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FRANKLIN COUNTY, NEBRASKA. 



furnace in house near Fairbury, Jefferson county, Nebraska, 

 and will serve to illustrate the principle. With a little inven- 

 tive o-enius it could be changed to meet the wants of any 

 requirement. It is constructed of brick, except the doors and 

 dampers, which are of iron, and are made as nearly air-tight as 

 possible — at least as nearly so as are ordinary stove doors. 



In the one described, three armsful of cornstalks, the 

 refuse fmm the manger, each about what a person could carry 

 under his arm, constituted the fuel for the morning fire. 



When the fire is being kindled the damper is kept open, 

 the fuel put in by handsful and allowed to burn to a coal. 

 When it ceases blazing the door and damper is closed, and the 

 heated air retained in the furnace. The furnace herein illus- 

 trated cost twenty-five dollars. Suitable castings are kept by 

 many of our leading stove dealers. When not, they may be 

 ordered from the manufacturers. The dimensions of this fur- 

 nace are five and one-half feet long, seven feet high, and 

 twenty-eight inches wide. 



