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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 20, 
COLD ROOM NEAR ICEHOUSE. 
P. IE. C„ Little Falls, N. Y .—We have a 
small icehouse and wish to build adjacent 
to it a room in which we can hang moat in 
the Summer and keep it for several days 
by using ice. How should it be constructed 
to keep out the heat and what disposition 
should be made of the ice? 
Ans. —Perhaps I can best answer 
this question by describing parts of the 
method of construction of our local cold 
storage plant which is used for keeping 
butter and cheese in Summer. Too 
much time and space would be required 
to go into every detail of doors, win¬ 
dows, etc., so only those points will be 
brought out which seem essential for the 
room which you contemplate building. 
I might say, in passing, that the plant 
which I have in mind has proved most 
satisfactory. 
The foundation wall is of concrete 18 
inches thick and laid below frost. The 
floor joists are 4x8 inches and placed 
18 inches from center to center. Be¬ 
neath the joists is a layer of 12 inches 
of cobble stones, and the spaces between 
the joists are filled with dry sawdust. 
The sill, which is 4x6 inches, is bedded 
in mortar. Studs (2x4) are set 20 
inches from center to center. On the 
outside of the studs is first one inefi 
rough boarding covered by two layers 
of building paper, which must be laid 
so as to break joints; next is another 
‘room should be connected with the ice¬ 
house in such a way that the ice can 
be taken through a door to a smashing 
floor on a level with the tops of the 
iron tubes, where it can be broken up 
conveniently and placed in the tubes. 
The lower ends should rest on strips 
placed a couple of inches apart, and 
should be provided with a trough to 
carry away the water as the ice melts. 
A small pipe may run through the foun¬ 
dation to provide an outlet. This may 
be bent to form a trap fo exclude air. 
The outside door should open into an 
anteroom which is carefully partitioned 
off from the ice chamber. This partition 
should be similar in construction to the 
inner wall of the building just de¬ 
scribed. Both doors should be very 
carefully made with at least four thick¬ 
nesses of lumber, with double layers of 
building paper and comprising a dead 
air space. The doors should be opposite 
each other, the outside one opening in, 
and the inside one opening out. This 
arrangement makes it necessary to close 
the outer door before opening the inner 
one. Both doors should be provided 
with a small window, which should be 
double glazed. The number of galvan¬ 
ized iron tubes required will, of course, 
depend upon the size of the ice cham¬ 
ber, which, by the way, should not be 
built any larger than necessary. One 
'6 Bawdust 
Ceilim 
Clapboards 
/ % 2" Strips 
/ Layer Bid. Paper-^rr 
/ Rough Boarding — \ - 
2 Layers Bid. Paper 
/"Rough Boarding — 
2 "x4"Studs-20"Cen K m 
4 x 6 Sill- Bedded 
m Mortar 
/Pi Base 
h —r 6- - 
Wall 
2"X 8- 20" Cen. 
/ Rough Boarding 
2 Layers Bid. Paper 
/ X 2 ' Strips 
2 Layers Bid Paper 
l Matched Spruce 
"Boarding 
Layers Bid. Paper 
Rough Boarding 
X Z" Strips 
Rough Boarding 
Layers Bid. Paper 
Rough Boarding 
Mineral Wool, or Asbestos Waste 
I" Flooring 
2 Layers Bid. Paper 
8"Joists ^ Bough Boarding 
18 "Centers 
12 " Cobble or 
Brohen Stone 
PLANS FOR COLD 
inch of rough boarding, covered by one 
layer of building paper. This last thick¬ 
ness of paper is held in place by 1x2- 
inch strips nailed up and down, upon 
which are nailed the clapboards. On the 
inside of the studs are nailed two thick¬ 
nesses of rough inch boarding with two 
layers of building paper between, then 
lx2-inch strips, one inch rough board¬ 
ing, two layers of building paper, and 
finished on the inside with one-inch 
matched spruce. Pine should not be 
used for this purpose on account of its 
resinous odor. For the same reason 
tarred building paper is not advisable, 
but use the best untarred paper procur¬ 
able. The ceiling consists of one-inch 
rough boarding nailed to the joists 
(which are 2x8 inches and 20 inches 
from center to center), two layers of 
building paper, one-inch by two-inch 
strips, one-inch rough boarding, two 
layers of building paper and one-inch 
matched spruce. The spaces between 
the joists are filled with sawdust. There 
is also a layer of building paper betwee 
the roof boards and the shingles. The 
dimensions of timbers here given are 
for a cold storage room capable of hold¬ 
ing several tons of butter; for a smaller 
room lighter timber could be used. The 
ice is held in galvanized iron tubes 12 
inches in diameter, reaching from the 
floor and extending through the ceiling 
lo the level of the floor above. They 
are filled from the top and are furnished 
with wooden covers. The cold storage 
STORAGE ROOM. 
12-inch tube would be sufficient for a 
chamber 5x6x10, or 300 cubic feet of 
space, which ought to be enough for one 
family. For very best results there 
should be an ice tube in the anteroom 
as well as in the ice chamber proper. 
c. s. M. 
A Gasoline Farm Team. 
I did not receive my gasoline tractor 
until after wheat seeding, when it was 
too late to use it on the land. I used 
it to haul in corn on boat and it worked 
perfectly. I used one of these tractors, 
borrowed of one of my neighbors, to 
help fit my wheat ground, using it on a 
three-section spring-tooth harrow, and 
it did good work, traveling about as 
fast as a team of good walking horses. 
I saw my neighbor use it on two 17- 
tooth harrows hitched together. With 
the exception of using one a year ago 
last Fall this is the extent of my per¬ 
sonal use of these tractors. I saw the 
tractor owned by George Sherman 
Silsby drawing a tractor plow turning 
three furrows, and doing it easily. They 
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Lockport, N. Y. 
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