The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-10-30
CHEAP IcE.HoUsEs.
The Prairie Farmer tells how
to Build . Cheap Ice.House for
Farm Use" in answer to q cor.
respondents question.

/ In our issue for Nov 4th, 1871, we
gave an extended article on the con.
struction Of cheap ice-houses. The bot.
tom need not be air tight. We never
knew Of any trouble from rats work.
ing under an ice-hOuse. The follow.
ing, contributed to the Country Gen.
ten0n. shows how ice-houses may be
constructed at small cost:
"My ice house is . circular hole in
the ground, II feet in diameter and u
feet deep, dry walled with brick the
same ~ = we'll the bottom il sandy
and has foot of fine charcoal for the
ice to rest on; charcoal il most desir-
able substance for this purpose, a. it
let's the water through easily and is in
destructible, as good non conductor
Of heat. The ice is thrown In without
packing, and sawdust ia put on the
top at once, and as the ice recedes from
the brick the dust is pushed at the
sides unit! the leo 10 perfectly envel-
oped in it, and we have no difficulty
in keeping it from one season to anoth-
er. two large families using out OF II
without stint. The house is almost
roofless. is cheap, durable, and has the
merit Of being easily filled and requir.
es no extra men to help unload, a. do
those that are hniIt entirely above
ground.
"S l. Allen, OF Cinnaminson, New
York, constructed last fall an ice-house
which is novelty of its kind and .
remarkable success. 1t is q crib lOxlO
inside and feet high, and set directly
on the surface Of the ground the posts
are made of slabs and the sides of the
same, nailed on horizontally two or
three inches apart. Cost Of lumber,
- nails, SOC labor done by farm
hand. In filling, one foot of sawdust
was put in. then layer OF ice one foot
from the sides, the edges packed and
the middle broke en- up little, and as
each layer was put in, sawdust was
filled 10 between ice aud boards, and
SO on till the crib was filled. The top
was finished rounding, and covered
with . foot ofsawdust aud pine boughs 3
on that. to keep the wind from blow
ing it away, and hss had no roof of
any kind. The first Of this mouth
there was still l6 inches of Ice left. In
the middle Of one end, about one foot
from the boards, is q dumb waiter
case Is inches square and 10 feet high.
inside in which 10 dumb waiter q
feet long, fitted up to the shelves for
meat, tutter &C., and 1t has answe ered
. good purpose. From this expert
ment he draws these conclusions
THAT farmers ice-house should con.
tain cylinder OF ice feet in diane
ter and 10 to II feet in height; the ice
should be closely surrounded with
from 8 to 10 inches of sawdust, aud
covered with foot or two Of the same,
no roof, or one with the gables entire.
~ Open" The very heavy rains we
had last month did not wet the saw
duet on the top Of this ice crib more
than three inches in depth, and that
was soon dried out by the sun and
wind.
Quite number OF Iowa counties
elected woman for Superintendent OF
Schools this year. We have no list oi
all Of them. In Floyd, Mrs. Helen r.
Duncan, Republican. got 900 majority.
In Marshall county, Miss Abbie Gif.
ford, Republican, got .4o9 votes, while
the poor fellow of . man running
against her got but eight votes, oil
told. In MoDona county. Sarah Full.
ton--domsstic title, whether Miss OF
Mrs.. not given in the returns-run
ming on the Anti. Monop ticket, has
$50 majority. An Anti-Monopoly
young lady is also elected in Henry
county. Wejudge that some ten Ia
dies have been elected Superintend.
Register.
An intelligent "bolter" in Burling-
ton, in scratching the name of Mrs.
Ha9ar. vroto unOn his hall0f. "DOant