Survey and foundation for house 45–47 Drainage, the value of 45 Foundations, extent of 45 Importance of survey 45 Inclined ways, use and construction of 54 Life of house, how extended 45 Tool room and fittings 35 Tools, care of 32–35, 41–42 Elevator machinery repairing 41 Engine and its parts 42 Good _vs._ inferior tools 32 Inspection of after use 41 Plows, how often rendered useless 34 Plows, the best 34 Repairing, the best time for 34 Repairing tools required 34 Saws, how to care for 32 Storing room 35 Uses of ice in refrigeration (see also “Cold storage”) Cold storage, extent and benefits of 63 Decay of fruits prevented 67 Fruits, meats and vegetables, preservation of 65, 67 Poultry, how best preserved 73 Uses of ice, the growing 8, 64 Ventilators, construction of 51, 68 Use of 41, 56, 58, 68 Wasting of ice in house, causes and preventives 56 Weight of ice 62 Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book or the change did not affect the meaning of the text. Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced. Illustrations in this eBook have been positioned between paragraphs and outside quotations. In versions of this eBook that support hyperlinks, the page references in the List of Illustrations lead to the corresponding illustrations. Page 30: “Pages 00–00” was printed that way. The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. Some page references and sequence errors in the List of Illustration were corrected by Transcriber.