's biggest shipping centers,
and Germany is a high-tariff country,
and therefore in this economic particu
lar much like the United States. The
free port has a historical background
gating to the days when cities stood
apart from nations and in their Inde
pendence held their gates open to the
trafflo of the world. Thus, as members
of the Hanseatlc league, Hamburg and
Bremen flourished commercially more
than five centuries ago. They man
aged In this fashion to stimulate trade
otherwise endangered by the imposi
tions levied by petty nobles.
As Professor Kennedy expresses it:
"When Hamburg, Bremen and Lubock
joined the German empire In 1871 tLcy
retained their status as freo cities.
They belonged politically to the em
plre,but they were outside the Ger
man Customs union. In order to bring
these cities into the German customs
confederation Bismarck proposed a
plan which gave origin to what we
now know as free ports. The cities
were taken into the customs union but
the harbors were left free.
"When Hamburg entered the Gorman
Customs union in 1888 she inaugurated
the administration ot her free port,
which for five years previous had been
in process of construction. The free
port Is situated on the River Elbe, di
rectly abutting the city, which is 65
miles from the sea, and takes in the
entire river for a stretch of five miles
from Altona to Elbe bridge. The land
area comprised within this zone was
In 1883 occupied by 16,000 inhabitants,
who wore evicted when the land was
condemned by the state. There is in
the free port a land area of 1,325 acres,
In addition to 1,370 acres of water
area, all of which is shut oft from the
inland by means of a canal on the city
side of the harbor and by means ot
floating palisades on the other side,
The entrances to the city and to the
upper and lower Elbe are guarded by
customs stations."
It Is therefore manifest that the free
port of Hamburg is an isolated area
capable of separate administration,
and the existence ot floating palisades
and guarded entrances to the city
makes It clear that the tree port Is
purposely Isolated so that dutlnbla
goods cannot be smuggled Into the mu
nicipality, while yet admitting every
facility of access, ease of handling and
preparation tor reshlpment abroad
with minimum ot red tape. In other
words, a tree port Is primarily a halt
ing place in transit and is an elabo
rated development fit the bonded ware
house aB we understand it here.
New York Sun.
Facts About Furs.
Although a great number of popular-
priced furs masquerade under names
that no actual animal claims as Its
own, there is no particular secrecy
about it One of the fur concerns, for
instance, publishes a catalogue to In
form customers just what they are
actually buying. Alaska bear, for ex
ample, is the best Minnesota raccoon.
colored a dark brown. Adelaide chin
chilla is the fur of a selected, soft
haired and delicately-colored Austra
lian opossum; French ermine Is the
fur of the white hare of France; Bal
tlo fox is the fur of a large hare of
northern Europe; Iceland white fox is
white Tibet lamb, combed until the
hair is straight; Kamchatka fox Is
the fur of the northern timber wolf
Manchurlan fox Is the fur ot a variety
ot half-wild dog from Manchuria; Bat
tle lynx is the large Belgian hare; Fin
land lynx is a species of Australian
kangaroo; Siberian pony Is seleoted
Russian calf skin; Hudson seal Is
muskrat skins of selected quality; and
inland seal Is the skin of selected
French white hare.
Framing a Children's Code.
The Missouri children's code com
mission appointed by Governor Major
has organized its work of codifying all
children's laws in the state, and ot
drafting needed new laws to be intro
duced in the legislature of 1917.- Most
of the work will be done at the state
university through the departments
of law, sociology and political science.
The entire commission ot 21 members
baa. been divided into subcommittees
to handle various sections of the com
prehensive outline of' work, .modeled
on the general outline sent out by the
federal children's bureau. Consider
able help Is expected froni the data
the latter Is. collocUng on children's
law throughout the United States.
The expenses of tlio commission will
be met by voluntary contributions.
Rhodes E. Cave, judge of the St Louis
juvenile court, is chairman, and Prof.
Manley O. Hudson, of the state uni
versity,' secretary.
Let Her Alone.
"I wish my wife understood baseball
so that she could talk to me intelli
gently on the subject I propose to
keep after ber until she learns."
"1 think you are on the wrong tack.
