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scription of an approved ice-house and 

 dairy united, lias been contributed by 

 John C. Boyd, Esq., of Danville, Pa. 

 Mr. B. says, " For various purposes it 

 is far superior to the best constructed 

 spring-house; permitting to the largest 

 eitent all the luxuries of sweet cream 



and milk, the preservation of fresh 

 meat, pies, fruit, &c., for a length of 

 time. Mine has been in use two years, 

 and during that period, we have not 

 had any milk to sour, which cannot be 

 said by those dependent on spring- 

 houses." 



Fig. 94. 



"A represents the ice-house, proper. 

 B dairy-room. C the steps thereto. 

 J) window in dairy-room. £ entrance 

 into the ice-house. 



" The whole length, 24 feet: width 

 ]5 feet; pit sunk, 5 feet in ground; 

 stone wall carried 2h feet above ground ; 

 making depth of stone work 7i feet. 

 On stone work, a frame of 8 feet to the 

 square is placed. Weather-boarded 

 on the outside in usual manner. Over 

 milk house, on top of wall is placed, 

 joist ] 8 inches from centre to centre, 

 on which a tight floor is laid, which 

 forms a convenient room for keeping 

 various things connected with the dairy. 



" The partition between the ice- 

 house and milk-house is formed by 

 setting up studding from the sill in the 

 bottom of the ice-house to the square 

 under the roof, and weather-boarded 

 with inch boards halved together, well 

 nailed, so as to prevent any charcoal 

 dust, or dust of the bark from dropping 

 down into the milk trough. 



" The inside frame is made 12 inches 

 less all round than the inside of main 

 building. That is to say, a space of 

 12 inches, (and it would be better if it 



were 15,) must be left between the two 

 frames — to be filled in with charcoal 

 or tanner's bark, well dried, and well 

 rammed when filled. 



The inside frame may be very simply 

 and cheaply made, by taking four pieces 

 of scantling, say 4 by 6, and halving 

 them together — and planking, or dou- 

 ble boarding up or down on the inside 

 — three of those frames — one oh the 

 floor — one midway, and the other at 

 top, are sufficient. 



" The floor, which is the most par- 

 ticular part, should be made by placing 

 in the bottom good oak sills, with a 

 descent from the back part of an apart- 

 ment to milk-house of 15 inches. The 

 sills well bedded in clay, tan bark or 

 charcoal. Mine is bedded in common 

 yellow clay, well pounded in. 



" The floor should be well laid, either 

 of plank, jointed, or boards double, and 

 small grooves run along to carry ice 

 water down to the milk trough. This 

 floor should be the size of the ice room 

 before inside frame is erected. On that 

 part of the floor which passes under the 

 partition between the ice and milk- 

 houses, small strips of a quarter of an 



