The Elbert County tribune., 1919-02-14
LAST CALL FOR
ice HARVESTING
Fairly Safe Storage May Be Sc
cured in Cellar, or Some 9th
er Convenient Nook.
LIBERAL USE OF sAwDUs1
Many Other Advantages Besides Keep
Ing MILK Cool During Heated Term
There Appears to Be No
Justification for Neglect.

Probably the greatest advantage
from having farm ice house properly
filled is that the milk may always be
kept cool. But there are score OF
other advantages not to be ignored.
Some of them pertain to things that
may be classed as--summer luxurics?
no, summer necessities. Ice cream,
iced tea, lemonade. buttermilk, iced
watermelons, iced cantaloupes. Iced
fruits-=every one OF them an item In
the summer diet that can be regarded
as contributions to the health, happi-
ness and prosperity of the family. I'm
less there Is natural ice In the farm
ice house. they are rarely to be had.
Even II the head of the family is
perfectly willing to bear the expense
OF buying artificial Ice, the time is
sure to come--in most cases, 1t comes
freQuently-when there Is not time to
get the ice out from town. times when
everybody is busy In the harvest or
hay field and when the familiar but dis
heartening plea of "lct 1t wait till to-
morrow" is heard and must be heed
ed.
iCC nSUCNSb S1uCEtHSs
Indeed, II can be needed with some
degree of patience when the ice would
mean only u more palatabie dessert
for dinner. But. on one of those hot
harvest days, one OF the men Is
brought in overheated from the field.
or one of the children becomes sud
denly i'll of something that an ice
pack would go long way toward re
lIcving. Such things seem to occur
just III those times when the icebox
Is empty-;,nd the need Is so urgent
that there is no time for going to town
for Ice. Unnecessary suffering Is the
inevitable result-inevitable except
when there Is on the farm an Ice house
filed from the pond or stream during
the winter.
The harvesting OF ice Is so simple
matter that there appears no justi-
ficatlon for its neglect by those who
live in natural ice regions. Yet. the
fact remains that many such do neg
lect It, Even for those who have not
q regularly constructed ice house. there
are possibilities. Ice may be stored
and kept with fair degree of success
in the cellar. a corner OF the wood
shed, in any one OF a score of hooks.
to be found about every farmstend.
Such storage places cnnaot be recon-
mended for permanent use. They en-
tail much heavier loss by melting
than do properly constructed houses.
But, with the proper use of sawdnst.
pIaning-mlll shavings or other rhenp
insulator they CAT be ninde to Keep
ice through the sumnicr- The United
States department Of agriculture
goes so far as to sag that. where Ice
Is abundant and the epat of gather.
ing IL low. storage in makesiift places
may be more economical than the
building of scientifically Constructed
houses. and does DOT hesitate tc recon-
mend ii as an expedient to s,fve mill
there is time for the toast. lction OF
the right sort OF house.
Thick Cakes Not Essential.
OF course, If the ice Il to be avail
able for next summer. there Is no the
for constructing houses nov. This L.
nearly the last call Tor filling tn.
houses already built-and for makihl
use OF such expedients as are possible