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VOLUME XXXIV.—No. 1 . 
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1875. 
NEW SERIES—No. 336. 
If the comfort and luxury of au ample supply of 
ice in the household in the hot summer months, 
or its conveniences and value in the dairy, have 
been once experienced, the ice harvest will not 
afterwards he neglected. As compared with 
its actual value, the cost of ice is frequently 
very small. The cutting, hauling, and packing 
away, ought not to exceed 50 cents a ton. A 
very excellent ice-house, that will contain 
enough for an ordinary family, can be put up 
at a very moderate expense, especially if one 
does a good part of the work himself. If 
properly cared for, such a building, even if a 
rough one, will last many years. In most 
places a supply of ice may be procured from 
rivers, ponds, or lakes, at the expense of cutting. 
A case is known to the writer, in which a pond 
was made by damming a brook, at a cost of 
two weeks’ labor of one man. The owner of 
this pond received $100 the first winter from 
selling ice at 25 cents a load. In localities 
where there are no natural ponds, such a plan 
is sometimes practicable, and by a little manage¬ 
ment a pond can be secured, which will not 
only give a supply of ice for the owner and 
others, but furnish a place for skating during 
the winter, and thus unite pleasure and profit. 
