The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1914-12-25

rig. 3-Seed Scar OF Common Vetch.
(EnIarged).
Fig. 4ISeed Scar Of Hairy Vetch; A
and B, Forms Showing White, Gen.
traI slit Of Some Scars. (Enarocd.)
harvesting and storing ice is not
great compared with the comfort it
brings, and an ample supply of this
luxury is OF greater importance in the
country home than in the city resi-
dence. Even such farmers as are not
near lakes or streams often gather
quite supply Of ice by putting out
pans or wooden troughs filed with
water and removing the ice after the
water has frozen. A special galvan-
lied iron can which may be used in
this way will be described later in
this series.
While city people may purchase per-
lshable supplies as needed, the remote
ness of country homes from markets
makes 1t necessary to use more
canned, corned or smoked meat prod
ucts at a season when the table might
be supplied with other meats if there
was an available supply of ice to keep
it.
Not only is ice appreciated because
or its use in the preservation of fresh
meats, butter and other table supplies,
but the production of high-grade do
meslc dairy products is almost impos-
Side without 1t. Many markets to
which milk Is now shipped demand
tnat 1t be cooled before shipment to a
degree not attainable without the usa
or Ice. Modern methods of marketing
show other products besides milk, such
as fruit and eggs, If chilled before be-
Ing taken to market, arrive In much |
better condition. Ice In the country
nome, therefore, is Of value for
greater number of purposes than at
first might seem.
Source Of the Ice Supply.
Inc source of the ice supply varies
Win local conditions In many Sec |
lions lakes, rivers or large streams af.
ford supply of suitable ice without |
special plan or preparation on the part |
OF man. In those instances, where
such natural sources are not easily |
accessible, small streams or even the |
water from a spring can be stored in
an excavation or by means of dam,
SO as to afford sufficient water surface
to provide the desired ice supply. The
harvest area or surface will depend
upon the tonnage to be stored and the
normal thickness of the ice In the 10.
cality. In central New York the nor.
NAL ice supply ranges from s to -
inches IN thickness. while in eastern
virginia to inches is as great a
thickness as can usually be counted
upon.
Inc stream or pond from which the
supply OF ice is taken should be fed
from source free from contamina.
ton or pollution. If the stream is so
sluggish that water weeds thrive in il
all vegetation must be removed to
prevent its freezing in the ice. De-
caying vegetable matter frozen in ice
is very Objectionable, because as the
Ice melts this matter is deposited in
tne Ice box or refrigerator, rendering
It unnecessarily filthy and dangerous
to- health.
Ponds in which green spawn or algae
grow profusely can be rid of these
pests by the use of copper sulphate.
The crystals can be placed in a cloth
sack, which is hung to a pole and
-railed through the water until the
salts are dissolved. One or two treat
nents OF the slllphate during the sea-
son at the rate of one pound to 1O0.-
100 gallons of water will be sufficient
o Keep down such growth and make
he water clear and pure. 1t is impos-
ible to have pure ice unless the pond
'r stream is clean and the water is
rec from contamination.