Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . urposes wouldas soon have a square building, whether built of stone orwood, or any other material. Fig. 1 is a section of the egg-shaped well as commonly built, with a trap drain from its bottom, and the bottomcovered over with logs of wood and rough brushwood for adepth of a foot or 18 inches. It is furnished with a passageand a door outside and inside, so that the space between,them may be fiUed with straw. As will presently be seen,we prefer a double wall instead of a single one, with anopen space between of from 9 to 12 inch
Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . urposes wouldas soon have a square building, whether built of stone orwood, or any other material. Fig. 1 is a section of the egg-shaped well as commonly built, with a trap drain from its bottom, and the bottomcovered over with logs of wood and rough brushwood for adepth of a foot or 18 inches. It is furnished with a passageand a door outside and inside, so that the space between,them may be fiUed with straw. As will presently be seen,we prefer a double wall instead of a single one, with anopen space between of from 9 to 12 inches. The openingshown at the top is of great importance for filling the well,where the position of the ground will admit of it. If alayer of clay can be rammed against the outer wall it willbe an improvement. The ground around the well should beshaded with trees and evergreens. Fig. 2 is a section of one of the simplest and best ice-houses I have met with. As far as I recoUect, it was builtsquare, with stone walls, 16 inches thick, enclosing a square SOUTH S!!DE. Fig. 1. o, Double doora. Fig. , Steep bank. e, Surface line. ef 16 feet by 18 feet deep. One side abutted on the level ofa field, and the opposite one on a deep sloping bank, the baseof which was below the bottom of the ice-weU. The groundbeing light the drain was of little use, as the moistureescaped at the bottom. The ice was carted along the levelmeadow to a platform ^t the doorway. There were twodoors; the outside one was of stout deal, on hinges whichenabled it to fold back on the roof. The corner one fittedloosely in a groove, and this door was lined with woollencloth. Though these doors were on the south side of theroof, the ice never failed. The roof was formed of 12 inchesof thatch, and then fuUy a foot of close heath or ling. Theice was pretty weE beaten outside, pitched in at the door-way, and then pounded down inside. Nothing as a housecould be more simple, or keep ice better; and, the ice being taken fro
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