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September 10, 1921 
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FARM NOTES 
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Farm Mechanics 
Conducted by Robert H. Smith, of the Canton Agricultural School 
Canton, New York 
Building ail Icehouse 
Can you give me any idea as to the 
size, cost and how to build an icehouse to 
hold about 300 tons of ice? T. K. b. 
Middle Island, N. Y. 
Using a rough figure, it requires ap¬ 
proximately 50 cubic feet of space in 
which to stoi’e a ton of ice. making a 
house with a capacity of 15.000 cubic 
feet necessary for the storage of 500 tons. 
To present as little wall area as pos¬ 
sible to the heat of the sun an icehouse 
should be built in the form of a cube. 
This construction is sometimes modified, 
however, in order to use stock lengths of 
lumber with less waste in building. A 
building 24 ft. wide by 30 ft. long and IS 
ft. high to the eaves would utilize lumber 
to good advantage, and at the same time 
be approximately cubical in shape. 
Farmers’ Bulletins No. 623 and No. 
475, United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture, as well as a recent one from Cor¬ 
nell University, will give you more in¬ 
formation relative to construction and 
arrangement than would be possible in 
this limited space. The two first men¬ 
tioned can he obtained from your Con¬ 
gressman at Washington and the other 
from Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Little can he said in regard to cost; 
the many different types of wall con¬ 
struction. the unsettled lumber market 
and building conditions in general make 
this impossible. After deciding upon the 
type of wall that you are to build, how¬ 
ever, you can estimate the material re¬ 
quired for each foot in length, and in this 
way get a rough estimate of .the material 
cost at your local prices. 
Mending a Leaky Tank 
You advise linseed oil and cement 
mixed to coat the inside of wooden tank. 
Last Spring I used white lead and white 
cotton rope, untwisted strands, to calk a 
part of the joints, and cement and water 
on the balance; also placed in the bottom. 
A master mechanic from Camp Upton 
advised about 80 lbs. of cement mixed 
thin, so as to flow; he stated this wae 
used in all the wooden tanks at the camp. 
It had not been leaking in the bottom, 
except in the center, whei-e an. iron plate 
was bolted and an iron pipe screwed into 
it, which reaches above the top of tank 
roof. It continued to leak. You say 
plaster the decayed spots with a thin 
waterproofing material and nail on pieces 
of galvanized iron. I think zinc would 
be better, as it would not rust. I suggest¬ 
ed to a friend who does concrete worK 
that I place lath inside, and poultry wire 
and cement over all inside, but he claimed 
the cement would settle, and also that it 
would dry out first at the top and grad¬ 
ually down, and that it would crack. It 
seems to me there must he some heavy 
roofing coat that could be applied, and 
that would not taste or make the water 
injurious to drink. j, g. 
Patchogue, N. Y. 
Your suggestion that zinc instead of 
galvanized iron he used in patching the 
tank is good if zinc sufficiently strong to 
resist cracking during the process of 
nailing to the wood is readily obtainable. 
This material is somewhat prone to crack¬ 
ing, as many have found to their sorrow 
after using it in house gutters. Galva¬ 
nized iron if kept painted, or in fact if 
left unpainted, will probably last as long 
as the tank. It should be possible to stop 
the leak in the bottom where the floor 
flange is bolted supporting the pipe that 
houses the wind-mill rod by removing this 
floor flange and placing beneath it either 
a gasket cut from sheet rubber or a pack¬ 
ing of oakum and lead, after which it can 
be drawn down to place again. For caulk¬ 
ing the seams this oakum is preferable to 
the cotton rope used, and can be obtained 
at the hardware stores. White lead should 
be used sparingly in a tank from which 
water is used for drinking purposes, as 
it might cause lead poisoning. 
A product known as “elastigum” might 
be used over chicken wire or deformed 
metal as a lining for this tank. It is a 
bituminous product, mixed with certain 
mineral oils and mineral fiber, making a 
plactic waterproof mass that is applied 
as mortar with a trowel and which they 
use as flashing around copings, etc. 
Another point that should not be over¬ 
looked : Are you sure that the tank is 
adequately supported, so that when full 
it is not distorted and the seams opened, 
causing leaking from this cause? When 
full it is carrying about three tons of 
water. In case of distortion and .spread¬ 
ing the “elastigum.” being somewhat elas¬ 
tic, should go and come with the ma¬ 
terial. 
Water Supply from Cistern 
I would like to know how to get water 
at barn that would he most satisfactory. 
We have a barn 40x60, with shed at¬ 
tached 24x36, spouted. Could a cistern 
he dug, with a filter put in so rain water 
would be good for stock and also piped 
to house? There is a pond 40 rods or 
more from ham. but some sort, of reser¬ 
voir would have to be built, pi’obably 
making it more of an expense, and we are 
wondering if it would give any better 
satisfaction. A. S. 
