. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 240 THE dairyman's MANUAL. escapes, as shown by the arrows. This arrangement has been found very useful both for purifying and dry- ing the air of a cellar; for the cold air coming in at the bottom is drier than the warm air passing out, and the moisture of the cellar is continually absorbed and carried off so long as any warm air flows out of the upper spout. The spouts are provided with slides by which they may be closed when necessary. The cellar should be well. Fig. 34.—MILK-CELLAK UNDER A HOUSE. ceiled with lath and pla
. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 240 THE dairyman's MANUAL. escapes, as shown by the arrows. This arrangement has been found very useful both for purifying and dry- ing the air of a cellar; for the cold air coming in at the bottom is drier than the warm air passing out, and the moisture of the cellar is continually absorbed and carried off so long as any warm air flows out of the upper spout. The spouts are provided with slides by which they may be closed when necessary. The cellar should be well. Fig. 34.—MILK-CELLAK UNDER A HOUSE. ceiled with lath and plaster, otherwise dust will be drop- ping from the rooms above; und in any case this is ad- visable, for if no other means of ventilation are provided, air will pass up and down through the floor over the cellar, and it may be bad for the milk, as well as for the occupants of the rooms above. The ceiling not only preserves cleanliness, but regularity of temperature. AVhere an outside cellar is desirable, an excellent ar- rangement is like that shown in figure 35. A cellar is dug twelve feet deep ; the walls are built <?f stone, con-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. New York, Orange Judd
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