Bhe doesn't expect you to understand
millinery." LouigrlUa Courier Jour
nal -
HER POOR, PETTED HUSBAND
Wifo's Solicitude for His Health, and
Her Own, Was Very Touch
ing, Indeed Yes. .
The petted husband and his wife
were amiably discussing the advisa
bility ot a trip to Palm Beach, in or
der that the wife of tho petted bus
band could get back some ot the
strength that, with bur, wasn't so
latent as the distinguished physician
who called upon her some time dur
ing the petted husband's offlco hours
thought it ought to be. . ,
"The only trouble, darling," said the
petted husband, "is this: that if you
should want me to go with you I
should have to leave my business Just
at tha period when I am most needed
to make our profits large enough for
me to maintain you in the proud posi
tion to which you have been accus
tomed. ,.,
"On the other hand, should I remain
behind, the first of the month will
come without your being here, and
the thought of opening all the bills
for things you have ordeu.dJut for
gotten to mention, without your moral
support Is rather disconcerting."
"And I suppose," 'said the wife of
the petted husband, "you have not
considered that If I should go alone
there .would be no one, absolutely no
one, to see about my baggage, arrange
about the sleeping compartments and
hotel rooms and protect me frora be
ing insulted by total strangers. I
should tblnk, after our being married
all these years, you ought to feel pret
ty good about my wanting you to go,
anyway, and you would It you had a
spark of human feeling in you."
Thereupon the petted husband in
terviewed the tourist agencies, saw
tho hotel representatives, made ar
rangements to stave oft his creditors
and close up his business for six
weeks.
At Palm Beach the wife of the pet
ted husband remarked to a friend:
"Tea, I brought my petted husband
along. The poor man absolutely need
ed a change ot scene." Life.
Unstable Moon.
-The celebrated '. observatory at
Greenwich, the place from which we
reckon longitude, was founded by
Charles II in 1675, mainly for the pur
pose of investigating the movements
of the moon in tho Interests of naviga
tion. Although in the Intervening two
and a half centuries astronomers have
worked at the problem, the moon has
not yet become entirely amenable
to their mathematics. The tmtrono-mer-royal
of Great Britain, in his re
port of the work at Greenwich during
the past ynr, calls attention to the in.
creasing " vlat!on between the cal
culated tuition of the moon in the
sky and il i real position as shown by
the Greenwich observations. The de
viation ht a lately been growing in a
serious manner. The error last year
was more than twelve .times as large
as the error twenty years ago, and the
av(f.-ageannual increase during the
two decades has amounted to half a
second of arc in longitude The rea
son that astronomers have failed In
getting exact results from calculations
based on dynamical laws ot gravita
tion Is possibly the existence of some
attractive force that they have not
yet discovered, although the result
may bJbo be affected by the true shape
of the earth, which still awaits accu
rate determination. Youth's Compan
ion. Fumed Oak.
... A good method of producing the pe
culiar dark brown of old oak Is by
fumigation with liquid ammonia. The
wood should be placed in a dark and
air tight room, and halt a pint or so ot
ammonia poured Into an open dish
placed upon the ground. The gas that
comes from the ammonia acts in a
wonderful manner upon the tannic
acid in the wood, and browns It so
deeply that a shaving or two may In
taken off without removing the color.
The depth of shade will depend upon
the quantity of ammonia used and the
time allowed for the operation. Other
methods may be used to obtain a sim
ilar result. Liquid ammonia may be
laid on the wood with a brush or rag,
and the color will deepen immediately.
Potash bichromate, dissolved in cold
water, will produce a similar effect.
In Germany, the cabinet makers use
very strong coffee for darkening oak.
To make It very dark, use iron filings
with a little sulphuric acid and water,
put on with a sponge, and allow It to
dry between each application, until the
right hue is reached.
. Begin to Sea Daylight.
The doctors may disagree over the
origin of pellagra (they disagree about
most things), but the theory of the
public health service is reasonable
enough. We are largely what we eat
says the. Boston Daily Advertiser. Dis
eases that once were fatal are now
treated absolutely by diet and treated
successfully, as all physicians agree.
