A revised and illustrated treatise on grain stacking

This practical manual gives step-by-step instructions for constructing and maintaining grain stacks, beginning with foundations of rails or posts and continuing through laying courses in an elliptical form to keep the pile balanced. It explains how to build outward courses, correct high and low spots, fill the center to support the roof, and draw in the outside safely to shed water. Illustrated guidance covers proportions and a preferred size for efficiency, methods to secure tops, and comparisons of elliptical, round, and square shapes with advice for rapid, weather-resistant stacking and later threshing.