The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 123. facture a register for this purpose, which under ordinary circumstancesremains open and admits the free escape of the air; but a downwardcurrent of air instantly closes it. The chimney register affords, however, but a partial remedy. Althoughit serves to purify the upper air, it does not prevent the cold currents at the feet. We are inclined to think that someradical change in the construction of fire-places and stoves must be made before all theexisting evils can be removed. A hot-
The Illustrated annual register of rural affairs and cultivator almanac for the year .. . OF RURAL AFFAIRS. 123. facture a register for this purpose, which under ordinary circumstancesremains open and admits the free escape of the air; but a downwardcurrent of air instantly closes it. The chimney register affords, however, but a partial remedy. Althoughit serves to purify the upper air, it does not prevent the cold currents at the feet. We are inclined to think that someradical change in the construction of fire-places and stoves must be made before all theexisting evils can be removed. A hot-air fur-cace obviates the defect completely, the hotair entering from below, and the air of theroom passing out through all the crevicesthrough which cold currents usually enter—(fig. 123.) But hot-air furnaces, if well made1^ and durable, are costly and inconvenient toFig. 123. feed; they cost much to erect, and consume much fuel; and being placed in the basement or cellar, they are trouble-some to superintend. In all farm houses which have no cellar kitchen,stoves are cheaper and far more convenient for
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