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Corn Crib, Rat Proof. 2
many as will be sufficiently strong for crib; mortice the end in floor, gain the top into the horizontal scantling about 3/4 of an inch, then lath the inside of the crib with any kind of lath (I would keep up the hard wood), just close enough to keep in the corn, commencing 10 inches from the floor, to leave room for the corn to come down into the trough, putting these lath on lengthwise. Then put a common sized door in the end, between the cribs. You can put a lock on the door, and all is secure—I did not lock mine and gained something by it, as I found a stray mitten in the crib on a cold morning. To get the corn in the crib make doors above the plate the size you want them, the same as dormer windows, and hang the doors on and it will be completed. If any one wishes to have a granary, they can use one side of the building for that purpose and the other for a crib. The size of my cribs is 3 feet in the clear at the bottom and 5 feet at the top, but I am well satisfied they might be much wider and still the corn would cure well. I
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