770 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



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should be a tool room on everj^ farm. Before tools are put up for 

 the winter, all those needing repairs of any sort should he 

 attended to. Large machines needing any repairs that caniK-l 

 be made on the farm, should be sent to the repair shop now, ami 

 the work done. A nut can be replaced, a plough point sharpened, 

 or a handle set much more conveniently now, than if left until it is 

 wanted again during the hurry of the working season. 



An Ice House is a great convenience on every ftirra, and almost 

 indispensible where butter is made for market. A cheap ice house 

 can be constructed as follows: Draw sawdust and spread upon 

 the o-round at least a foot deep. Build up the cakes of ice upon 

 this foundation seven to ten feet high, and eight to ten feet square, 

 filling the space between the cakes with pounded ice. Set up 

 scantling and board it up about two feet from the ice. Fill in 

 this space with sawdust, and put two or three feet of sawdust on 

 top, covering with boards and slabs. It will keep all summer. 



