The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-06-15

Stribling, Of Pendleton.
Farmers Union Cotton Warehouse
Plans-Clay Floor, Hollow Ce-
ment Block Walls.
The following is gotten up upon the
very simplest and cheapest plans for
the use of cooperation Union.
This plan is for one section, to
which may be added as many more
sections at times as may be required
to accommodate the need Of the
Union.
Walls 100 feet long; II feet tall
at high end, 8 feet tall at lower end;
space between walls, SO feet. Excav-
ations should be dug out to firm
ground or clay (if in clay territory,)
well ditched and drained all round,
good clay floor well beaten down.
AS the cost Of material in founda-
tions varies in different places our
estimate for cement walls is taken
from about the floor line.
Parapent wall may be required by
insurance companies where more than
one section are put up together, but
these walls above the roof are of no
benefit in the way Of protection from
fire on a one section cotton ware
house.
Estimates given here are for 10-in.
hollow block, for foundations and
S-inch block for walls, and all other
material that farmers do not usually
have on their farms.
All labor, sand for cement blocks
and the nine 10inch round posts to
rest girders on through the middle of
the room, are to be supplied by the
farmers.
This style of cotton warehouse will
hold about 400 bales to each section.
Two round poles, 10 inches in dame
ter, should be placed under each row
Of bales to prevent capillary attrae-
ton of moisture there at any time.
Remember this, that if lower ends
of bales are wet or moist when stored,
that in all cases this lower end will
be damaged more or less, it matters
not, what kind of floor it rests on.
Material for one Section.
25 barrels Portland Cement, 100
cubit yards Of sand, Is girders 3x12-
x25, 20S rafters 2x5x13, 4 sills 4x6x-
25-these may be round, ground post
10 inches diameter, 4 perlines 2x4x,
25, SO plank 1x12xS, 81 straps 1x4x,
s, so plank 1x12x12, 81 straps xxx.
~, 5000 feet sheeting. Total amount
sawed lumber 1900 feet.
At $1.50 per 100 feet -. 1865 1(
25 barrels cement at $3.50 .. As 0(
Nails estimated >. .. .. >. 3 sc
81 squares V crimp iron roof
ing at $3.50 per square 1877 sc
One two-hand Hollow Block i
cement machine :. :. :. rs 0(
ESTIMATED freight on machine 0(
Total cost Of bought material 1920 &c
This cement machine may be
sold for $50 when through
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Thus it is made plain to all Union
men that by clubbing together they
may put up the cash $4,000 for the
bought material and do all the work
making the cement blocks and put
ting up their own warehouses with
their own labor by the cooperative
plan, and have their warehouses
ready for this crop, if they will go
at it when through working crops
For less money than it takes to
pay for good pair Of mules farmers
may 60 to work in a neighborly way
and put up their own Qualifications
now and get we'll entrenched ready
for the fighting that is sure to come
this fall to force cotton farmers to
turn loose their cotton at prices that
have always made all others rich that
handled cotton excepting the men
who toll most Of all to produce this
cotton. ..=.. r
IF this warehouse movement