People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1897 — The Farm Ice House. [ARTICLE]

The Farm Ice House.

A reminder of the importance of storing ice on the farm will be in order at any time during the fall and winter months. An ice house need not be an expensive construction. In fact any rude building made of rude rough boards will answer the purpose. Good drainage must be provided for, also good Ventilation. The drain must not admit a current of air to the ice. There must be good foundation, or bed on which the lower layer of ice is to rest and it should be covered with non-conducting material. It is better to build early, before cold weather sets in, yet ii can be built at any time. ’ The ice can even be put in a pile, on a proper foundation or bed, and a house put over it at convenience. an old hay bay or shed can be utilized for ice storage. ' In an emergency ice can be kept without any kind of a building over it. In sections of the country where lumber is scarce and high in price and hay is plenty and worth but little, The walls oi ice houses have been made of pressed hay.—Farm, Field, and Fireside.