| Show home made refrigerator for the adt days many communities short of lea ice Ite became cause of warm gintert ordinary ice boxes velem without ice ice aco less refrigerator la ito the solution uon hoar to make blake one where lee ice la is not obtainable an refrigerator homemade home made will be found useful to keep meat fruit and vegetables cool it will extend the keeping period for milk and butter and serve also as ae a cooler for drinking water ain in homes where large quantities of milk and butter are to be kept it would be well to have one refrigerator tor for milk and butter and another for other foods as milk and butter readily absorb odors from other foods it costs coats very little to bild the refrigerator and nothing to operate it A wooden frame is made with dimensions men mens lons 42 by 16 inches and is cov j ered with screen wire preferably the type which costs coats little more than the ordinary kind the door made to fit closely and mounted on brass hinges can be fastened with a wooden latch the bottom la is fitted solid but the top should be covered with screen wire adjustable shelves can be made of solid wood or strips or sheets of galvanized metal shelves made of gf poultry netting on light wooden frames are probably the most desirable these shelves rest on side braces placed at desired intervals A bread baking pan 14 by 16 inches Is placed on the top and the frame rests in a 17 inch by 18 inch pan all of the woodwork the shelves and the pans should receive two coats of white paint and one or two coats coata of white enamel this makes an attractive surface and one that can be easily kept clean the screen wire also may receive the coats of enamel which will prevent it from rusting A cover ot of canton flannel burlap or duck is made to tit fit the frame put the smooth side out it canton flannel is used it will require about three yards of material this cover la Is buttoned around the top of the frame and down the side on aich which the door is not hinged using buggy hooks and eyes or large head ed tacks aud ana eyelets worked in the material on the front side arrange the hooks on the top of the door instead of on the frame and also fasten t the he cover down the latch side of the door allowing ft a wide hem of the material to overlap the place where the door closes the door can then be opened without unbuttoning the cover the bottom of the cover should extend into the lower pan your four double strips which taper to 8 or 10 inches in width are mewed ewed to the upper part of the cover these strips form wicks that dip over into the upper pan the dimensions given make a refrigerator friger ator ot of convenient size tor for household use and one with efficient evaporating surface but it la Is riot not necessary to follow stil etly theae dimensions it a larger capacity li 16 desired the height of the refrigerator can be increased operation of the refrigerator to Is 9 simple as its construction the lowering of temperature inside the refrigerator friger ator depends upon the evaporation of water to change water from a liquid to a vapor or to bring about evaporation requires heat beat As evaporation takes place heat is taken from the inside of the refrigerator thereby lowering the temperature of the inside and the contents keep the upper pan tilled filled with water the water Is drawn by capillary attraction through the wicks and saturates the cover ca capillary ary action starts more readily it the cover is first damped by dipping it into water or throwing wInt water upon it with the hand band the irbe greater the rate rat of at evaporation the lower the temperature which can be secured therefore the refrigerator works beat when rapid evaporation takes place when the refrigerator Is placed in a shady place in a strong breeze and the air is warm and dry evaporation goes on continuously and rapidly and the temperature inside the refrigerator is reduced under ideal conditions the temperature hat has been reduced to 60 degrees P F when the air Is damp the refrigerator will not work as an well since there Is not enough evaporation more water will find its va ray ay to the lower pan but will be drawn up into the covering by capillary attraction when the air becomes drier the refrigerator should be regularly cleaned and sunned it the framework shelves and pans are white enameled they can more easily be kept in sanitary condition it Is well wall to have two covers so BO that a fresh one can be used each week and the soiled one washed and sun eun nod |
