The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-10-12


siderable size, is ample for banking the
side and end walls and also for the
roof. The cost Of construction may be
greatly modified according to the char
acter Of the location.
Location Of Cellars.
Generally speaking, the potato cellar
should be located convenient to the
dwelling house, because in very cold
weather it usually requires rather close
attention to guard against having the
tubers frosted. Where sidehills, knobs
or what are termed in the west hog
backs" consisting of narrow and usu-
ally short ridges Of land. are available
it Is advisable to take advantage Of
them, because, as rule, by their use
better drainage and a ground level en-
trance at either one or both ends of the
house are secured. Where sidehills,
knobs or hogbacks are not availa BILE
and a central driveway is planned an
inclined drive, which should be carried
back far enough to permit easy ap-
proach, is necessary. Where no wag-
Is usually made for placing the pota-
toes in the cellar through openings in
the roof, in which chutes are inserted
to convey the tubers.
In the cheaper dugouts where the soil
Is Of such nature as to remain intact
1t Is allowed to form the side and end
walls. the roof being supported on
plates resting on the soil and held to-
gether by boards or joists. This form
Of construction involves a deeper exca-
walton and constant element Of risk
from cavern. In better type of con-
struction rough posts are set at inter-
walls along the side walls, and to these
the plate Is fastened. The posts may
be recessed into the earth wall so as to
present an even face. or they may be
set out far enough to allow covering
them with wire, planking or poles and
heavy layer Of straw.
Above Ground Pits.
Occasionally where the land is level
and there Is danger from irrigation
seepage the storage house is built en-
tirely above ground. In this case,
while the construction Of the side and
end walls and roof is practically the
same as the preceding, the cost is usu.
ally increased through the greater
quantity Of soil required to cover the
roof and the side and end walls.
Where tough sod is available. snct
as that formed by flags or other wiry
rooted plants. the side and end wall:
above ground may be constructed en-
tirely of sod blocks two feet or NOR,
In thickness. One Of the most unusua
storage houses seen In the course of re
cent studies was built entirely abOv,
ground with the side and end wall
constructed Of baled alfalfa hay.
In the more expensive and substan
tial structures the side and end wall
are built Of concrete. The material en-
tering into the roof construction of tn
dugout or cellar storage house in tn
region under discussion generally con
sists Of unsawed lumber. Usually tn
rafters are cut from small trees. TIL
whole roof may be covered with pole
and these poles covered with straw an
soil or the rafters may be covered wit
heavy woven wire fence netting an
then with straw and soil
Roof Should BE Water Tight.
In sections where the rainfall Is sui
ficiently heavy to render straw or pol
covered roofs undesirable the pOtat
storage cellar Is constructed with a W,
ter tight roof. Generally the roof Is CO,
cred with rough lumber and shingle,
Occasionally a cellar is sheathed wit
matched lumber on the inside. TIL