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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



level of the ground, and then a cement wall 

 was carried six inches above this. 



The floor of, the whole structure was filled 

 in with stone and finished with Portland 

 cement. This floor slopes towards a drive- 

 way which runs the entire length of the 

 building. In this way the work of cleaning 

 is facilitated. On either side of the drive- 

 way are the apple bins, each bin holding 

 three tiers of apples about three feet in 

 thickness. The bottom floors of these bins 

 are formed by laying joists (on edge) four 

 to six inches above the level of the floor o^ 

 the building. These joists are about an 

 inch apart. In this way air circulates under 

 the bins, up between the joists, and through 

 the apples, which are piled above. The 

 floors of the two upper tiers are formed in 

 the same way as the floors of the bottom 

 tier. In this way each bin contains, as 

 stated, three tiers of apples, one above the 

 other, with an open space between each, 

 and the air circulating through the whole. 

 In constructing the walls of the building 

 Novelty siding is nailed to the studding, and 

 tar paper placed over the siding. Then 

 there is an air chamber, and next this air 

 chamber is a lining of matched lumber cov- 

 ered with tar paper. Then thfere is a se- 

 cond air chamber of four inches, with tar 

 paper and tongued and grooved lumber. 

 Above the warehouse is a storeroom in 

 which there is room for the storing of sixty 

 tons of hay. This aff"ords room for the 

 storing of surplus hay, and at the same time 

 prevents frost from penetrating from above. 



WILL NEARLY PAY FOR ITSELF IN A YEAR. 



"This building," said Mr. McCabe, "is 

 costing $1,200. It will afford room for 

 storing 1,000 barrels of apples, and I expect 

 that the extra price which I shall obtain la- 

 ter on for the apples which I shall be able to 

 hold there will pay for the entire cost of the 

 building in the first season. I am justified 

 in this opinion by the fact that the best offer 



I have received for my apples so far is $1.35, 

 while a dealer who has secured a considera- 

 ble quantity of winter apples refused to sell 

 out to me at $2 per barrel. This dealer 

 evidently expects that his fruit will be worth 

 a good deal more than $2 a little later on, 

 and I believe it will, too." 



While Mr. McCabe depends largely upon 

 his cattle for the fertilizing of his orchard, 

 he does not overlook the value of clover. In 

 fact, there are few farms on which clover is 

 so largely grown as on his place. Clover 

 is to be found overywhere, and the invaria- 

 ble practice is to turn it down the second 

 season. The quality of the grass on the 

 place is shown by the fact that some steers 

 which on the 28th of June averaged 753 

 pounds, averaged 916 pounds on the 21st 

 of September. 



Fig. 2464. An English Morello Cherry Tree 

 AT McKinnon's. 



