Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-19
OPERATING HOME
HEATING PLANTS
Methods of Saving Coal and
Providing Healthful Condi-
tions Outlined in Farm
ers' Bulletin.

The average house owner burns too
much coal. principally because he docs
not know how to regulate his heater.
say engineers OF the United States De-
pa.tmtnt OF Agriculture in Farmers
Bulletin 1Iet. Operating a Home
Heating Plant" published by the de-
partment. Many rural homes arc now
porvldsd with furnaces. and tho prh-
licstion was prepared as IA guide 70
thor efficient operation, particularly
in getting tho most heat nut OF the
fuel used and IN making tho home as
healthful as possible.
The satisfactory and efficient heat
Ing Of homes. according to the hulle-
tin. requires: That tho chimney Tue
be OF proper size IN the proper place;
that the proper heating equipment he
installed correctly: that the plan. he
understood thoroly and operated 10
that it gives tho most heat from The
fuel consumed: that tho house he con-
s,ructed so that ths Ncat is held In
that tho air he kapt notst: and .hat
enough fresh air bs admitted cfthe'
continuously or rom time to time to
avoid the discomfort or unheaithful
conditions due to accuinClnt,on OF
carbonic acid E,a In selecting fd"l,
the bulletin suggests that different
kinds and sizes OF coal should DO tried
out
hftolLp fb ftk''f EMIL As
STALLED
Tho best and hiShcst-pricnd heater
improperly inrsiled may givc less sat-
iSnction than the poorest and cheap
est put IN correctly. eays the bulletin.
For this reason man known to under
stand his business should inrall tho
plant In selecting the furnace. con-
plit owners OF homes who have nad
experience in operating furnaces Of
different typce.
Practically all heating plants have
four dampcrp A draft d1mper in tho
door OF tho ash pit IL opened To acmit
air thru tho fire. which causes IL to
burn rap.dly. a check dampcr To-
Gated in tho smoke pipe is opened to
admit cold air into tho flue. thus In
torferinE with the dr,ft and rctardlne
the burning OF fuel In the heater. Tho
damp.r located in tho feed door Is
used for tho slmc purpose. Thru II
cold air Is admitted directly over the
fire. and ~ opened wide. IL acts a. n
check. When regulated properly IL
admits Just sufficient air to supple
mont that admitted thru tho drnf,
darnp-r and causes more perfect COM
dafnpcr IA located between the furnace
and the check draft. and can be USED
to control tho drnf; above tho fuel
IN windy weather or al night
Ashes should not he permitted to
Accumulate in tho ash pit. as this re-
rsrds the draft and tho heat causes
tho crate to become warped and hort
A. n rule ~ is not necessary to shake
down tho ashes moro than once or
twice a day. except In very cold
weather. and shaking should be
STOPPED as soon aA live Hparks begin TO
fall into the ash nit In mild weather
coal can he saved by permitting an
accumulation NJ ash.s In tho crate.
SEALING CRACKS SAVES HEAT
II is economy to ~al tho cracks
about doors and windows with weather
strips, and vhrrc tho weather Ia TIN
usually cold, storm sssh is recon-
merded with wind velocity Of Is
miles an hour crack Of 5-s7 or an
inch which n much isrs than the
average for doors and windows. per
ri,s the passage Of about ~ cubic
feet of air = minute for every linear
foot. An ordinary double sash window
tss iuchea wide and - Inches high
would thus admit ~ cubic fert NJ air
a minute. In room 10 fec, wide hv
% feet long. having two windows nf
this kind. there would he required sp-
prorimstely so per cent more heat
units to heat ~ properly than " The
entrance of tho air was controlled and
complete change allowed once every
hour.
In addition to maintaining proper
tempera turn. tho moisture present In
tho air is a great factor in heating
homes. The water nan In the furnace
should always he kent filled. and
other means provided for the evApors-
tion Of water In the living room Not
only are rooms In which the air has
high percentage Of moisture more
economically heated. but living condi-
TONS arc more heslthful.
Copies Of the bulletin may he had
uron reaues, of the tinted states pe-
partr1ent of Agriculture at Washing