Canton, I*a. 
It is entirely feasible, where a largo 
roof is spouted, as is the case here, to 
supply a pistern for watering stock. The 
same water can be used for laundry, bath 
and toilet at the house, but it is not ad¬ 
visable to use it for drinking piTrposes 
if well water can he secured. It is, how- 
evex% sometimes used for drinking where 
other water supplies are unobtainable or 
hard to secure. 
Under the conditions of our rainfall 
here, about 36 in. yearly, the roof indi¬ 
cated would furnish ample water. The 
only precaution to be taken is this direc¬ 
tion would be to make the cistern lai’ge 
enough to tide over dry periods, remem¬ 
bering that each cubic foot cistern ca¬ 
pacity will hold 7% gallons of water 
and that a cow will drink from 10 to 15 
gallons daily, or moi'e when milking 
heavily. If the cistern were made tight 
and pi’ovision made to permit the first 
water of a rain to escape, flushing the 
roof and pipes before any water entered 
the cistern, a filter might not he necessary 
for laundry and stock use. 
Bulletin 941, “Water Systems for Farm 
Homes,” obtainable from your Congress¬ 
man at Washington, will give you much 
information about cisterns and filters and 
water systems in general. It should he 
of interest to you. In regard to the pond, 
it is possible that this might he improved 
to supply water for the barn, and at the 
same time furnish a good ice supply for 
the Winter cutting. With ice one foot 
in thickness, it only requires a space 
of about 5x8 feet to cut a ton. 
Water Supply from Spring 
We have on our farm a never-failing 
spring well holding in the driest seasons 
15 bbls. of water which fills in one hour. 
This well is about 11 feet above the first 
floor _ of the farmhouse. Would it he 
pi’acticable to conduct the water from 
this well to .the farmhouse, about 72 rods 
distant and what size pipe should be used, 
allowing for friction? L. E w. 
While it is impossible to state the ex¬ 
act amount of water a small pipe will 
deliver the approximate quantity may be 
arrived at. With the fall and distance 
as given a one-inch pipe should deliver 
water at the approximate rate of two 
gallons per minute. A three-quarter inch 
pipe will deliver water at about half this 
rate or one gallon per minute, and if it 
can be arranged to discharge into a small 
overhead tank so that a few pails of 
water can be drawn quickly when needed, 
it will supply the house, and can be in¬ 
stalled at quite a saving in the price of 
the pipe. 
If the spring furnishes sufficient water 
the tank can be arranged with an over¬ 
flow and the water allowed to run con¬ 
stantly. thus assuring a supply of cool 
water always in the tank, and by placing 
a valve at the end of the supply pipe 
from the spx’ing it can be closed somewhat 
if necessary. However, with a flow of 
15 barrels per hour this would not be 
necessary. The overflow from this tank 
could be carried to the barn if below the 
house, used to supply a fountain in the 
yard or conducted away through a drain. 
Improving Damp Cellar 
I desire to put a furnace and pressure 
water system in my cellar, hut conditions 
are quite unfavorable. The cellar is 
damp and musty. It has a rock bottom. 
The slope of land is such that I dounot 
think a drain is possible. The land is 
almost level for many hundred feeti 5n 
every direction, and there is no way'.'to 
have an outlet for a drain. I do not feel 
as if I want to spend money for articles 
that in a few years will rust out. Could 
you give me any help in the matter? 
Pascoag, R. I. b. d. 
The damp condition of your cellar is 
had, as many conditions of ill health can 
he traced to just such causes. As long 
as drainage is so difficult every precau¬ 
tion should be taken to prevent the en¬ 
trance of outside water to the cellai*. The 
house should be completely equipped with 
eaves troughs and the suri’ounding ground 
gx-aded to carry off any surface watex* 
away from the building. Windows placed 
opposite in the cellar walls will aid in 
ventilation and the removal of the musty 
odor. The installation of the furnace 
will also aid in ventilation and the drying 
out of your cellar, and unless conditions 
are very bad it does not seem that you 
will have undue ti’ouble from rusting. Of 
course if water stands in the cellar at 
certain times of the year to a height that 
would extinguish the fire some provision 
for drainage would have to be made even 
if the drain were carried a long distance, 
but unless this is the case your furnace 
will be a help in improving the condition 
of your cellar. 
“I’M quite a near neighbor of yours,” 
said the local bore. “I’m living just 
aci’oss the river.” “Indeed.” replied his 
neighbor: “T hope you’ll drop in some 
day.”—Blighty. 
