AEOUND THE FARM. 



Making and Ke«ping Ice. — The method of making and keeping ic« 

 we here illustrate and describe will be of practical nae only to those who 

 are fortunate enough to have a spring or stream of running water upon their 

 place; but the same result might be obtained by pumping in the water, 

 though it would involve much more labor and trouble. 



The icehouse should be built firmly of rough boards, as shown in our 

 illustration. Put high up on the outside of the house a penstock, witk 

 which connect, by means of a 

 hollow plug, a tin pipe about 

 two inches in diameter, on 

 the inside, making a hole 

 through the siding for the 

 purpose. This tin pipe may 

 pass through the center of 

 the icehouse, or it may be 

 fastened to the side walls, 

 passing partly or entirely 

 around. If passing through 

 the center, conical tubes 

 similar to the muzzle of an 

 oil can, about an inch in 

 altitude, should be soldered 

 on either side of the tin pipe 

 BO as to discharge jets at an 

 angle of about 30 degrees to 

 a perpendicular. If passing around the sides, cones should be so soldered 

 on that the jets shall be thrown inward. The aperture through the apex of 

 these cones should be very fine, about the size of a small pin. At the dis- 

 charge end of this pipe, passing through or around the icehouse, should be 

 fastened a rubber pipe of from four to six feet in length. By raising the 

 movable end of this rubber pipe we give whatever head we desire to the 

 jets; in severe cold weather the greater head, and as the weather moderates 

 less. Should it be thawing or too mild to freeze, then lower the rubber 

 pipe so that the water will flow through the pipe without being discharged 

 from the cones. For this purpose the pipe should have a gradual descent 

 toward tha discharge end. Should this not effectually prevent any water 

 Uowing on the ice, then bore a hole in the penstock below the pipe passing 

 through the icehouse, and let the water discharge from this hole during 

 mild weather. The jets may be within two feet of each other. Better re- 

 sults attend a large number of fine jots than a less number discharging the 

 same amount of water. In starting:, the bottom of the icehouse should be 

 t'overed with sawdust. The ice will form very slowly jit first, but after the 

 bottom is covercil it will coiigoul mfire raj>idly. After a stifficicut quantity 

 of ice ha« bewi foxmcd, the sawdust may be put on, cuvciiiii; t.iickly aruuud 



MAKTSO ANT) KEEPtSO ICE. 



