. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. IC E 322 ICE scription of an approved ice-house and dairy united, lias been contributed by John C. Boyd, Esq., of Danville, Pa. Mr. B. says, " For various purposes it is far superior to the best constructed spring-house; permitting to the largest eitent all the luxuries of sweet cream and milk, the preservation of fresh meat, pies, fruit, &c., for a length of time. Mine has been in use two years, and during that period, we have not had any milk to sour, which cannot be said by those dependent on spring- ; Fig. "A rep


. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. IC E 322 ICE scription of an approved ice-house and dairy united, lias been contributed by John C. Boyd, Esq., of Danville, Pa. Mr. B. says, " For various purposes it is far superior to the best constructed spring-house; permitting to the largest eitent all the luxuries of sweet cream and milk, the preservation of fresh meat, pies, fruit, &c., for a length of time. Mine has been in use two years, and during that period, we have not had any milk to sour, which cannot be said by those dependent on spring- ; Fig. "A represents the ice-house, proper. B dairy-room. C the steps thereto. J) window in dairy-room. £ entrance into the ice-house. " The whole length, 24 feet: width ]5 feet; pit sunk, 5 feet in ground; stone wall carried 2h feet above ground ; making depth of stone work 7i feet. On stone work, a frame of 8 feet to the square is placed. Weather-boarded on the outside in usual manner. Over milk house, on top of wall is placed, joist ] 8 inches from centre to centre, on which a tight floor is laid, which forms a convenient room for keeping various things connected with the dairy. " The partition between the ice- house and milk-house is formed by setting up studding from the sill in the bottom of the ice-house to the square under the roof, and weather-boarded with inch boards halved together, well nailed, so as to prevent any charcoal dust, or dust of the bark from dropping down into the milk trough. " The inside frame is made 12 inches less all round than the inside of main building. That is to say, a space of 12 inches, (and it would be better if it were 15,) must be left between the two frames—to be filled in with charcoal or tanner's bark, well dried, and well rammed when filled. The inside frame may be very simply and cheaply made, by taking four pieces of scantling, say 4 by 6, and halving them together—and planking, or dou- ble boarding up or down on the inside


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