Show I MAKING AN ICEHOUSE An Ornamental SlmcturoThat MtcU Modern Mod-ern Itcqulreinvnti How ttt Fill It 1 Tho wholo secret of keeping loo lies in tho building of a suitable place foi its storogo and surrounding it ou all Bides top and bottom with some dry nonconducting material A writer in American Oanlcning who has had to do with many icehouses gives tho following fol-lowing details vjth Illnstratioai of a house that will meet all modern ronuiro ments 110 says An Icchonio ought to bo built aboveground above-ground and near two largo trees The silo Fhonld bo high Mid dry To insure perfect dryness at the bottom it will bo well to first of all mark out on the I l r i Wff 41 j i 11 1r1 t f I I J Eil m r m1 1 < 1 Jt rrrEiuort VIEW or ICEIIOCSE pronnd tho size of tho building tint is its ground ppwc Then reniovo the toll to the depth of ttyo feet filling in Toaluage again i with some good drainage such ns rock or largo gravel From tho bottom of this pit lead n drain to Form lower part of tile ground ea any water accumulating ac-cumulating may bo carried off Procure soma posts 4 by 6 inches across and 10 or 11 feet long of good lasting wood and put Into the ground so as to stand 8 feet above Hako a donblo row of posts opposite oach other RI shown on the ground plan at cut 2 putting tho rows at Intervals of about 2 feet and tho Posts of each row at about a fect distance Well firm tho posts into tho ground and line them off squarely nt tho top spiking on tho top of each row a plato of wood 6 by C staying those plates sn as to form n dTOblo framo Now plunk np Ibo insidwi 1 ol each line of posts with 3 inch boirds fitting tho pies cIely and carrying tho work up to tho wall plates Tho space thus formed between tiio boinU pick with tan bark or sawdast which will mala the Bides of tho houso both Ennproof nndnirproof Matters of pnmo importance in presen ing tho ico Lay across tho insido and upou tho gronnc fiomo jolsti upon which put looao < plauLs RI a floor Cover the wholo with u layer of dry straw a foot in depth and tho len receptacle is I ready l Teit bl a L rwl uso 3 byj incliJojstl J and lim o Uicm long euoufili to rorm n pitch of full 33 dIMe IIUII1I to extend ex-tend over the outer vvau far enough to carry the roof qnlto 4 fwt licyoiul tho wall Plate Short rtmti as tmn in tile first illaftratlon may also bo added add-ed to bettor support Uio overhanging roof To tile raftcru thus undo pccure hall cloAely filtlog boards Jliko n BU pcittructuro hero n inches in height and board t up as lieforo to form n box rout and padc Kiwdust into it Cato doopay I through tho roof through vtluch 10 put in nud take out tho ice I At tho top of tho wholo iuvertu piece of stovcpipo to niTord ventilation coloring it ly trcctlng four short jrasts 2 feet high on which is to bo fixed a pointed cap Tho homu N i nuw complete Take tho icu from the purest water possible Tho blocks aro Ust cut about 2 feet square and while they Lira bc JPACE FOR sAWJVST a I n ri rij ononvD PLAN OF tcntoisE ing thrown lu have n I mail on tho floor to Epread them over evenly nod with a heavy hammer break enough ico to fill In tho spaces between tho largo blocks Tho wholq mass may ho rendered compact com-pact by 1 throwing water over the layerH I of ico When the houso in I filled to the levplof thowall plates pot joists acmm resting them on tho wall plates covering cover-ing over by n floor of facing boiutts leaving leav-ing spaco for n trai loor = till upon this floor n layer of fail bark or sawdust 6 inches in thickness |