Show storing ice in packing ice tee in a farm icehouse place the cakes close together to make the mass as tight and solid as possible to eliminate crabl s and openings through which air circulates says the united states department of agrical ture when cakes are irregular ap I 1 size fill the opening between cakes with small pieces of ice broken ice on top of the cakes or projecting pieces along the sides should be re moved with sawdust or mill ings for insulation leave at least a 12 inch space between the sides of tt tl e lee fee stack and the walls of the building and fill with dry sawdust or shavings as the packing in the center of the room proceeds also place a layer of dry sawdust about a foot thick on ohp bottom of the house except in the mid die dle where the layer should be a few inches thinner so that the cakes wa have a tendency to slide toward the center |