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returned to its original position. Fig. 40 shows a vice, e, by 

 which the machine may be fastened to a table : Fig. 39 shows 

 an arrangement,/, for grafting in the field. — L. Degrully, in 

 Le Pr ogres Agricole, 250. 



Fruit-Houses. — (Figs. 41, 42.) These two cross-sections 

 illustrate at a glance how the movements of air can be utilized 

 in the cooling of storage-houses. Fig. 41 shows a pit or cel- 



Fig. 43. 



lar room. The other is built upon the surfaces. The walls 

 contain air-spaces. — Country Gentleman ; reported i?i Populat 

 Gardening, 245. 



Cheap Evaporator. — (Fig. 43.) 66 It is built of wood. All 

 the frame required is the upright, 2X2-inch posts and 2x3~inch 

 horizontal drawer-rests. The drawer-rests are placed flatwise 

 and between the posts, rabbeted one-half inch on each side 

 to receive the drawers. The sides and back of the drawers 

 are \y 2 inches wide ; the front is 2 inches wide, with a y 2 - 

 inch rabbet above and below, on the inside, and there are cor- 

 responding rabbets on the siding of the house, so that when 

 the drawers are pushed in, the outside surface will be smooth. 

 The bottoms of the drawers are made of galvanized wire 



