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lower part of the door would admit cool air, which, as 

 it became warmer,- would pass out of the flue at the 

 opposite end. 



The usual dugout fails to be an efficient storage 

 room for one other reason, and that is that too many 

 kinds of things are put into it. I have not infre- 

 quently seen potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, onions, 

 apples, and butter in the same "cave," or some other 

 equally unfriendly mixture. 



The dugout seems to me to be worthy of more 

 general adoption on farms where no sort of storage is 

 now provided. It seems, further, to be worth taking 

 more seriously on the farms where it already exists. I 

 believe it has considerable possibilities in the storage 

 line if properly managed. In particular it ought to be 

 tried on small farms in the eastern states. No fur- 

 ther directions or specifications for construction need 

 be given, for there is nothing elaborate or difficult in 

 the architecture, and each man will naturally make his 

 own dugout to suit his particular circumstances. 



IX. MR. T. L. Kinney's house 



The apple storage house of Mr. T. I^. Kinney, of 

 South Hero, Vermont, is one of the best I have ever 

 seen. It may be taken as a type of the private fruit 

 storage house. It is well built, and has been entirely 

 successful. Apples have been stored in it in con- 

 siderable quantities every year since it was built, and 

 have kept admirably without exception. 



This house was built in 1888. It is 30x50 feet. 

 The main story is 8 feet 4 inches high in the clear ; 



