Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Curtis, George William, 1824-1892, Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865 · New York : George P. Putman and Company, 10 Park Place · leaf 365
residence is upon a strong loamyor clayey soil, based upon clay or slate, or, at least, rocky in its sub-stratum. Such a soil is retentive of moisture, and even though itbe well drained, the common ice-house, just described, will not pre-serve ice half through the summer in a locality of that kind.… … Fig. 3. The common Ice-house below ground. HOW TO BUILD ICE-HOUSES. 273 in all such soils. How shall it be built ? is the question which hasbeen frequently put to us lately. To enable us to answer this question in the most satisfactorymanner, we addressed ourselves to Mr. N. J. Wyeth of…
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