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with air chambers and paper 

 linings, affording the best pro- 

 tection against cold. The 

 additional large air chamber 

 above the collar beams, with 

 its separate windows, seems 

 also desirable. There are large 

 double doors at each end, and 

 the space between each outer 

 and inner door is large, and 

 the connections well arranged 

 for the exclusion of cold air. 

 It seems of sufficient interest 

 to give a view of such a stor- 

 age house ; but full details of 

 construction may not be 

 entered upon in this connec- 

 tion. It will be seen that Fig. 

 59 shows the construction of 

 the peak and collar- beam (k) 

 of the house, and also of the 

 ventilator (1, 1). Fig. 60 

 shows the detail of the roof 

 construction. The plate (h) 

 is held firmly to the wall by a 

 tongue (i) let into the brick 

 work. The rafter is b. On 

 this is a thickness of sheath- 

 ing upon either side (a, c), 

 with an air-space at e, and 

 outer sheathing at g,and build- 

 ing paper at d and f. The 

 cost of labor and materials is 

 about $500. An interior view 

 of this house is shown in Fig. 

 58 (page 200). It was stockec^ 

 with celery at the time this 

 photograph was taken , and in 