Perhaps, in another generation, the
drug store will be a food shop. In
stead of paregoric or castor oil, the
family doctor will prescribe orange
Juice or lettuce. Every child will know
the relatlvo Importance tf fats, pro
telds and carbohydrates. A new gen
eration will circulate pledges against
sugar and pie crust Both have Blaln
their thousands and tens of thousands,
and sugar has killed more Americana
than rattlesnakes ever did. Many a
man takes far more worry over the
lubricating oil he uses on his motor
car than on the fuel he shovels Into
his digestive motor. We call this a
civilized ago, but in the matter of food
and food frauds, we have Just begun
emorging from the stone age.
BRIDGE IS A WONDER
QUEBEC 8TRUCTURE SURPASSES
ANY EVER ERECTED.
Only tha . Famous Firth of Forth
Bridge In Scotland, Constructed In
tha Same Manner, Approaches
It In Magnitude. ' . .
! In Its general dimensions as well as
m the enormous size and weight of the
structural members composing it, the
Quebec bridge, now in an advanced
stage of construction, surpasses any
other structure of the kind ever erect
ed, say Popular Mechanics.' The one
bridge structure in the world that ap
proaches It in magnitude is the fa
mous Firth of Forth bridge in Scot
land, the main channel span ot which
la nearly one, , hundred feet shorter
than that of the Quebec bridge. Both
structures are of the cantilever type.
The channel span of the Quebec
bridge, measured between centers ot
towers, Is 1,800 feet The design and
fabrication of the steel for the struc
ture therefore presented engineering
problems for which no precedents ex
isted, and the first attempt to build
the bridge made by a private company,
resulted in a collapse of the structure
in which many lives were lost Fol
lowing that catastrophe, the Dominion
government took over the work, and
a year later undertook the construc
tion ot the bridge. The present bridge
is on the same site as the original
structure, but owing to an Increase ot
twenty-one feet in the width between
trusses and to a considerable increase
In the weight of the superstructure,
new piers were necessary, and these
were built immediately south of, and
adjacent to, the original piers. The
two matn piers alone contain approxi
mately 60,000 cubic yards of masonry
and cost 1st the neighborhood ot II,
600,000. One of these piers goes to
a depth of sixty feet below the bed of
the river, and the other to a depth ot
eighty feet. I t. . - '
In the erection of the bridge the an
chor arms, which lie between the main
piers and the shore, were constructed
on steel falsework, while the canti
lever arms are being built out over the
river without falsework by the canti
lever method. The 640-foot suspended
truss to connect the cantilever arms
will be built on shoro, floated into po
sition on pontoons, and then raised by
powerful jacks and connected with tho
cantilevers. For the erection of the
heavy bridge members two traveling
cranes, one working on each side of
the river, are used. Each traveler
weighs about one thousand tons, and
is equipped with two hoisting ma
chines each capable of lifting one hun
dred tons. The principal feature ot
the travelers is a tower that stands
200 feet above the floor of the bridge.
Supported on top of the tower are
cranes through which the lifting lines
are worked. All the machinery on
the travelers is electrically operated.
To avoid bringing uneven stresses on
the partly completed structure, simi
lar members on the two sides of the
bridge are lifted by the cranes and
erected simultaneously. The total
length of the bridge between abut
ments is 3,239 feet. As now planned,
It should be possible for trains to cross
the bridge by the end of the year 1916.
Aluminum In War.
Austria and Germany use more
aluminum for war purposes than all
the other warring nations combined.
It has been known, in fact, that Ger
many has for some years been collect
ing and storing the metal for war
uses.
The great majority of the drinking
mugs, cans and cups of the German
soldier are made of the light metal.
The frames for Zeppelins and the
fuses for shells are made from alu
minum. One of the difficulties the Ger
mans have had to face Is the short
age of copper necessary for the rings
around shells. Many of the German
sheila are now provided with alumin
um rings.
Although aluminum does make a
substitute, even in cartridges as well
as shells and fuses, It is not so good
as copper. The French authorities ex
perimented with It some years ago for
artillery purposes, but rejected it.
The Germans are UBing it in such
large quantities becauso they're forced
to do so on account ot the shortage
ot copper.
