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more than the amount previously allowed, so as to provide for the heavyshrinkage.The ice should be stored as near the milkhouse as possible, in order to Bave labor in removing it to the milk tank. A great many dairymen find it an advantage to have the milk room in one end of the icehouse. In this way the cost of a separate tankhouse is eliminated. The small amount cf time and labor required to transferthe ice to the cooling tank generally acts as an added incentive for the free use of ice. It is highly important that the milk room, whether combined with the'icehouse or standing alone, be located so that objectionable odors will be avoided.In comparing the different methods of storing ice, i; was found that where the cost of ice was comparatively high it was advisable to spend enough money in building and insulating the icehouse to protect the ice from melting as much as possible, but in cases where the cost of the ice was small it appeared that the owners were often justified in building a cheaper storage with a relatively high loss of ice from meltage. The dairyman therefore should consider both the costdust.The icehouse in the illustration measures 15 by 20 feet on the outside and b feet high. At the front or south end a room 15 by 6 feet is partitioned off and used for a milk room. The remaining space, 15 by 11 feet by S feet high, after allowing for G inches of wall, 12 inches of sawdast on the sides, 12 inches on the bottom, and IS inches on the top, will provide space for about 1*1 tons or ice. This house is built on high, sloping ground, wherethe soil is porous, consequently the drainage is satisfactory. The foundation is made of concrete (mixture 1 to 6), l1^ feet wide at the eottom and sloping gradually until the top measures S inches. The sills which rest On the foundation aro 6 by 6 inches,upon which are erected 2 by 6 inch studding with 24-inch centers. Onthe top ot the studding rests a 2 oy 6 inch plate, and the ' studs are sheathed inside and outside with rough boarding. The outside is then covered with weathcrbcarding. The roof has a two-thirds pitch and is constructed of 2 by 4 inch rafters, 24-ixich centers, boarded and coverednrifh oVi v v (rlaa Tn do oh frahlo fa
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Indiana County Agent
Plainfield, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 23, 1915
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