146 FRXJIT HARVESTING, STORING, MARKETING 



apples for several months at a time, with excellent 

 success. A small stove is provided, and a trifling fire 

 is kept on very cold days, just to take the chill off the 

 air. A temperature of about 26° is the lowest ever 

 registered during the storage season. The tempera- 

 ture generally maintained is 32° to 35°. 



The following bill of materials and labor shows 

 approximately the cost of this house : 



1,000 feet Joists, 2x 8 $14.00 



600 " Studding, 2x4 8.40 



5,000 " Ceiling, matched spruce .... 60.00 



1,000 " Flooring, hard 18.00 



500 " Sills, 6x6 6.00 



1,000 " Floor Covering 6.00 



Clapboards i9-6o 



10 Windows 15.00 



10 Window-frames 10.00 



Paper 10.00 



Lath and plaster i2.oo 



Roofing, galvanized steel .... 24.00 



Labor 125-00 



Incidentals, nails, etc 30-00 



Total $358-00 



XV. NOTES ON VARIOUS STORAGE HOUSES 



This list of descriptions of storage houses with 

 records of results might be continued to considerable 

 length. It seems best, however, to draw it to a close 

 with sundry notes on various storage houses in differ- 

 ent parts of the country. Each one of these houses 

 has been a separate problem, and each man has 

 worked the questions out for himself. All are there- 

 fore interesting, and more or less instructive. 