Chase's Valuation.
William M. Chase figured amusingly
in a transaction concerning himself
and an unartlstlc congressman who
own a bad painting.
"Isn't thst. grand?" the latter re
marked when pointing out his pur
chase. "A great bargain, too. Got it
for four hundred dollars, and William
M. Chase says it is worth .ton thousand
dollars."
A friend of the painter heard this
statement and took it to Chase, who
smilingly explained:
"He cornered me one day and want
ed me to fix a value on it, but I told
him I couldn't do It He then came at
me with a question I couldn't dodge:
" 'Well, Mr. Chase, how much would
you charge to paint a picture like
thatf t
"i assured him most earnestly that
I wouldn't paint one like it tor tec
thousand dollars.'
Snooping Spinclers.
"Queer how nervous elderly maiden
ladles get"
"Isn't it? Why, i have an aunt who
it she lived near a river vould look un
der tha bed of it every night before
going to sleep," BosUn Transcript
Asthma-Catarrh "
and Bronchitis
Can Be Greatly Relieved by die New
External Vapor Treatment 1
Don't take internal medicines or habit,
forming drugs for these troubles. Vick'a
'Vap-O-Bub" Salve is applied externally
and relievee by inhalation as a vapor and
by abaocptioe through the skin. Fox
Asthma and Hay Fever, melt a little Viok's
in a apoon and inhale tha vapors, also rub
well over tha spinal column to relax the
nervous tension. S5o, 60o, or tl.OO.
- Naturally.
The magistrate was examining m
Witness, to whom he remarked:
"You admit you overheard the quar
rel between the defendant and his
wife?"
"Yls. sor, I do," stoutly maintained
the witness.
"Tell the court, if you can, what he
seemed to be doing?"
"He seemed to be doin' the listen,
in'." Harper's Magazine.
IMITATION IS 8INCFREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita
tion has not the worth of the original.
InsiBt on "La Croole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price $1.00. Adv.
Anticipating. '
"Have you heard that Blglow'a
daughter is going to marry a million
aire?" "Yes. Heard it yesterday. Biglow
tried to borrow ten dollars from mt
on the strength of It"
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable aa a Gen.
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known ionic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Build
up the Whole System. SO cents.
Her Vindication.
Ho (annoyed) It's eight o'clock;
aud you said you would be here at
six.
She Did I say six? I thought I
Bald seven. Boston TranBcript
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.
Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after using
"Femenina." Price joe and ti.oo. Adv.
A pessimist likes a thing he can't
enjoy, and an optimist enjoys a thing
he can't like.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate hver and bowels. Adv.
A henpecked husband reminds us
of a has-been rooster.
Housework Is a Burden
it's bard enough to keep house it
in perfect health, but a woman who
is weak, tired and Buffering from an
aching back has a heavy burden.
Any woman in this condition has
good cause to suspect kidney trou
ble, especially if tho kidney action
seems disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
thousands of suffering women. It's
the best recommended special kid
ney remedy.
A Tennessee Case
"Kvtrj fit
Mrs. R. E. Hop
per, Henson St.,
Lexington, Tenn.,
says: "My back
fur 77i at
ached so badly 1
thought it would
break. My feet
and ankles were
swollen -and. the
flesh under my
eyes was puffed
up. I often had to
get up nights and
walk the floor for
relief. In spite of
doctors' treatment
I found no relief until I used Doan's
Kidney Pills. They soon fixed me up
in good shape."
Get Dean's at Any Store, BOc Beat
DOAN'S YiV
FOSTER-MtLBlJRN CO- BUFFALO, N. T.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
Am2fiAt 1 Carter's!
Ir
liver. Cure
Biliousness,
Head
ache, Dizzi
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
The War Has Nade Quinine
Too Expensive
' (or anybody but the rich
A successful substitute (or quinine, without
its unpleas int after effects ia
CHILLIFUGE
the sweet chill tonic. It also contains an iron
tonic of great value in restoring your old
vigor, Chillifuge is still sold at the oidprice,
50 cents a bottle by your druggist. Try it.
FINLAY, DICKS A CO, NEW ORLEANS
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