The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-11-22
FARMERS COLUMN.
pi, for winter protec,lors OF Cur

here present the plan of cellar / am
building, ard which, think, will answer
admirably the purpose for which it is in
tended.
The floor is mainly for celery. At one
end there are bins foSpntatocs, carrots, beets,
etc. Along tlfe1sdes and in the middle are
branches like those in greenhouse, only
higher There Is walk around the mid
die bench this bench is intended for roses,
which are to be kept there until it is time tn
put them in the greenhouse To- force them
for spring sale. The side benches are ior
apples, onions, etc. The cellar is l6x26 f.
Two feet of the earth were dug out fot
banking up on the outside. The walls are
three and one half feet above the level OF
The ground and two feet below it, making
the side walls FIVE and one.half feet high
These are boarded with inch planks, on ce-
dar posts set four feet apart. The boards
are nailed from the outside. The earth
taken from the CELLAR is banked against
them to'a thickness Of two feet at the top and
five at Nie bottom, all around, except at the
doors tud. windows. Both ends Of the cellaI
nboTetf level of the embnnkment are doub
le boarded on the gublc ends, with a space
oE eight inches between the boardings TO bC
filled with sawdust. Below this is the bank
ing Of earth from the pit.
The roof is single and double-boarded
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four inches which is to be filled with saw
dust. 1t laps oyer the side walls foot and
half, aud from that point the ground il
banked up SO hard that it cannot settle and
after good rain it is sodded all round whcl
gives II nice green appcarante in grass
time and keeps it still warmer IN winter
To have plenty of light and air have or
each side of the roof three sashes, Sx6 feet
like hot bed s,vshes, hinged at the top, jus
as on greenhouse, and at the lower end o
each sash is an iron bar having hole
punched in it, so as to raise the sash to a
greater or less height, for the purpose Of ven
tilation, whenever desirable. Each sash fit
closely into the roof, and is buttened to pre-
vent the entrance of rain. Underneath Tho
sashes are shutters, which can be opened o
shut, and between them and the sashes arr
spaces of four inches, which can be filed
whenever necessary, with straw, or straw
mat. don't think, however, that frost will
penetrate through sash and shutter from th
roof, though it might from the sides.
In the most convenient end are doubl
doors. The inside one is made like the doc
of a stable, having window sash whicl
can be opened or closed at pleasure. Out
side this is box as high as the door an,
four feet wide, so that the outside door vii
be four feet from the inside one. The quite
door is made double, with four inch spac
for sawdust. The top of the box, betweei
the doors, is double boarded, like the outsid
door, and filled with sSwdust. The sides o
the box are protected by an earth cmbanK
HTent. On the other end Of the cellar ther
is n window, guarded with box like tha
protecting the door, only not so large, ani
having a shutter at the other end. con
Venience of this sort will pay for itsel
every winter, and should be used, in sizes Il
suit their needs, by all largely interested il
flower or vegetable CULTURED. Mtles, Jr.
in RlTal NcV Yorker.