The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 345
tation ordecay should be composted in the following manner: Itshould be spread thinly on a dry loam bed in some out-of-the-way spot and covered or mixed with a sprinkling ofsome light, dry, absorbent substance, as wood ashes, saw-dust, dry mould, peat, spent vegetable ashes, marl, crushedstraw or… … Fig. 58. An outside closet forrural districts Practical Hints 32! It is not best that this bed should be in a hollow so as to hold water; if it be on aslightly convex surface the result is better as moisture retards the action of the air.Details, Exterior. There is one point that may well be…
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