WINTER WORK 103 
we will have an unlimited supply of fuel. I 
mean that the wood lot shall grow better rather 
than worse as the years go by. We cannot do 
much for it now, but more in time. You must 
see to it that the men are not careless about 
young trees,—no breaking or knocking down 
will be in order. Another thing to look after is 
the ice supply. I will get Nelson to build an 
ice-house directly, and you must look around for 
the ice. Have you any idea as to where it can 
be had?” 
«A big company is getting ice on Round Lake 
three miles west, and I suppose they will sell 
you what you want,” said Thompson, “and our 
teams can haul it all right. 
«What do you suppose they will charge per 
ton on their platform ?” 
«From twenty-five to forty cents, I reckon.” 
« All right, make as good a bargain as you 
can, and attend to it at the best time. When 
the teams are not hauling ice or wood, let them 
draw gravel from French’s pit. It will be hard 
to get it out in the winter, but I guess it can be 
done, and we will need a lot of it on these roads. 
Have it dumped at convenient places, and we 
will put it on the drives in the spring. 
“Another thing,—-we must have a bridge 
across the brook on each lane. You will find 
timbers and planks enough in the piles from the 
old barns to make good bridges, and the men can 
do the work. Then there is all that wire for the 
