. Barn plans and outbuildings . FRAME FOR ARCH frame, Figure 30i, made of a few pieces of board, cut intoan oval arch-shape, to which strips of wood are the brick work is dry the center is knocked downand removed. For safety and economy a loose door maybe made to shut up the arch when the fire is 305 shows a smoke house common in Maryland 304 BARN PLAKS AND OUTBUILDINGS and Pennsylvania. It is built upon a brick wall, andover a brick arch, through which a number of holes orspaces are left in the brick work for the smoke to passthrough. Beneath the arch is the ash pi
. Barn plans and outbuildings . FRAME FOR ARCH frame, Figure 30i, made of a few pieces of board, cut intoan oval arch-shape, to which strips of wood are the brick work is dry the center is knocked downand removed. For safety and economy a loose door maybe made to shut up the arch when the fire is 305 shows a smoke house common in Maryland 304 BARN PLAKS AND OUTBUILDINGS and Pennsylvania. It is built upon a brick wall, andover a brick arch, through which a number of holes orspaces are left in the brick work for the smoke to passthrough. Beneath the arch is the ash pit, and a dooropens into this, as shown in the engraving. The door tcthe meat room cannot be reached without a Fig. 305—A PENN!5YL\AMA SMOKE HOUSESMOKING MEATS IN A SMALL WAY It sometimes happens that one needs to smoke somehams or other meat, and no smoke house is at such a case a large cask or barrel, as shown inFigure 306, may prove a very good substitute. To makethis effective, a small pit should be dug, and a flat stone ora brick i)laced across it, upon which the edge of the cask BARREL SMOKE HOUSE 305 will rest. Half of the pit is beneath the barrel and halfof it outside. The head and bottom may be removed, ora hole can be cut in the bottom a little larger than theportion of the pit beneath the cask. The head is re-moved, while the hams are hung upon cross sticks. Theserest upon two cross-bars, made to pass through holesbored in the sides of the cask, near the top. The head isthen laid upon the cask and covered with sacks to confinethe smoke. Some coals are put into the pit outside of the
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