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wasteful of ice and an unpleasant place from which, to remove 

 ice. The heavy and disagreeable nature of the work of removing 

 the ice after it is stored undoubtedly has much to do with the 

 scarcity of ice houses even in our well-watered northern sections. 

 Most of this trouble may be easily avoided by the construction 

 of the so-called insulated ice house. 



Fig. 99. — Inexpensive milk house. 



The insulated ice house is one in which the packing is put 

 in the walls rather than upon the ice itself. The ice is packed 

 clean and close to the walls where it will keep even more per- 

 fectly than when packed in the ordinary sawdust fashion. Many 

 of the best, moderate-sized creameries are now employing this 

 system and it is certainly to be recommended to the larger class 

 of farm dairies. The milk house and the ice house may be 

 built under one roof which will reduce the labor of use to the 

 minimum. See the plan already given of this type of combina- 

 tion milk and ice house. 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the essentials of a farm milk house? 



2. Where should it be located ? 



3. Of what material should the floor and lower walls be made? 



4. How much ice is required per season of six months per cow in the 



northern half of the United States? 



5. What is an " insulated " ice house ? 



6. How may an insulated ice house and a milk house be economically 



combined ? 



7. What does one cubic foot of water weigh? 



8. What does one cubic foot of ice weigh ? 



9. How many cubic feet will one ton of solid ice occupy ? 



10. How many cubic feet should be allowed for each ton of ice to be used? 





