Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-11-26
CELLARS.

CELLARS.
chose Above Ground More Useful TAsa
Those Below.
On every farm building or an
apartment of some kind for the storage
Of fruit. vegetables, milk. meat, eggs
and other kinds of food is of the first
importance. 1t is necessary for it to
oe comparatively dry, frost-proof dur
ing the winter, and cool in summer.
In many parts of the country these
coIEitions are somewhat easily secured
by Asking an excavation under the
bcild;ag that is to be used for q dwell
ing. In many places q gosd under
ground cellar can be made 1t a worry
small asst. A stone or other firm
foundation "a required to support the
house T. Is necessary to dig trench
tslow the'ffost line, in which to- place
The foundation. It requires but httIe
m,re laboE'Jo remove by means of
scraper the sauth included within shis
trench. This space will afford ausrie
storage-roorE.. while the foundation far
the house viii. serve the purpose of Aie
cellar wall. 70 secure light, the walE
can he carried 1bove the surface Of tie
grough and Willows placed in it IN
order 10 render ground sEoping about
the Esuse, SORE OF the earth takeih
from she excavation can be thrown
ugains1the projecting, wall.
A cedar constructed in This wav is
conveu:snt and lasting. and often
cheap. Through aap entrance from the
outside II is eatf to carry potatoes.
garden regetableg' and fruit into it.
During the winter the puter door can
be perma senlly cl5sed and the cellar
be reaches by a stairway leadisg from
the interics of the. dwelling. In ca Q
the house 9 located where the ground
descends from one Or more sides good
drainage caSbe scared, :se a moderate
cost, and tie requisite degree cf dry
ness be scared I'M all the Eastern
States a COCA cellar IS found nnder
almost every house III city Or country.
A combinatioa of FORTH tous circum-
stances makes good COLLARS common.
The ground is 'hilly or: rolling. 50 that
g0Od drainage can u secuped with
very little trouble or sSprnse: Stone
suitable for bnlding cellar walls is
found in every rneighb0rhoOI- More
fruits. potatoes aud vegetables are
raised than in most parts of tlte West,
all of which require good, cellars to in
sure their preservation dfirsng the win
ter. On the Western prairie it is much
more difficult to construcegood cellars.
In, MANY places it is hard to- secure
GOOD drainage without great cost. while
Stone euitable for cellar walls is scarce.
In manv places it is etsier' to con
strues q cellar above "grouatil t3iar be-
Vow IT. The walls laag be made OF Arnl-
Der, concrete, brick Sor." stone. Some
Germans and Dutch in 'the'vioinisy OF
this. city have constructed arches built
u stone or hard-burned bri1k: anu COW
cred them with earth. A d5lbie door
Is ut one end and dotrDfe' window ut
the ether A building constructed like
an, ordinary ice-houss l1rry be- used for
ssorlrg the articles ordinarily Kept IN
arr underground CEDAR, II ht double
walls, with a space at least , foot wide
between them. will be repu;cd: This
space should be fi'leT with;dtv sawdnst,
cfaff. Or some other I1aSera that is II
rer1 poor conductor Of heat The
thickness of the walls and the width OF
tss.space between the1Twill depend on
sRe.de gree of cold they are rsau;rei to
afford protection against, Confined
..ii~ls the poorest cOndi,ctorOf heat chat
can, be found. Air. Wen in moson.
conveys heat, but VINE" confined and
afv il almost entirely preven's-the' pas
5sye of heat BY using brick. anti suit
able mortar concretos wall nissy be
made practically airiight. Placing
sawdust or chaff between ttuse' wallis
prevents the passage OF currents
of'air that would raise the tsmpars' ts'-s
ihrino the summer :A9 EedN1c" ii GrEz-
:lg the cold weather..
A cellar or store-rOolafr located Shove
the ground has ma!.N advantages over
one chat is entirely Or 'rahieily below it.
If the roof and wallaaretight it Will be
slry. and will require no drainage. II
can Re entered for the purpose OF de-
posting or taking oak articles. without
going up and Downstairs. This IS
great advantage wheR the art oies to be
moved are heavy A sellar that is
,ttjs1e ground caxsbe better ventilated
than one that is heidw the surface. by
means of double or triple windows,
with air-spaoes bstween,theur, the room
may be rend cred a. lighC as any room
in dwelling. BY mesals OF shutters
aud curtains, it oan be made as dark as
may be desi red. Theirs are many SAM
t.scy obiecti ons to.havihg cellars for the
storage of neat, milk, fruit. and vege-
ssbles undo r the living rooms of dwell
ings All these substances under the
hsSt OF car e are liable to decay and to
give off dj ssgrseable and anwholesome
4 otiors 7 hese. fihdi their way into all
parts of the-house through crevices in
the floor and through the door THAI
leads to thacellarr The air in most urs-
dergrould cellars is not ut to breath Q,
and il Is vsFyr difficult to keep it irss
state of comparative parity. as the de
cay of the.asticles. stored in it is likely
/. to be constantly going on.-Chicaage