. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 328 THE DAIRYMAX'S MANUAL. at figure (j2. Boards are placed across tlie inside of the door as the ice is packed, until the top is reached. Rye or other long straw is tied into bundles, as shown in the illustration, and these bundles are packed tightly into the space between the boards and the door. The door is then closed. We have found these straw bundles to seal up the door-space of an ice-house in summer, as well as the door of a root-cellar in winter, very effectively. AVhen the house is opened in the summer, and the upp
. The dairyman's manual; a practical treatise on the dairy. Dairying. 328 THE DAIRYMAX'S MANUAL. at figure (j2. Boards are placed across tlie inside of the door as the ice is packed, until the top is reached. Rye or other long straw is tied into bundles, as shown in the illustration, and these bundles are packed tightly into the space between the boards and the door. The door is then closed. We have found these straw bundles to seal up the door-space of an ice-house in summer, as well as the door of a root-cellar in winter, very effectively. AVhen the house is opened in the summer, and the upper packing is disturbed to reach the ice, it should always be. Fig. 62.—DOCK FOB ICE-HOUSE. carefully replaced, and the door closed up again with the straw bundles. The bundles of straw may be fastened together by means of two or three cross-laths, and they can be removed and replaced very readily. The mate- rial rftquired for a house such as is here described, twenty feet long, sixteen feet wide, and ten feet high, and which will hold over sixty tons of ice, is as follows : 324 feet 2x6 studding; 12 rafters 2x4, 12 feet long; 576 feet matched boards; 720 feet boards for lining ; 480 feet rooting boards, 3,000 shingles, or 480 feet of roofing; one batten door, hinges and nails. About twenty-five. 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 Stewart, Henry. New York, Orange Judd
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