A Vermont Apple House. 449 
at the bottom, and two feet at the top; two-inch 
plank for sills on this, bedded in mortar, doubled go 
as to break joints; two by four studding above this; 
outside of studding matched pine, then paper, and 
then clap-boards, painted; in middle of studding, lath 
Fig. 111. Apple house; from the islands of Lake Champlain. 
and plaster; inside of studding, matched pine, then 
paper, and then one-half-inch sheathing, painted. 
This gives two hollow walls, or dead-air spaces. For 
ventilating, there is one ventilator from cellar to the 
observatory on top of building, which has four large 
window frames, with blinds, but no tight windows. 
The ventilator opens into both storage rooms. We 
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