Show lining tank with cork saves milk house ice great savings la in ice con can be made by dairy fart tanners ners through the use of cork filled cooling tanks states E it gross agricultural agrical tural engineer at the new jer sey ey state college of agriculture new brunswick Brunsw lck the construction of such a tank it comparatively simple and the addi lional expense Is quickly offset by the saving in ice when finished the tank is really three boxes filling snugly into each other oilier the outer of concrete the of cork and the inner of con crete first a pit of the necessary depth Is lug jug A three inch floor of concrete Is then laid and over that Is litt placed iced the cork board the sides are then up of cork board leaving space enough between tile side alile of the pit and tile the cork so eo that three inches of con crete clin can he poured to furm form the outer phell thus the cork acts as tile hie inside form all the cork board should bf be or tinted with will tar before it Is placed teed to place the inside shell shelf of concrete tin an inside form Is built leaving a three inch clearance from the cork rhe che sides lind bottora are then poured when the concrete sets the tank Is t finished A good tight lid will complete a tank chich will vm save about one half the see ce ordinarily ardina rily used for milk cooling such a lid mn tie be tilled filled with ground corli or a layer ot of cork hoard board and should fit snugly on tile tank A strip of tell fell between the lid and the tank make in airtight job exceptional strength streng ih can he given the tank by placing reinforcing rods rod in the outside concrete shell at the time of pouring |