The Van Buren press., 1898-06-18
FARMER AND PLANTER.
The COLD STORAGE HOUSE
Valuable AdIanes 20 Any WefI-Rexs-
lated Farm Bat Is Nee4s Care
In Goastruest0a-

n ENa-1EAG9kJA~
! want - buiI2 eold-storzze hoe
for ny family and farm use and should
like Instructions. particularly with re-
gard 10 ventilation and insulation I
especially would Ike 70 know how
large 4 storage room can cool % the
proper Temperature With given
amount % ies \ the building. Also
what IS the hest temperature az which
10 keep the cold storage room for nIIz
preservation and foF general domestic
puI poses2 " C.
4 e0ld-s1Orage house should De built
with the same care. and On the sans
methods, as an iee-hoasel As 10 keep
cod n : house required the same meth
DDS as to keep heat cut The walls
should be accommodating, and while
the Ice = not kept in the house. but II
q receptacle above il. made ike an iee-
house. yet 20 retain the GOODNESS Of the
Ice above the cold chamber the mode
Of constructing this must &c the same
- for an iee-hoGse.
L goes without saying that yentilz-
ton 5 wholly fatal to the maintenance
Of , lower temperature than that out
side the building The object 5 To re-
tain temperature as near the freezing
point as possible, and yet not 70 per
nit freezing any method Of Teutila-
ton VIII necessarily be fatal 20 this
50 that IS the purpose Of ventilation Is
10 preserve the purity Of the air IN the
cooler. and this may BE done b. other
means, these must Be taken and en-
trance Of air from the outside IS be
avoided
As the impurities that will gather in
a cool chamber will consist o moisture
derived from the contents OF the cold
closet. any method Of eondensing this
and gathering It will be equivalent 20
the effects Of ordinary ventilation
As it will purify the air By TAX
ing from il these impurities with
the moisture Of it. This IS done
most effectively By the Use OF fresh
stone lime, which absOrbs 0ne-third It's
weight o. water from the air about i,
and as dry air IS pure and free from all
matter that may be suspended IN i be-
fore il Is dried the purity Of the closet
Is secured b this use o. lime A sup
ply Of the fresh lime Is therefore al
that is needed for this purposs- As it
becomes saturated with moisture IL
falls to a dry powder which = the ny
drzte Of lime, zud 5 then replaced By
fresh supply The lime MAJ Be kept
il q pan n the house.
TIE lee Is used in this way: Above
the cold closet there Is receptacle for
the ice. protected in the same way as
the ice-hOuse is-that Is, BIZ double
walls and double door through which
the ice Is put into it. The fo0r Of this
lee chamber Is of metal a. the best
conductor galvanized iron or sheet
zinz Is the best material. and this
Is 50 disposed that the wa
ter from the melting ice will flow to
one corner, where drain pipe is fitted,
harrington safety against entrance of
air-a curved trap made like an ) laid
on its side. 1t will be an extra means
Of safety TO have two Of these, one in
the closet, through the corner of which
the drainage lows. and another out
side at the entrance into the drain
through which the waste water es-
csped.
1t is impossible to say just how much
ice will be required to supply any sort
Of cold-storage closet. 1t depends upon
the mode in which it is constructed, on
the size OF it, and on the quantity of
stuff in it to be cooled. The best tenn
perature is As degrees, for at any lower
degree something will be damaged,
as by freezing, which .injures the
texture, and causes sort Of drainage
Of the liquid matter after thawing.
Meat is thus damaged consid-
erably, unless it is kept constantly
frozen until it is used. The tempera-
ture mentioned is the best, as shown
by practical business in this way, for
milk and all other domestic supplies.
The rule must be TO keep a sufficient
quantity Of ice always in the upper
part of the closet TO maintain the de-
gree of cold desired. very short ex-
perience will give the needed informa-
ton in this respect The only rule to
be guided by is the general one, that
one pound of ice in melting will take
up l42 degrees Of heat, and thus cool
one pound of anything from ia de-
grees to 81. These figures will enable
you TO make a calculation by the rules
of proportion. A thermometer in the
closet is indispensable to maintain &C
curacy and economy of ice Country