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March 23, 
BARREL SMOKE HOUSE. 
The Boy of the House has made a 
sketch of a home-made smoke house. 
It is so simple that it explains itself. 
The bottom barrel is larger than the 
A BARREL SMOKE HOUSE. Fig. 145. 
upper one. I don’t know where he got 
the idea, but it works to a charm. 
When in use cover with something 
heavy. You will notice the bottom bar¬ 
rel rests on sticks, and the smoke fire 
is in a large kettle. mrs. z. t. c. 
Lowville, N. Y. 
HOW TO BUILD AN ICE BOX. 
IT. A. D., Ontario, page 237, asks how to 
build refrigerator. He can do it, but it is 
a nice job to do satisfactorily, and hard to 
describe in detail. Why not an old-fash¬ 
ioned ice box—not so ornamental and in 
some points less convenient—but much 
simpler and better in others? This is one 
way : Build a good strong box, smooth in¬ 
side, say 3x2x1 foot 10 inches deep for an 
ordinary family. Ship lap is good enough 
lumber. Build another box 10 inches longer, 
10 wide and five deeper, or three feet 10 
inches by two feet 10 inches by two feet 
three inches, inside measurements in both 
boxes. Bottoms and corners of each box 
to be well fortified with cleats outside to 
give strength and rigidity. A small hole 
for one-fourth-inch lead drain pipe should 
be bored in each box, one inch each way 
from inside corner of smaller box and six 
inches each way from corresponding inside 
corner of large box. Small box should be 
lined with good galvanized iron nine inches 
up from the bottom—Water-tight except 
where drain pipe is to enter it. Just above 
galvanized lining fasten l%x2-inch cleats 
on opposite sides on which to rest remov¬ 
able wood slat trays. Slip drain pipe up 
through bottom of large box five or six 
inches. Cover bottom of large box with 
mineral wool four inches deep, pressed down 
firm and even. Place small box upon this 
inside large box, passing drain pipe up 
through corner hole in bottom of small 
box. Solder it tight and flush to galvan¬ 
ized lining. Then fill side and end spaces 
between boxes (four-inch space on all four 
sides) with mineral wool tamped down 
evenly. Cover over the upper openings be¬ 
tween boxes with white pine strips lightly 
tacked so as to be easily removable. Make 
a shallow box, three inches deep inside, 
nearly large enough to cover the whole. Fill 
with mineral wool and hang on hinges as a 
cover—or better, use no hinges but tack a 
lxl-incli strip along the back top edge of 
larger box for the cover to butt against to 
prevent its slipping back. This cover will 
be heavy, but can be easily raised and low¬ 
ered by a light tackle, with block hung 
overhead and fall hooked to front middle of 
cover. Weight the free end of the rope 
with a small sand bag just heavy enough to 
balance cover and hold it in any position. 
Put the whole thing down cellar, ud garret, 
in the wood shed or out doors; protect 
from rain and sunshine (never mind 
draughts). Fill with block ice to top of 
galvanized lining, slip in the trays, put in 
your foodstuff and let down the cover, 
which must rest evenly and tight, and you 
will have an ice box easily and cheaply 
made, easy to clean and the best “keeper” 
for ice and food you ever saw. 
Set box up a little off floor so a shallow 
pan can be slipped under the drip if there 
is no drain there, and cant the whole a 
very little so the melting ice will flow off 
through the drain pipe. Keep the pipe 
straight, not curved or trapped, to avoid 
THE RURAL 
clogging. Inside wood work can be white¬ 
washed as often as you please to keep it 
sweet. Mineral wool is not expensive and 
is by far the best insulation for ice boxes 
or refrigerators—does not gather damp or 
rot wood and holds “dead” air perfectly; 
can be bought from dealers in bags. I am 
not sure how much these hold; about four 
bags would be enough for box described, and 
more. D - 
Columbia Co., N. Y. 
Keeping Maple Syrup. 
If J. M., page 171, will see to it that the 
maple syrup weighs 11 pounds to the gallon 
without the tin can, which usually weighs 
around three-quarters of a pound, and will 
then put it in any cool place, such as down 
cellar, as is done with preserves, there will 
be no trouble in keeping it either during 
Summer or Winter. If the syrup weighs 
less than 11 pounds per gallon, and much 
that is on the market does, it will not keep 
through warm weather, and on the other 
hand if it weighs more than this it is very 
likely to crystallize to sugar in the bottom 
of the can. Syrup that has started to 
work can be brought to a very good condi¬ 
tion by boiling, adding hot water at first 
if necessary, and skimming all foreign 
matters from the top, a process that may 
be hastened by adding about a small cup¬ 
ful of milk to a gallon or so of syrup 
when it is boiling, and while for a minute 
or so it will look as if the whole thing 
was spoiled it will clarify the syrup nicely 
and seems to gather all the scum into a 
convenient thick mass easy to remove. 
Oneida Co., N. Y. thomas steele. 
Replying to inquiry about keeping maple 
syrup, will give my way, which has proved 
successful for many years. First the in¬ 
quirer must be sure lie has good straight 
31-pound (to the gallon) syrup, then when 
cold and well settled, get the regular gallon 
tin cans such as are used for shipping it in, 
fill them full, screw on cap and put them 
in some cool dark room, not a cellar. 1 am 
now eating syrup two years old, kept in 
that way, that is as good as new. 
Vermont. w. c. uaymond. 
“J. M.” on page 171, asks how to keep 
maple syrup during Summer and Winter 
without souring. After we have boiled 
down the sap to syrup which is 220 degrees 
F. and weighs 11 pounds to the gallon, 
which two factors amount to a large con¬ 
sideration for good maple syrup, in this 
locality we allow it to cool and then put 
it up in gallon cans or jugs. Smaller cans 
or jugs can be used, but must be filled to lie 
airtight. Some folks use bottles. The rea¬ 
son for using these is that they have small 
necks and it is easier to empty in syrup 
decanters and to force the air out. Don’t 
be afraid of it souring after you have 
opened a can as long as you keep it in a 
cool place. The smaller amount you use per 
day, the smaller should be the receptacle 
for storing your syrup. Farmers’ Bulletin 
No. 252, “Maple Sugar and Syrup,” of the 
TJ. S. Department of Agriculture, contains 
much valuable information and should be 
in the hands of every farmer who handles 
maple sugar or syrup. A. G. woodruff. 
New York. 
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