. Barn plans and outbuildings . REAR VIEW OF COMBINED OVEN AND SMOKE HOUSE common inch boards of the shape to fit the arched rise of the arch is about eight inches, giving a totalhight in the middle of the oven of twenty inclies, andtwelve inches at the sides. The boards should be cut intwo through the middle and lightly tacked together, sothat they can be readily knocked apart and removed from COMBINED SMOKE HOUSE AND OVEN 309 the door wlien the arch is dry. The wall around the ovenand the arched roof should be well bound together, andbrick work placed around the outside of the top o
. Barn plans and outbuildings . REAR VIEW OF COMBINED OVEN AND SMOKE HOUSE common inch boards of the shape to fit the arched rise of the arch is about eight inches, giving a totalhight in the middle of the oven of twenty inclies, andtwelve inches at the sides. The boards should be cut intwo through the middle and lightly tacked together, sothat they can be readily knocked apart and removed from COMBINED SMOKE HOUSE AND OVEN 309 the door wlien the arch is dry. The wall around the ovenand the arched roof should be well bound together, andbrick work placed around the outside of the top of thearch, so as to make the connection between the walls andarch firm and solid. The inside of the oven will thenconsist of a solid nine-inch wall of brick laid with theends toward the middle of the oven, or nearly so. Thiswill serve to retain the heat a long time, and will make ayery serviceable oven. The outside wall should be carried. 310—COMBINED SMOKE HOUSE AND OVEN a few inches above the line of the top of the oven, andfine dry sand thrown in the space to level it off. A plankfloor may then be placed across the top, which can servefor the floor of part of the smoke house above. Figure308 shows the front of the oven when complete. The rearof the combined oven and smoke house is shown inFigure 309. Figure 310 represents another plan for a bake oven andsmoke house combined in one building. The oven occu- Mi) BARN PLAKS AND OUTfeUlLDmGS pies the front and that part of the interior whicli isrepresented by the dotted lines. The smoke houseoccupies the rear and extends over the open. The ad-vantages of this kind of building are the perfect drynesssecured, which is of great importance in preserving themeat, and the economy in building the two together, asthe smoke that escapes from the oven may be turned intothe smoke house. ^ S^ CHAPTER XVI DOG KENNELS The dog is frequently left to find shelter as best he canon the l
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