. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . these cross-pieces are then nailed underthe projecting ends o the boards. To open the gate, push it back a littleand swing it around as far as at right-angles, if desired, or remove it alto-gether. Bin eor Coal. House cellars, which have smooth floors of hydraulic cement, as all suchcellars should have, are often disfigured by the loose coal, which is thrown in a heap upon them,and often scatteredabout loosely, in a general housekeepers use large boxesor bins for the coal, (fig. 77,) whichis sh
. The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . these cross-pieces are then nailed underthe projecting ends o the boards. To open the gate, push it back a littleand swing it around as far as at right-angles, if desired, or remove it alto-gether. Bin eor Coal. House cellars, which have smooth floors of hydraulic cement, as all suchcellars should have, are often disfigured by the loose coal, which is thrown in a heap upon them,and often scatteredabout loosely, in a general housekeepers use large boxesor bins for the coal, (fig. 77,) whichis shoveled out with considerable in-convenience, at the top. A betterway is to place the coal in a largebox or bin, having an opening at thebottoni, ten inches or a foot wideand several inches high, varyingFig. 77.—Coal Bin. with the size of the coal, which at this place rests upon the floor. It is thus easily shoveled up into thescuttle, or into the hot-air furnace in the same apartment. As fast as thecoal is thus removed a fresh supply falls down from above until the bin isM\ I -=^3^ OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 177 »
Size: 1734px × 1440px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, booksubj, booksubjectagriculture
