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States department of agriculture has been investigating the different types of icehouses in use by dairymen, and has studied the advantages of each type. Only a small number of the icehouses examined by the departments specialists were built of new lumber.In many instances ice was storedin the cellar under the hcusc or barn, or in the corner of some building, such as a woodshed, eornerib, or barn, or under the driveway leading to the barn, and occasionally it was simply snacked outdoors with no roof for protection. Where the ice was stored in cellars, open sheds or in stacks, the loss from melting was comparativelylarge, depending on the ventilation,drainage and care in packing. Where the cost of harvesting ice is a small item, dairymen often say that it is less expensive to store in such places than to go to the expense of building an up-to-date icehouse. Where ice is stacked outdoors and covered with isorao form of insulation, it is necessary to put up from 30 to 30 per cent more than the amount previously allowed, so as to provide for the heavyshrinkage.The ice should be stored as near the milkhouse as nossible. in order tostored in this manner for some purposes, but this method is not recommended for a dairy farm. Furthermore a bin of this sort is very unsightly and is an indication of slack methods in farming. Where ice is cheap and building material high, it might be permissible as a temporaryarrangement; but it is not so economical a method as may appear at first sight, for the cost of the ice lost in the shrinkage would generally amount to more than the interest on the cost of constructing a serviceable icehouse.An instance was observed in which a corner of a woodshed, about twelve feet square and ten feet high, hadbeen converted into an ice shed. This corner of the woodshed had been roughly boarded up and about 14 inches ot sawdust placed around the ice on all sides, top, and bottom. The cost of the building was very little, and the shrinkage was reported at about 20 per cent. The owner stated that softwood sawdust is a much better insulation than hardwood sawdust.The icehouse in the illustration measures 15 by 20 feet on the outside and 8 feet high. At the frontsmith a room 15 bv 6
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Indiana County Agent
Plainfield, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 23, 1915
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