| Show IN FIREPLACE MANAGE 1 MENT where a fireplace to la available wood cau can be used to good advantage affording both heat beat and ventilation but there to la a secret about fireplace maila management gement it Is not generally known that a wood fire can be kept burning day and night in a fireplace with very little attention and with small consumption ot of wood thel the secret in keeping wood burning too rapidly Is 9 plentiful supply or of ashes say foresters ot of the united states department of agriculture one user who adopted this plan reports continuous use of a 21 fireplace replace for over a month with dry cheat chestnut wood where the amount of ashes formed by a months use was not enough to require removal ashes should be kept level with tile the I 1 andiron the foresters say As the blocks burn an accumulation I 1 ing charcoal forms in ashes this keeps on burning slowly and assists in igniting the fresh blocks on thel may fall forming a heat storage two iwo or three blocks on the anderon andl ron with the rot charcoal in the ashes will form an excellent ire fire to check the lire fire ashes are she ho vexed veiled over one or more of 0 the blocks to lovering vering lightly all the burning wood chis will not put out the tire fire it will only check the rate of bu burning so BO that red charcoal will be found when the ashes are removed lor for additional fuel Il replace wood Is ustia usually lly cut in longer lengths than stove wood but the ordinary 10 16 luch inch stove length Is I 1 conven ent any kind of wood can be used provided it la is dry and seasoned I 1 A banked tire fire will keep 10 to 12 hours aud and will send some heat irom from t the I 1 ie hot bucks bricks all the time A well managed fireplace will be found a great addition to the heating beating system it any rest residence dence its value is to supplement I 1 pleni ent a furnace although it may the furnace in fall all and spring with decided economy |
