The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-07-06
BY Simple Methods 1t is Deliv-
cred to Farms Regularly
and Cheaply
ICE CLUBS ARE PRACTICABLE
Cooperative Plan Has Been Worked
With Success in Rural Communities
Better Rates Can Be Procured BY
Purchasing in Quantities.

DuLLer, eggs ana cooked tO0QS or al
kinds in the farm home. When one
estimates the losses that occur from
spoiled food, and compares it with the
saving effected by ice, it becomes evi
dent that during the hot summer
months ice is as indispensable tc
the welfare of the family as cold
water.
The arguments for not using ice
have been that to drive to town every
day or every other day for 100 pounds
Of ice is too inconvenient; that the
expense is too great in a number OF
localities in the south. These objec'
tions have been met by people in some
rural communities through co-opera
tive effort. Where distances between
farm homes are not too great, and peo
pie are unselfish and congenial, the
cooperative plan to organize an Ice
Club is entirely feasible.
1t is not necessary that there be any
dues to become a member Of an Ice
Club. Twenty neighbors (more or
less) are sufficient to make a success.
full club. Under ordinary circum'
stances so pounds of ice day will be
sufficient to meet the requirements OF
the normalsized farm family hence, If
there are twenty members in the Ice
Club, each taking so pounds of ice a
day, the club would require 1000
pounds each day. The club should
appoint a spokesman or secretary
who will make it point to bargain
with the local ice plant for lots OF
1000 pounds of ice daily.
One of the local factories at Knox,
vile is willing to furnish 1000 pounds
of ice daily for $3.50 at the factory
If this ice were brought in hundred
pound lots, the price would be 20 cents
per hundred at the factory. Hence
when ice is bought in 1,000-pound lots
there is a saving of so cents per 1000
or 5 cents per 100 pounds.
How To Save Money Buying Ice.
The method by which a club of this
kind operates is extremely simple.
After the club has been formed, and
prices for ice in ton lots at the factory
have been ascertained, some member
volunteers to go to the factory, pur-
chase LOO pounds of ice following
100 pounds for shrinkage), and deliver
so pounds of ice to each member of
the club. The next day some other
purchases LOO pounds of ice, and de-
livers so pounds of ice to each men,
Der of the club. Each day a different
member of the club drives to the local
ice plant, purchases LOO pounds, and
makes the delivery. In that way it
will be necessary for an individual
member to make a trip to town for ice
only once in twenty days. Arrange
ments may be made so that the mem
Der whose turn falls on Saturday can
haul 1000 pounds of ice, and make
his deliveries. Then it will not be
necessary for any one to make the
rounds on Sunday. The member who
made the double delivery on Saturday
can then skip his succeeding turn. In
all probability it will not be necessary
for any member Of the club to make
more than about seven or eight trips
in a season, instead of seventy or
eighty trips which he would have to
make if he were to act independently
nj the matter of buying and hauling
ice. Not only is there a saving in the
time spent in hauling, but there is also
a clear saving of money.
First-The independent method Of
buying and hauling ice tends to hap
hazard use of ice. This alone may re-
suit in the spelling of any food prod
ucts which require refrigeration.
Second-Ice can be bought much
cheaper in 1000 pound lots than in
smaller quantities.
At the Knoxville quotation a saving
of so cents per ton, or cents per hun
dredweight would follow when ice was
bought in 1,OO0-pound lots, or more.
To the farm family that uses so pounds
of ice per day this would be saving
of 21h cents for every so pounds of ice
used. If we count the ice season to
be from May LIST to October LIST, which
amounts to $50 days, this would indi'
cate a saving OF SO rs per season. This
1915 could be used to buy $500 pounds
of ice the next season.
The advantages of this method OF
buying ice are many. 1t provides a
steady supply of ice for the entire sum
mer months. 1t obviates the necessity
of driving to town for small quaint
ties. 1t gives the individual member
wholesale prices on his small quantity
of ice. 1t develops community spirit,
in that every member Of the club must
visit every other member of the club
once in every twenty days No dues
are necessary. Each member handles
his own funds, obviating the necessity
of a treasurer or treasury fund 1t
provides a means for a greater variety
of dishes, such as ice cream, sherbet.
aid ice drinks.