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the side walls are brick, the structure may be something 

 like that in Fig. 243. The air-space in the roof is to be 

 noted. 



The structure may be wholly or mostly buried, either 

 by being sunken or by having earth covered over it. Fig. 

 244 is a well-miade outside cellar (James H. Beattie, 

 Farmers' Bull. 879), with ventilation and drainage. De- 

 tail for the interior of an outside cellar is given by James 



245. Detail of a partially buried cellar. 



L. Strahan, Cornell Extension Bull. No. 22, shown in 

 Fig. 245. " The interior is arranged in a double row of 

 bins each 8x8 feet with a 4-foot alley through the middle. 

 At the alley corner of each bin is a 6 x 6-inch post built up 

 of 3 pieces of 2 x 6-inch material. The center piece is 

 cut 6 inches short to allow for a 2 x 6-inch stringer, or 

 ceiling support, which runs longitudinally through the 

 cellar along the top of the posts. On this 2 x 6-inch piece 

 rest 2 X 4-inch joists spaced 2 feet and 6 inches on cen- 

 ters, and these in turn support a ceiling of 1-inch un- 

 matched boards. A 4-inch shoulder, 10 inches from the 



