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placing a ventilator in the ridge of the roof, and leaving a 6-inch 

 opening below the plates all around the side of the building, a suflB- 

 cient circulation of air will be secured. 



The farm ice house should be located convenient to the buildings 

 and in as inconspicuous a spot as can be selected. It is a common 

 practice to locate the ice house close to the milk room for the sake 

 of convenience in handling the ice. Occasionally the ice house is 

 located near the pond where the ice is obtained, but unless this is 

 immediately accessible to the buildings the farmer will fail to make 



Fig. 3. — Well-built farm ice house plan. A, sidiag placed vertically; 

 B, inside layer of boards placed horizontally; C, sills and plates 

 made of two 2 by 4's spiked together; D, sawdust; E, 2 by 4 studs 

 on 24 inch centers; F, posts about 7 by 7, 3 feet in ground and 11 

 feet above ground; G, opening for ice full height of house, and closed 

 by boards placed in groove, constructed as shown in drawing; H, 

 battens. 



as much use out of the stored ice as he would if it were located 

 within convenient reach. 



The appearance of the ice house must be left to the judgment of 

 the constructor. Nothing more can be said than to indicate that it 

 should be in keeping with the other buildings on the farm. The ice 

 house is for an extremely utilitarian purpose, and ornate ornamenta- 

 tion on a structure of this kind is uncalled for and usually entirely 

 out of place. 



Ice houses that will carry ice satisfactorily through the summer 

 may be buUt at very small cost. The framework may well consist 



