FRUIT STORAGE l6l 



The door to this house will naturally be made in the 

 side, and may be located either at one end or in the 

 middle, as may best suit the builder. A proper vestibule 

 should be built about it, or two doors should fee used, the 

 one to protect the other. Windows may be introduced 

 on the down-hill side of the room if thought necessary, 

 but they would probably be more trouble than use. 



The cost of such a house would vary immensely 

 according to the manner in which it were built. The 



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FIG, 55-^— SIDE ELEVATION OF STORAGE HOUSE 



chief expense would be for labor ; arid this is often an 

 item of small expense on the farm. If all the labor 

 had to be hired the expense would naturally be more 

 serious. It is impossible, however, to make any esti- 

 mate of the cost here. 



XVIII. DESIGN FOR A THOUSAND-BARREL 

 STORAGE HOUSE 



The design herewith given was contributed by the 

 author to Country Gentlemen, December 7, 1899, and 

 is here reproduced with new illustrations. The plan 

 is intended to provide an apple storage house with a 



