Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1915 — HAS FINE, DRY BARN PROVIDED BY NATURE. [ARTICLE]

HAS FINE, DRY BARN PROVIDED BY NATURE.

Cave With Entrance Large Enough to Admit Team—Handy Chute for Hay and Grain. Jesse L Wilson, a farmer near Siloam Springs, Ark., has neen provided by nature with a barn, stable and granary all in one—a cave, the entrance of which is Just large enough to let a team go in abreast. Within the cave widens and the roof becomes higher, allowing plenty of room for stable use, with bins which he has erected for the storage of grain and hay. Wilson’s farm is on the flat top of a hill, and the cave opens up in the top ledges of rock and extends back under his field. At a point just outside of the field thera Is a large chimney that extends from the top of the ground into the cavern underneath. At the bottom of this he has erected a wide platform with sides in the form of a great bin. When "haying,” a man is placed in the cave, who places the hay t o one side cave, who places the hay to one side then, when he is ready to place his grain in the natural granary it is simply allowed to slide Bown the smooth wall of the chimney into the bin, where it is allowed to remain. The cavern is "dry as dust," and qs Wilson has built a waterproof covering over the chimney It makes a splendid place for storage of feed. He has a double door built Into the rock sides of the entrance, which he keeps licked to prevent theft.