. Vegetable forcing. Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening. GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND HEATING 17 or causing great fluctuations in temperature. On the other hand, great height increases the cost of construc- tion, and renders more difficult painting and repairing. Materials.—Efficiency and durability should be the chief aims in the construction of greenhouses, and these can only be attained by the use of the best materials. It is false economy to buy cheap lumber, poor pipe, inferior glass or low-grade materials of any kind. In bench con- struction, however, pecky or worm-eaten cypress, becau
. Vegetable forcing. Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening. GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION AND HEATING 17 or causing great fluctuations in temperature. On the other hand, great height increases the cost of construc- tion, and renders more difficult painting and repairing. Materials.—Efficiency and durability should be the chief aims in the construction of greenhouses, and these can only be attained by the use of the best materials. It is false economy to buy cheap lumber, poor pipe, inferior glass or low-grade materials of any kind. In bench con- struction, however, pecky or worm-eaten cypress, because of its relatively low cost, may be employed to Fig. 4.—Boiler room and packing house of a ten-acre range near Toledo, Ohio. Arrangement of houses.—Houses should be arranged with special reference to the boiler room and the work- room. The boilers should always be centrally located. This is especially important if the gravity system of hot water heating is used. A centrally located packing shed or workroom is equally important. Fig. 4 shows a very satisfactory arrangement. The trolley car is receiving a shipment of cucumbers at the entrance to the packing room. Coal is brought by trolley to the boilers at the other end of this building, and manure to the large ven- tilators along the sides of the houses. An office adjoins the packing room, and the pumps that supply the water. 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 Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-. New York, Orange Judd co.
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