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additional trap-doors at D, D. This chamber or bin 

 slopes at the bottom, the position of a part of which is 

 shown by the dotted lines, E 9 E, which converge at the 

 point, F, where is a slide-door, through which the con- 

 tents are discharged to be carried to the stations, the 

 wagon being backed for the latter purpose through the 

 doors, G, G. West of the room where the dry earth is 

 discharged into the wagon, is a bin for potatoes, etc., 

 built of thick stone walls, to prevent freezing. This 

 bin is filled from above by driving a load of roots to the 

 floor, B, and allowing them to slide down an inclined 

 plane. The cook room, with which the window, H, 

 communicates, occupies the north part of the lower 

 story, of which Fig. 47, Page 142, gives a ground plan. 

 /, cook room, with its outside (north) door, J. K, 

 grain bin, entered at the door, L. The root bin is at M 3 

 and entered at the door, N. The cook room is used in 

 winter as a place in which to dress fowls, and contains 

 also a work bench with tools. The cooking apparatus 

 is at 0. There is no chimney proper, but only a chim- 

 ney top supported by strong timbers near the peak. A 

 brick flue rises from perpendicularly as far as the 

 eaves, terminated by an ordinary stovepipe, which con- 

 ducts the smoke to a large drum in the upper room, and 

 from thence to the chimney top. In this way the garret 

 is warmed for drying feathers, or for rearing a few win- 

 ter chicks if desired. As shown in Fig. 45, the south 

 wall of this nursery apartment is well glazed. The 

 dimensions of the building are 36x30 ft., with 18 ft. 

 posts. 



Two buildings remain to be described. Figure 49 rep- 

 resents a hospital ; that is, a building that can be used 

 as such in an emergency. It is 14 ft. wide, 60 ft. long, 

 and 8 ft. high at the peak. There is a passage 2 1-2 ft. 

 wide, running its whole length the north side, which 

 communicates with the twelve rooms into which the 



