MAINE AGRICUIvTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Fig. I. Photograph of crematory described in text. Note cement 

 base, with opening in front into fire box; galvanized iron cremating 

 box on top ; cover of cremating box. 



The incinerating chamber proper was made from galvanized 

 iron by a local tinsmith. This consists of a rectangular box 

 having the following dimensions : Length 2 feet, 2 inches ; 

 width I foot, 10 inches; height i foot, 6 inches. In the top of 

 this is cut a round hole, 12 inches in diameter which is pro- 

 tected by a hinged cover 15 inches by 14 1-2 inches. This 

 galvanized box has no bottom. It is placed on top of the grate 

 bars, and held firmly in place by cement worked up around its 

 lower edges. At the back end of this iron cremating box is an 

 opening for a stove pipe, which is necessary in order to give the 

 proper draught. It is found in practice that only a short piece 

 of stove pipe is necessary to get sufficient draught to make a 

 very hot fire, which entirely consumes the birds in a few hours. 



