1004.] ESSAY. 105 



In the roof above \hc inuin jiart of the building is an ice 

 box, 6 feet high and 9 feet wide, running the whole length. 

 The floor of the ice box is covered with galvanized iron, which 

 is inclined one inch to one side and carries the water into a 

 gutter, from which it runs through pipes to the ground into 

 a drain. 



Extending the whole length of the ice box on each side is 

 an open space 15 inches wide, for the circulation of air between 

 the main storage room and the ice box. 



In each end of the ice box are double doors for putting in 

 ice, which is stored in an icehouse near the end of the cold 

 storage. 



The ice is drawn up to the ice box by horse and pulleys. 

 About two hundred 20-inch cakes are used at each filling. 

 The number of times the house has to be iced depends on the 

 weather during picking and upon the amount of fruit stored. 

 I have never filled it over four times in one season. Ice is 

 kept in the box from the time fruit is first stored in the fall 

 until the fruit is all taken out in the spring, to keep the tempera- 

 ture of the storage room from varying during the warm weather 

 that usually occurs during winter. In the main part of 

 the building are inside and outside doors at each end. Between 

 these doors is a sliding door with iron rods 3 inches apart to 

 keep out intruders when the other doors are opened on frosty 

 nights to cool the house and save ice. 



The floor is of brick, with the exception of the driveway 

 and walk to the workroom, which is situated at one side of 

 the main building, with which it is connected by double doors; 

 this room is 14 feet by 22 feet. 



The temperature of the house can be held at about 40° F., 

 while the weather is warm both night and day, but when tliere 

 are frosty nights it can be lowered by opening the house at 

 night and closing it before the sun is up in the morning, and 

 as the outside temperature gets colder, that inside the storage 

 room can be gradually brought down to 32° F. where it can 

 be held with little variation until spring. 



If the fruit is stored each day as it is picked and kept in 



