Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1875 — Production of Ice in Mild Winters. [ARTICLE]

Production of Ice in Mild Winters.

It is suggested that, by filling suitablyconstructed sheet-iron vessels to the depth of about an irich with water, it will soon freeze, even when the temperature is but little below the freezing point, and that, by repeating the addition of water as the first portions become frozen, blocks of the clearest ice, six inches thick, may be formed during a night; and when the temperature by day is suitable, a single laborer will be able to fill a large ice-house in a short time.' By pouring water which has been cooled in the vessels nearly to the freezing point over the ice after it has been packed, at suitable intervals, when the temperature of the air is below the freezing point, a compact mass of ice may be formed of more value for use than a much larger quantity loosely packed. Even in winters favorable to the production of ice the above method may be found the most convenient and cheapest for filling jeehouses.—AT. Y. Observer.