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Show ICE BOX OF CONCRETE ADVANTAGES IN THE USE OF THAT MATERIAL. Especially Valuable on the Farm and Comparatively Cheap to Construct Con-struct Some Good Points Noted in Its Favor. Many farmers are using concrete for the making of walks, fence posts and stock tanks, but this article describes de-scribes a new use for this valuable material the construction of refrigerators refrig-erators from concrete mixture. In building this refrigerator forms of dressed plank are used.. Make the joints of the forms as tight as possible so as to leave a smooth surface on the finished work. Make the forms of the size you require your refrigerator, but Trill ' -7-.:.-?TTT- Mr'". 'jy" Interior Arrangement. the wall should never be less than three Inches thick. For doors, a frame 2x4 set and imbedded in the concrete walls, with a tight fitting door of plank, three double, jams with a fao-lng fao-lng of felt or rubber, forms almost an air-tight box. - A wood partition separates the Icebox Ice-box from the storage closet Through this wall is an oval opening 1x2 feet. Through this the cold air passes, while the water from the melting Ice never reaches the storage closet but Is drawn through an open tap through the bottom of the Ice box. One thing in favor of this refrigerator refrigera-tor is the ice box on the floor. No lifting is required to put In heavy cakes of Ice as is the case when the Ice-box Is In the top of the refrigerator. refrigera-tor. The smooth, concrete walla are easy to keep clean, and do not absorb odors like wood, nor rust out like tin. About one-half the Ice will be Baved with these refrigerators, and Htoti 00OK, '' LI! U if The Complete Box. water from dampness does not form and drop on contents, as with other kinds. Safe rollers or large casters can be molded into the floor of the refrigerator, making the moving mov-ing of the box much easier. When forming the wall, brackets should be molded in where shelving Is wanted. The Interior should be coated with a pure cement mixture and worked to a finished surface. Shelving can be placed to suit the builder, but should not cross the cold air opening. Concrete refrigerators are much cheaper than the factory kind and give better service when properly constructed. con-structed. Exchange. |