These double crib corn cribs were once part of almost all prairie farmsteads. The horse-drawn wagon could drive into the open bay between the two cribs. Corn--unshelled--was shoveled into the slat-sided bins. The cupola on top provided ventilation, as well as a high point for lightening rods.

In 2000, they are occasional relics of a vanished past. The bumper crop of shelled corn lies on the ground, waiting for space at the elevator and a favorable market.


Technical information on storing the 2000 crop
© D. Gorton 2001
Detail of "Double Crib" with Jet Contrails Overhead, Bement, Piatt County
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