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stead of windows there should be ventilators along the 

 side, put in just above the level of the floor, as shown 

 in the end elevation in the figure. These can be hfted 

 from the outside without disturbing the house, and 

 cold air admitted as required. A ventilator for carry- 

 ing o£E the warm air should be placed near the middle 

 of the room, and may properly be made high enough 

 above the roof to be somewhat independent of the 

 building against which the lean-to storage house is 

 constructed. 



It may or may not be convenient to have the floor 

 of the storage room 2^ to 3 feet above the ground, so 

 that barrels may be easily handled in and out of a 

 wagon. In case the high floor is preferred, a small 

 unloading platform will be found a great convenience. 



This house can be built for about $75. On some 

 farms where material can be had cheaply, and where 

 the work can be done without hiring, it will not cost 

 more than $50. It ought to cost not more than $100 

 anywhere. 



XVII. DESIGN FOR COMMODIOUS HILI^IDE STORAGE 



The ordinary way of building a storeroom into a 

 hillside is to place the house lengthwise into the hill 

 instead of lengthwise along the hill. Such a storage 

 room is usually small, and the construction is properly 

 a "dugout," or "cave," such as has already been 

 described in this chapter. A more commodious stor- 

 age cellar may be made by running the room the other 

 way, longitudinally along the hill-slope. This is the 

 way in which the large and well-known storage house 

 of the Olden Fruit Company is constructed. 



