Adaptation. The building must suit local conditions. A two-story structure as 

 shown in Figs. 5 and is the most practical. In this the first floor is used as 

 packing-shed and the basement for storage, an elevator conveying the fruit between 

 the two. The attic, constructed to the height desired, may be used to store orchard- 

 boxes, box-shook, and other sundries. By this arrangement, as soon as fruit is 

 packed it receives immediate storage in a low temperature, whereas, if the packing- 

 house itself is used as a storage, the temperature of the fruit cannot be lowered 

 until after the packing season is entirely over. Besides having a lower temperature 

 in early fall, the other great advantage of having a basement storage lies in the 

 decreased danger from frost in midwinter. 



'diii. These are optional. This design is an arbitrary size, being 

 24x36 feet. It is considered large enough to store the winter varieties of apples 

 in the average 10-acre orchard, as it will contain between 2.500 and 3,000 boxes of 

 fruit in the basement. If a grower finds that his needs demand a larger building, 

 the size may be fixed by figuring a box of apples at 2i cubic feet, which allows 

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~t ruction. A pat king-shed may be cheaply built, as it is used but a few 

 months during the year. Iteilu- ibis and use money saved in an elevator 



and in suitable ventilation. The basement walls are of 12-inch concrete construction. 

 and upper portion of the building is of wood. 



Insulation. Air. being a poor conductor of heat, has been much used in various 

 ways to provide sufficient insulation in the walls of storages, both common and 

 refrigerated. The old custom was to provide "dead-air spaces" in the walls of 

 storages by the use of furring, studding, etc.. but this should not be used. 



Cork, mineral wool, linofelt, lith. hair-felt and dry mill shavings are some of 

 the more common insulators used at present. Dry mill shavings, when used 

 sufficiently thick and well protected from moisture by linings of water-proof build- 

 ing-paper on both the inside and outside, provide an excellent insulator. For 



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