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STORAGE- 



"Tlif fruit house is built on high and dry ground. 

 . The cellar was three feet, and dirt taken from this was 

 used to bank up around the wall. The wall is solid 

 stone and mortar, is 5 feet high, 2% feet wide at tlie 

 bottom, and 2 feet at the top; 2-inch plank for sills on 

 this, bedded in mortar, doubled so as to brink joints ; 

 2 by 4 studding above this; outsiil. -i -luil.iin^ matched 



pine, then paper, and then chii' i . i '•■,{; in 



middle of studding, lath and plash 1 - nlding, 



matched pine, thfu i.;ipcr, ;iiid ih m iiliiiif;. 



painted. This -I\i'- ;■,■,'. '•-':. ■ -i .'.;m! ,■,! 



spaces. Kor vi-iii i! i- I'l ■ • , !,■ : : : i i , i , . . 



lar to the ob^rf, ,. ..i • ■■ .-i :. i L : ••• n . !■ 



STORAGE 



at either side of the building, with the storage room 

 bi-tw>-iMi Mild hilow the ice rooms. See plan of such an 

 an-aii-iiu.rit in Fii;-. 'J Ins and side elevation in Fig. 2409. 

 •rii. ,,t(.iir wall iriu-i have a lining in order to pro- 

 vidi- a .lad air -pac-c I., tween it and the storage room. 

 This can h.- Mcurcil by placing 2x4 studding against 

 the stone wall, covering this with a durable waterproof 

 paper, placing 1-inch strips outside of this and covering 

 all with flooring. This will give two small air spaces 



four 



arge 



windows. Tin 

 We have thrO' 

 of building in 

 west side, ne> 

 with paper b. 



The f.,ll!.u, 



the stone or 



. 'i M -I" I-. See Fig. 2409, <■!■•■- - 

 r iliambers should i\'. 



Ill- "r storeroom. Tii- ■ 

 . i. li . ight feetwillinci. a- .,-. 

 M, |M, V.1-. The floors in thi.i r.. 

 ill ni.tal overlaid with 2x4's set 

 II a. 1 ■... arranged as to allow a free 

 tin- i.i- chamber into the storage 

 naturally falls the slat floor in tli 

 room will give direct circiiiaii.jn i 

 room, and both be cooled in i 

 structure must be strong inn I ,. i ! 

 the heavy load placed upon it. 11. 



wall 



^^^di^w:^ 



The floor 

 s to carry 

 ,' carrying 



the secotid-story room should be built 

 so as to make it as near a non-conduc- 

 tor of heat as possible. Dead-air spaces 

 are the cheapest and most easily con- 

 structed non-conductors. This is essen- 

 tial in the ceiling, as it has the double 

 hit > i.r |i. rform of holding the cold in 

 .11.1 I.. . [.iiiff the heat out. A large, 



Li. C. Corbett: "In localities where field stone 

 plentiful, a satisfactory, durable and moderate- 



of the"desired e. nil ..> I,, ... " ■ i.,,'!,.., I .,i,, 1 1,, , h,.', 

 lay the dry st'.h. . .' . ': ' '.■ .i. i ■ 1 1 !,,■■•., 



but if small th. > ,.i,i ■,, n n, ••■, -Ii-i . ;. r.. 



in alaver 6 to h. •■ • ■ ■ .• ' , ih. ,, i„,,.i :i, ih,,, ,i.,,riai- 



composed of r.....' .h. ■ , n.; . . . ,i i il , h. h,,-.. i.^ lilh-.l 



sufficiently to iii.t. . ih i i;. ;.. ai il [..ration, 



moving the plai.i th.' ii...M;ir -. i - until a 



wall of desire. I !.■ i h' I.,, ii-ii hmh. Sil,. walls have 

 been built in fli. i i ■ I. ■. . i . JJ feet tall, and 



were as solid a- i. . , i t.n.' -when completed. 



The mortar niii-i h, i .m, ..mI n 1. in lime or cement. 



Lime will answ. .. i , -, . i i.. s.t than cement, 



and for that reas.iii 1. .-,- ... -n ,ihle. .Such a wall can be 

 built for about one-half the cost of the ordinary rubble 

 wall, and will answer in every way as well. 



"Ample means of ventilation must be provided in 

 order that nature may be turned to assistance in reduc- 

 ing the temperature of the house as much as possible. 

 Sewer pipes leading for some distance under ground 

 and provided with proper stops or dampers can be very 

 effectively used to assist in reducing the temperature 

 during frosty nights. In addition to this the second 

 story of the house should be provided with one or two 

 ice rooms, according to the width of the house. The 

 writer is inclined to favor two narrow ice rooms, one 



use the ice chambers as ice houses for storin!; ice; they 

 are merely ice chests to be used to cool the wareroiims 

 and fruit as it comes from the orchard. Consequently 

 tliey can be made much smaller than would be neces- 

 sai-\' were they to serve the double purpose of cold 

 ehainl.er and ice house." 



:\lanv small storage houses, located near railway sta- 

 ining, are now to be seen in the fruit sections of the 

 ...iini.w. One of these is shown in Fig. 2410. In store- 

 11 . apples are usually stored in barrels that are 

 I i. 1 1. their sides. Fig. 2411. It is a common practice 

 h. li s..rt apples in storage. Fig. 2412. L H B 



Retrigeratlon or cold storage is the name given to the 

 preservation of perishable products, such as fruits and 

 other organic foodstuffs, at a temperature so low as to 

 arrest the action of ferments and mould, and yet not low 

 enough to destroy the flavor or cellular structure of the 

 material so stored. 



pres 



nncps has 



perfeete.l, \ aia.n- |., i n.' l |.l. - l.av. h. . ,, , n i |.l. .x .al in 

 the deveh.l.ni. lit ..I' tins ma. -11111. ry, l.nt all liavn in- 

 volved the fillelam. nial i.l.a .-t' ill n.l.-n^inL' ..f a U'JIS 



and the heatim;- ..f it .ui a-ain ex|.alnlill^', when it takes 



expansion takes place. For this purpose carbon anhy- 

 drate and ammonia anhydrate have chiefly been em- 

 ployed. After the cooling has been effected by artificial 



