. Circular. Agriculture. The numerous streams, ponds and lakes of Massachusetts provide, with the help of the winter climate, a sufficient supply of ice for summer refrigeration on the farm at little more than the cost of the labor in harvesting the ice crop. With this readily available supply, and an appreciation of the advantages of storing sufficient for the summer's needs, the principal question in the minds of Massachu- setts farmers will be in what manner to store the ice rather than whether or not storage is desirable. This article will, therefore, deal more directly with the tyi3es of
. Circular. Agriculture. The numerous streams, ponds and lakes of Massachusetts provide, with the help of the winter climate, a sufficient supply of ice for summer refrigeration on the farm at little more than the cost of the labor in harvesting the ice crop. With this readily available supply, and an appreciation of the advantages of storing sufficient for the summer's needs, the principal question in the minds of Massachu- setts farmers will be in what manner to store the ice rather than whether or not storage is desirable. This article will, therefore, deal more directly with the tyi3es of storage houses than with theoretical considerations of the value of the ice during the summer season. The earliest form of ice-storage in use was the cave or pit. His- torical records show that both the Persians and the Romans made TYa^ Ooor. SurFaceDraifl gj^^il Fig. 1. — Ice pit. use of ice brought from mountain caves to cool their beverages dur- ing the summer, and the practice of storing in such places has con- tinued to the i^resent time. Caves and pits have the advantage of protection from the direct rays of the sun, and of a comparatively steady temjDcrature throughout the entire season. They have, how- ever, the very serious disadvantages of poor drainage, inaccessibility and inconvenience in storing, removing or sometimes in both storing and removing, the ice. Fig. 1 illustrates a comparatively modern type of ice pit, showing how it is provided with artificial drainage and with insulation, with a roof as an additional protection against the loss of ice. Of comparatively recent introduction, but of almost equal primi- tiveness in construction, is the use of the ice stack. This method of storing ice is extremely simple and may be explained in a few Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original wo
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