V OTj. XXVIII. No. 22. I 
WHOLE So. 1244. )' 
I’RTOE SIX CENT!-' 
*2.50 PER YEAR. 
i Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1373, by D. D. T. Moore, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.] 
vided the location is not inconvenient ; and 
if one end can be set in a bank so the wagon 
or sled will stand two or three feet above the 
bottom, it will be easier t o All the house. II' 
the soil is not light sand or loose gravel, a 
good drain should be constructed bo take 
away all water from the ice, care being taken 
that a draft of air cannot, come to the ice 
from the drain. The .size and location being 
settled, place your sills, the end ones spiked 
on the side ones ; cut your studs the length 
required ; the corner and end ones, the thick 
girts and sills for nailing the siding to out¬ 
side. The inside boards run from the silk to 
the upper row of girts, leaving the space 
from the girt to the plate for filling the walls. 
The cracks outside, at. least, should be bat¬ 
tened. One or two pieces of 2x4 should be 
spiked across from the plates for ties. Braces, 
T think, are not needed, but can be put in if 
wished. The building can be roofed to suit 
the taste and purse of the owner. A square 
roof, with a good ventilator and nice cornice, 
will make a neat building. 
might answer, though I never have tried 
them. I always have a space of about (3 
inches between the ice and walls, and fill 
this in with sawdust, us it keeps the wet 
from the walls and helps keep the ice. When 
there is a Juank or side hill convenient, ice 
may be kept as well in a pit,. Dig a square 
hole in the north side hill of the size and 
depth needed, but not less than ft feet deep 
on the shallowest side ; board or plank it up, 
to keep the dirt out and provide good drain¬ 
age ; the Ice oau be put in without using 
sawdust except on top, and I think 1 have 
seen straw used. A board or slab roof to 
keep out the wet, but left open enough at 
the sides to let the air circulate through, will 
complete the pit. 
If it Is not convenient to dig the pit, or be 
at the expenso of building as 1 have describ¬ 
ed, yet some one wishes to put up a stock as 
cheaply as possible, the following plan will 
be found sufficient:—Set pieces of 4x4 scant¬ 
ling at each corner for posts ; nail on boards, 
and use boards or slabs for roof ; putin your 
ice, leaving a space of 2 feet on each side for 
sawdust; cover 2 feet in depth, and your 
ioe will keep aB well as any one’s. I am not 
a carpenter, but hope my directions arc 
plain enough to be followed. I am building 
an ice-house and milk room combined, which 
I will describe if wished ; as I have never 
tried it, cannot speak of its practical work¬ 
ings. 1 hope many of the reader of the 
Rural will find for themselves the solid 
comfort there is in having a supply of ice in 
hot weather. Buckbye Boy. 
We thank “ Buckeye Boy” for his sen able 
and practical article. 
A SOUTHERN COTTAGE 
We copy from Hobb’s Architecture the 
accompanying design fora Southern cottage. 
The following is the architect’s description 
and explanation ; 
This design it intended to bo built of frame, 
and the roof to be shingled. It should stand 
at such a distance from the road as to afford 
sufficient space for ornamental shrubbery, 
walks, etc. The cost of the building should 
fall within the limits of four or five thousand 
dollars. 
Upon the principal floor the porch gives 
access to the hall, which opens into the parlor 
and dining-room ; the kitchen is well placed, 
and ample in size. The second floor contains 
a hall and throe liberal-sized chambers. 
First Floor. —1, porch; 2, hall, 10 feet G 
inches by 15 feet; 3, parlor, 13 feet G inches 
by 20 feet; 4, dining-room, 15 by 18 foot ; 5, 
kitchen, 12 by 12 feet; 0, back porch. 
Second Floor hall, 10 feet 0 Inches by 
15 feet; 8, chamber, 12 feet 6 inches by 20 
feet; 9, chamber, 15 by 18 feet; 10, chamber, 
12 by 12 feet. 
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR. 
If a gable roof is put on, have a window in 
each end, which may be left open, as plenty 
of air is needed to carry off the moisture 
from the Ice, which should be covered well. 
Plenty of air on top, but no wet nor sun ; and 
no air at the bottom, with thick dry walls, 
arc the things needful for a good ice-house. 
If built as I have described, you will have 
an open wall of 1 foot, which should be filled 
with dry sawdust—or shavings from a plan¬ 
ing mill, well packed down, are best ; hay 
or straw, cut fine and packed down hard, 
HOW TO BUILD AN ICE-HOUSE 
NOTICING an inquiry in the Rural New- beyoi 
Yorker of Oct. 17, for information in regard pieces 
to building ice-houses, 1 will give several will < 
plans for storing ice. When a good, sub-tan- Spike 
tial building is wished, I know of no better inside 
plan than the one I use in connection with from 
my milk room. The materials used are white used i 
oak plank for sills, 2x12 ; studding, 2x8 ; girts 2x8, : 
and rafters, 2x4 ; inch pine or other lumber studs 
for siding, roofing, &c. 
The size will depend on 
the amount of ice need- -= r 
ed ; but 1 would not 
recommend one less =^ >-7= 
than 12 feet square, 
with 10 feet studding. - ■ r 
Talcing out 3 feet for 
walls and filling around - 1 ~~- 
81 cubic feet for 1 in _ - 
hight; at GO lbs. per ' j-_ 
tion. The north side of - 
a bam or in the shade 
of a tree, anything to ~-- 
keep off the sun will 
help keep the ice, pro- 
N0TES FOR GUILDERS 
Plan of Fruit House, Wanted. —We have 
about 25 acres of Bald¬ 
win apples just corn¬ 
er - —~ menciug to bear, and 
will soon need a large 
fruit house to keep 
them for the spring 
market. Will you or 
some of the Rural 
- — - ~-_ l t t readers give us some 
advice about its con¬ 
struction ? Borne recom¬ 
mend stone or brick ; 
' r- others say wooden walls 
- r -- filled in with sawdust. 
My idea is to build 
mostly above ground 
with brick—3 walls and 
- ' 3 spares. What say you 
and the Rural readers ? 
__ — O. L. A., Cb/dc, Ol 
become necessary to 
the asphalt. A flooring 
of hydraulic cement, we 
' believe, would be bet 
ter and more enduring 
than either asphalt or 
brick. 
rv 
