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more storage space. The second rafters are fifteen 

 feet long, forming the roof. 



"The part that forms the cellar proper is thirty- 

 eight feet long, the remaining twelve feet making 

 a room for sorting and packing potatoes. The 

 cellar is divided by two partitions, making three 

 bins each ten feet wide. Each bin has trap doors 

 in the centre of the floor covering that bin. Each 

 trap is about five feet long by eighteen inches wide, 

 with three feet between each trap. 



"The potato bins, each thirty-eight feet long, 

 are partitioned off from the sorting room. Both 

 sides of the partition are boarded up with matched 

 boards. A double door leads from the sorting 

 room into each bin. These doors are closed in the 

 coldest weather. The sorting room has two win- 

 dows for light and air. 



"If the potatoes begin to sweat in storage or 

 need ventilation, the trap doors can be raised, and 

 the doors from the bins into the sorting room can 

 be opened, giving a perfect system of ventilation, 

 which soon dries the potatoes off. 



"The potatoes are removed fom the storage 

 house through the sorting room, the floor of which 

 is on a level with the road outside, thus saving 

 much labor. 



"Bill of material for this storage house. (Esti- 

 mates furnished by W. L. Brown, Foxcroft, Maine) : 



No. of 



pieces Size Lengths 



16 4x6 Posts for cellar partition 8 ft. 



6 6x6 End and cross sills 30 ft. 



5 6x6 Side sills 20 ft. 



40 2 x 6 Floor timbers 20 ft. 



20 2x6 Floor timbers 12 ft. 



60 2x5 Rafters 9 ft. 6 in, 



