Show Save Ice Now i For Summer Is Plea to Dairies Home Made Cold Storage on Every Utah Farm Is Proposal v ice house on every farm Carm A AN This is the slogan of ot of ot the United Stat States de- de of or agriculture fp fo Impress Impress Im Im- press upon farmers and dairymen the I necessity of ot storing ice in the winter so that their lr milk and cream may be kept from Crom souring according to to information I mation matlon received by Miner l M. M Justin field agent of ot the bureau of crop estimates es estimates estimates es- es for tor Utah and Nevada J Each ach year dairymen lose los thousands of dollars from Crom returned sour poor butter and low quality chese these the states These losses are are largely due to Improper cooling of ot milk and cream cleam For or good results milk and cream should be cooled to 50 SO degrees or lower and held there and as this usually can best be done by the use of ice dairymen should take talce advantage antage of ofa ofa ofa a nearby lake or stream to obtain a aI supply of Ice for tOr next year ar I COST IS SMALL The ice ioe harvesting season fortunately fortu fortu- to fortunately tu- tu comes at a a. time when there Is least work on the farm Carm for tor men and teams and consequently the actual money cost is usually not very great The quantity of ot Ice needed depends upon the location of ot the farm whether farm whether in the North or the South the South the number number number num num- ber of cows milked and the method of ot handling the product In the Northern states It has been found that with a moderately mod ly good Icehouse one half ofa of ofa ofa a ton of ot ice per cow is sufficient to cool cream and hold it at a low temperature temperature temperature tem tem- for tor delivery two or or three times tImeR a week One and one half tons or two tons per cow should be provided provid provid- ed where milk is to be cooled PREPARE ICE PONDS Where a lake pond or stream stream of or clear water is not available some preliminary preliminary preliminary pre pre- work in preparing the ice field will be required before beCore freezing weather sets in It is available therefore to make all plans for tor the work worle as soon as possible Water Vater forthe CorI for Cor forthe the ice supply should be entirely free Cree from Crom pollution or contamination Ponds I and sluggish streams usually have bave grass and weeds growing In them so that the ice harvested is likely to contain contain contain con con- tain decayed vegetable matter which is always objectionable Therefore they should be thoroughly cleared of ot such growths before beCore the ice has formed In rn some sections it is necessary to impound the water for Cor producing ice This may be done by eIther cither excavating or by constructing dams across low lowar ar areas as In localities where very low temperatures prevail for Cor several w weeks eks at a time and the supply of oC pure water is limited limped blocks of ot ice may be frozen in metal cans or in special fiber con con- |