A HOT WEATHER SAFE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 April 1925, Page 12

A HOT WEATHER SAFE.

Here is a suggestion for a simple but effective safe which will prove welcome to many farmers. The principle of the safe is the same as in, the canvas water bag which keeps the contained water at a much lower temperature than the surrounding atmosphere by virtue of the evaporation which takes place. With this safe water is syphoned from a basi'n, or receptacle on the top by means of strands or pieces of

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■woollen material. , The water thus flows over the hessian covering and keeps it continually moist with the result that the contents of the safe remain cool and fresh. Such a safe is a ' boon to womenfolk, especially in the hotter areas where usually much difficulty is experienced in preventing the rapid deterioration of butter; milk and other perishable foodstuffs. The timber required is Sin. x lin. uprights and rails, and 2in. x lin. braces. Each side consists of two uprights 4ft. 6in. long, two rails 3ft. long and one brace 3ft. long. The brace for

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the framework of the front, in which the door is hung, is only 18in. long, and acts as a stop to the door. The uprights and rails are framed together, as shown in drawing No. 1.

EASILY MADE AND EFFECTIVE.

The joints are halved together amscrewed with two screws to each poim and the brace is firmly screwed on the back. The, four sides having been made are placed together, forming a square 3ft. x 3ft 2in. as indicated in drawing No. 2. The sides are nailed together at the corners, and each corner is stiffened at the top and bottom by a brace lft. (Jin. long let flush into the top of ,the rails and nailed thereto with Gin x gin. tongued and grooved boards nailed on top of the rails with 2in. nails. The top should b< made as illustrated in drawing No. 3 of 6in. x Jin. wood. The sloping sides are supported on eight triangular pieces 11 in. thick, well nailed to the top of the rails and stiffeners. In order to save the labour of carefully mitreing the angles so as to keep the water out of the safe it will be necessary to cover the 'joints with a strip of galvanised iron. The door should be constructed in the same manner as the sides, but with two short brace-s as shown in No. 3. to be hung on u pair of 12in. T hinges, and fitted with turn button or other fasteners. In order to catch the drip when the door is opened, a- small guttpr, made of light galvanised iron, should be hung on galvansed iron staples to the inside of top rail of the front. It should be so hung that when the door is opened the gutter 'will swing forward sufficiently to catch any drips; in closing. the door should push the gutter back. A small gutter made of galvanised iron should be fixed with

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galvanised iron clouts to outside of bottom rails, with a fall to the corner most convenient for running the water off. Tlie receptacle on the top may be of any watertight material. The drawings for the sake of clearness show the framework without any povering. All of the framework is covered externally with hessian fixed with copper tacks to the rails and uprights. The hessian should be washed prior to being used in order to rid it of th e smell of dressing.