Construction of ice house, details of 47–54 Air spaces 47 Chains, over-shot and under-shot 55 Engine 55 Floor 53 Lightning rods, use of 51 Lumber required, dimensions of 47 Platforms for loading cars 53 Posts, inside and out 47, 49 Roof, a good construction for 49 Sills, inside and out 47 Studding, main outer and inner 47 Ventilators 51, 68 Walls and partitions 49 Contents, table of 115 Co-operation, how best practiced 79 Co-operation in ice-cutting and cold storage 78 Creamery ice house 71, 72 Cutting and storing ice 14–42, 83 Calking bar, use of the 27 Care of ice fields 15, 83 Care of tools 32–35 Channels and canals 25, 83 Channels, early work on the 29 Closing and caring for the house 41, 42 Condition of field at quitting time 29 Cracks in the ice 26 Danger signals 23 Floats, how to handle 27 Flooding, use of 17 Harvesting, danger of delay in 20 Harvesting outfit 20–23 Housing the crop 29–32, 35–38 Inspection of field 20, 23 Laying out ice field 23 Marking and plowing 23–25 Opening up the field 26 Packing ice in the house 37–41 Plowing, results of delay in 34 Plowing, process of 83 Refuse ice 23