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the paper, clapboards and paint. The floor between 

 the storage room and the cellar is double, with 

 hemlock for the under course and matched^ birch on 

 top with heavy paper between. Both storage rooms 

 have double doors and windows with matched board 

 blinds inside. There is an attic room which will ac- 

 commodate 1,200 empty barrels. The building cost 

 $1,200. 



Another very excellent building for the common 

 storage of apples which has been frequently de- 

 scribed and which is certainly a model of its kind 

 is that owned by Mr. T. L. Kinney, of South Hero, 

 Vermont. This house was built in 1888 and stands 

 30x50 feet on the ground. It has a basement 

 which will accommodate 1,000 barrels, ^ and the 

 main floor will receive an equal number. There is 

 an attic for the storage of empty barrels, cooper's 

 stock, etc. The walls are constructed in the following 

 manner: The studding are 3x4 inches. On the out- 

 side is a course of i-inch matched pine covered 

 with building paper and again with clapboards. On 

 the sides of the studs small furring strips are run in. 

 Upon these a lath and plaster coat is made from stud 

 to stud. This produces a double dead air space. On 

 the inside of the stud is another i inch course of 

 matched pine covered by building paper and by 

 J^-inch boards all over the inside. There are glass 

 windows and heavy matched board blinds. This 

 house cost $1,500 and has been successful. 



Various other houses more or less like the two here 

 described have been built in all parts of the country. 

 So far as the writer knows these have proved uni- 

 formly successful in the northern states where they 

 have been well built and intelligently managed. In 



