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The 6-inch space between the two courses of sheathing- is filled with 

 sawdust well packed. Building paper is tacked to the under side of 

 the rafters, and an inch pine ceiling is put oa,and the 4-inch space 

 between the roof boards and ceiling is filled in with sawdust. It is 

 ventilated with windows at each end. 



The main points to be kept in view when planning a storage place 

 for our apples are good drainage, good ventilation and security from 

 heat and cold. Here in this climate we are ver}^ apt to have in the 

 late fall and also during the winter months warm spells of weather 

 and during these warm spells the ventilators should be opened at 

 night after the atmosphere has become cool, and kept closed during 

 the daytime. In this way nearly an even temperature can be main- 

 tained, not so low, perhaps, as in a costly cold storage plant, but 

 sufficiently low tomeettherequiremenlsof the average fruitgrower. 



The Home Made Spraying Machine shown in the accompanying- 

 cut is thus described in bulletin 113, Cornell University Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



"The greatest sensation of the day, however, was occasioned by 

 the appearance of the home-made sprayer of Potter and Ware. An 

 ordinarj' barrel spray pump was fastened to a barrel having a cap- 

 acity of about fifty gallons. The liquid was pumped into a gaspipe 

 which was supported upon a light frame at the rear of the wheels. 

 This pipe was fitted with four discharges to which no/-^les could be 

 attached. Four rows were sprajed at once, the work being fairly 

 well accomplished as the horse walked accross the field. Mr. Ware 

 drove and pumped at the same time, and the machine worked with- 

 out a break. The plants were uniforml3' although rather lightly 

 covered, and the machine was pronounced a decided success by the 

 four or five hundred people who saw it in operation."' 



