The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-12-25
PURE ICE or MUCH 1MPoa-
TANcE TO couNTRY HOME

During the winter farmers will find
/ It profitable to make every. possible
arrangement for harvesting and stor-
ing such ice as may be available in
heir localities. Ice is a luxury and
| yet in many sections of the country It
may be had for the gathering If the
farmer is prepared for the harvest at
the right time. The cost Of harvest
ing and storing ice is not great con-
pared with the com: ort that it brings,
md An ample sunply Of this luxury Is
of greater Importance in the country
.iome Than it Is in the city residence.
Even such farmers as are near lakes
or streams often gather quite a supply
of ice by putting out pans OF wooden
troughs filed with water and removing
the ice after the water has frozen.
While city people may purchase per-
ishable supplies as needed, the re-
moteness of country homes from mar
kets makes it necessary to use more
canned, corned or smoked meat pro-
ducts at 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
of it's use in the preservation OF fresh
meats, butter, and other table supplies,
but production of high-grade domestic
| dairy products is almost impossible
| without it. Many markets to which
milk is now shipped demand that it be
cooled before shipment to degree not
attainable without the use of ice. Mod
ern methods Of marketing shows that
other products besides milk, such as
fruit and eggs, if chilled before being
taken to market arrive in much better
condition. Ice in the country home.
therefore, is Of value for greater
number of purposes than at first might
seem.
| Tht source of ice supply varies with
local conditions. In many sections
lakes, rivers, or large streams afford
a supply of suitable ice without spe-
cial plan or preparation on the part OF
man. In other instances, where such
natural sources are not easily accessi-
BILE, small streams or even water from
q spring can be stored in an excava
ton or by means Of a dam, SO as to
afford sufficient water surface to pro-
vide the desired ice supply. The har.
vest area on surface will depend upon
the tonnage to be stored and the nor
NAL thickness Of the ice supply ranges
from 8 to IL inches in thickness, while
in eastern Virginia to inches is as
great thickness as can usually be
counted upon.
The stream or pond from which the
supply of ice is taken should be fed
from source free from contamination
or pollution If the stream is so slug
gish that water weeds thrive in it, all
vegetation must be removed to pre-
went it's freezing in the ice. Decay
| ing vegetable matter frozen in ice is
| very Objectionable, because as the ice
melts this matter is deposited in the
| ice box refrigerator rendering it un-
necessarily filthy and dangerous to
| health.
Ponds in which spawnS or alg8
grow profusely can be rid of these
pests by the use of copper sulphate.
! The crystals can be placed in cloth
sack, which is hung to pole and trail
ed through the water until the salts
are dissolved One or two treatments
of the sulphate during the season at
the rate of pound to 100000 gallons
of water will be sufficient to keep
down such growth and make the wa
ter clear and pure. 1t is impossible
to have pure ice unless the pond or
stream is clean and the water is free
from contamination.