The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-27
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Advantages Of Having Cellars Above
Ground i'll the Prairie Region OF
the West.
hmple Apparatus that Can Be Employed for
Testing the Vitality Of Seeds.
Cellars Above Ground.

On every farm a building or an
apartment of some kind for the stor.
age of fruit, vegetables, milk, meat,
eggs, and other kinds of food is of the
irst Importance. 1t is necessary for
t to be comparatively dry, frost proof
turing the winter and cool in
N many parts of the country these
conditions are somewhat easily secured
~ making an excavation under tho
building that is to be IL ed for q dwell
ing. In many places 81 good under
ground cellar can be made at Il very
small cost. A stone or other firm
foundation is required to support the
house. 1t is necessary to dig II trench
below the frost line, in which to place
The foundation. 1t requires but little
more latior to remove by means of IL
scraper the earth included within this
trench. This space will afford ample
storage-room, while the foundation for
The house will serve the purpose of the
cellar wall. 10 c tight, the wall
can be carried above the surface of
the ground and windows placed in it.
In order to render ground s,oping
about the house, some OF the earth
taken from the excavation can be
thrown against the projecting wall.
a cellar constructed i'll this way is
convenient and lasting, and often
cheap. Through an entrance from the
outside it is easy to carry potatoes,
garden vegetables, and fruit into it.
Dur NJ tho winter the outer door a
DO permanently closed and the cellar
be reached by Il stairway leading from
the interior of the dwelling. In case
the house is located where the ground
desccnds from Il or more sides good
drainage can be secured ut moderate
cost, and the requisite degree of dry
ness be secured. In all the eastern
states a good cellar is found under al
most every house in C ty or country.
A combination OF fortl,itous c%ircunl-
stances make good cellars common.
The ground is llilly or rolling, so that
good drainage can be secured with
very little trouble or expense. Stone
suitable for building cellar walls is
found in every ncighborhood. More
fruit, potatoes, and vegetables arc
raised than in most parts of the west,
all of which require good cellars to in
sure their preservation during the win
ter. On the western prairie It is much
moro difficult to construct good eel
lars. In many places it is hard to Sc
cure good drainage without great cost,
scarce.
In many places it is castor to con
struct a cellar above ground than be-
low it. The walls may be made OF
lumber, o rcte, brick, or stone.
Some Germans and Dutch in the vicin-
ity of this city have constructed arches
built of stone or hard-burned brick,
and covered them with earth. A
double door is at one end and Il double
window ut the other. A builling con
%structed like an ordinary i~cc-housc
may be used for storing the articles
ordinarily kept in an underground
cellar. Light double walls, with a
space at least II foot wide between
them, will be required. Tbs space
should be tillei with dry sawd,lst.
chat, or some other material that is
u very poor conductor Of heat. The
thickness of the walls and the width
Of the space between them will de,
pend on the degree of cold they are
required to afford protection against.
SoEliSd all 10 lhc ooICSt CONDUCTOR
OF heat that can be found. Air, when
IN motion conveys heat, but when
confined and dry 1t almost entirely
prevents the passage of heat. BY
using brick and sufficient suitable NOR
tar a concrete wall may be made prac.
tically air-tight. Placing sawdust or
chaff between these walls prevents
the passage OF currents OF air that
would raise the temperature during
the summer and reduce it during the
cold weather.
A cellar or storc-room located above
the ground has many advantages over
one that is entirely or chicfiy below
1t. IT the roof and walls arc tight it
VIII DC dry, and VIII require no drain
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