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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



FIG. 81. ROLLER COVER. 



secure as if in the barn. The sides of this cover should be of 

 light lumber and lapped like weather-boarding to keep out the 

 rain. The top should be of matched lumber and well painted. 



Fig. 32 illustrates the cheapest 

 and most convenient plan for 

 cooking food for stock, heating 

 water, or boiling maple sap. It 

 consists of a wooden box with 

 sheet-iron bottom, arid as this 

 thin iron heats through quickly, 

 water can be boiled in it in much less time than in an iron 

 kettle. The box should be of two-inch plank, and sixteen inches 

 wider than the fire chamber. The sheet iron can be put on with 

 common shingle nails. The furnace can be built of stone laid 

 up with clay, which will endure the heat much better than 

 lime mortar. Care must be taken to protect the wood at the 

 ends from the fire. The sides will be well protected by extend- 

 ing out on to the wall. The furnace should be made high, so 

 as to give room for the wood, and a piece of sheet iron will 

 answer for a door. Any laborer can build such a furnace, for the 

 wall being cov- 

 ered with earth 

 can be built 

 rough. The 

 entire expense 

 for a pan that 

 will cook two 

 barrels should 

 not exceed five 

 dollars. An 

 old stove-pipe 

 can be used for 

 a chimney. 

 When the pan 



is emptied, care must be taken to see that the fire is all out, or 

 a little cold water put in the pan, as the bottom is so thin it will 

 be easily burned out. If the door is left open, the draft will 



