INDEX.

Artificial ice and cold air machines[48–91]
Air machines[88]
Extent of artificial refrigeration[90]
Fruit storage plant at Waldo, Fla.[88]
Historical sketch[84], [85]
Latest inventions, the[88]
Principles of ice machines[85], [86]
Systems employed[86], [87]
Uses of[90], [91]
Care, handling and marketing of crop[56–63]
Care of ice in houses[56]
Coupon tickets, use of[62]
Lowering ice from house[58]
Marketing[60]
Packing ice for shipment[58], [60]
Taking out ice from house[58]
Ventilators, how to use[41], [56], [58]
Wasting of ice, causes and preventatives[56]
Cold storage[63–86]
Construction of house for[63]
Co-operation, benefits of[78]
Extent and benefits of[63], [64]
Preservative power for various articles, extent of[65]
Principles of[67]
Temperature, variation of[65]
Use of[64], [67]
Cold storage ice house (see also “[Retarding house],” and “[Storage cellars],” and “[Packing house]”):
Barn corner ice house[79]
Cheap ice house[77]
Combined dairy, cold storage and ice house[72], [73]
Construction of[63], [67], [68]
Cost of ice in house[80]
Creamery ice house[71], [72]
Floor, best construction of[73]
Freezing room[73]
General arrangement of[69]
Loading platform[80]
Milk room[73]
Principles employed[67]
Sample house described[71]
Size of rooms[73]
Silo as an ice house[77]
Tanks[75]
Temperature considered in removing fruit from[101]
Tools required in stowing ice[80]
Ventilators[68]
Walls considered, various[68], [69]
Construction of commercial ice houses[43–55]
Construction, details of[47–54]
Development of the modern ice house[43], [44]
Earliest forms of ice storage[43]
Site for[44], [45]
Survey and foundation[45–47]
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]
Science of ice formation[14], [15]
Shipping from the field[42]
Snow, removal of[17], [21]
Snow scrapers[17], [18]
Tapping the field during a thaw[19]
Thickness of ice[21]
Tool room and fittings[35]
Windrows, how best distributed[19]
Dairy, cold storage and ice house, combined[72], [73]
Freezing house, a[73]
Harvesting (see [cutting and storing])
Historical sketch, an[7–11]
Domestic and export trade[7]
Export trade, height of[7]
Extent of ice industry[9]
Home of the industry[9]
Methods for securing, development of[8]
Modern ice harvest, pen picture of[10]
Origin of business in United States[7]
Preserving or antiseptic powers of ice[9]
Uses of ice, growing[8]
House, closing and caring for the[41–42]
Sawdust or mill shavings, how used[41]
Tools, inspection of[41–42]
Ventilation[41], [56], [58]
Housing the ice[29–32]
Discipline on the field, value of[32]
Methods employed, various[29], [35]
Preferable time for, the[35]
Protection at sides of channel, necessity for[30]
Runs, or skids, how arranged[37], [40]
Serious accidents, how prevented[32]
Stowing, process of[37], [39]
Water box, use of[30]
Iced beverages: Coffee, cooling drink, gum arabic water, jelly water, lemonade, sago milk, tea[114]
Ice creams and ices[102–107]
Almond[106]
Brown bread[103]
Chocolate[104]
Cinnamon[106]
Coffee[105]
Cocoanut[103]
Fig[104]
General directions for making[102]
Neapolitan[105]
New York[104]
Orange[106]
Peach[106]
Strawberry[103]
Swan’s down[106]
Tapioca[106]
Tea[105]
Vanilla[103], [106]
Walnut[105]
Iced dishes[107–114]
Biscuit glace[110]
Blackberry ice[112]
Blanc mange[111–113]
Bombe glace[110]
Cherry ice[112]
Currant sherbet[109]
Custards[112]
Frozen apricots[109]
Frozen peaches[109]
Frozen pudding[107]
Frozen raspberries[109]
Frozen strawberries[109]
Glace meringue[110]
Lemon ice[107]
Lemon jelly[113]
Lemon sherbet[108]
Macaroni custard[112]
Nesselrode pudding[107]
Orange sherbet[108]
Pineapple sherbet[108]
Pineapple water ice[112]
Raspberry ice[112]
Raspberry sherbet[109]
Snow pudding[113]
Strawberry ice[113]
Strawberry sherbet[108]
Tutti frutti[107]
Iced food and beverages[101–114]
Iced beverages[114]
Ice creams and ices[102–107]
Iced dishes[107–114]
Ice field, care of[15], [83]
Ice houses, barn corner[79]
Cheap[77]
Cold storage[63], [67], [68], [69], [71], [72], [73]
Commercial[43–55]
Creamery[71], [72]
Dairy and cold storage combined[72], [73]
Silo[77]
Ice in transportation[91–96]
Fisheries, ice in the[95]
Ocean transportation[94–95]
Refrigerator cars[91], [92]
Refrigerator vessels[94]
Value of[94]
Ice machines, Principles of[85–86]
Industry, the ice[7–10]
Extent of[7], [9]
Home of[9]
Origin of in United States[7]
Laws for protection of crop[11]
Regarding prohibition of cutting on polluted streams[11]
Public vs. private ownership of ice fields[12]
Legal and sanitary matters[11–14]
Gravel as a bed for ice ponds, use of[12]
Laws for protection of crop[11]
Preservation of purity of streams and lakes[11]
Purity of crop, how maintained[11]
Marketing ice[60]
Ownership of ice fields, public vs. private[12]
Packing house, a cold[98–101]
Construction of[99–101]
Temperature considered in removing fruit from[101]
Use for on large farms[98], [99]
Packing ice for shipment[58]
Packing in the house[37–41]
Methods employed, various[38]
Method, a good[38], [39]
Quantity packed dependent on arrangement[38]
Runs, arrangement of outside and in[37–40]
Preface[5]
Purity, conditions of[11], [23]
Shipping ice from field[42]
Refrigerator cars[91–94]
Construction[91–93]
Icing[93]
Ventilating[93]
Refrigerator vessels[94], [95]
Extent of traffic through[94], [95]
Temperature, how regulated[94]
Ventilation of[95]
Retarding cellars and houses[96–101]
Caves for storage[96]
Cellars without ice[97]
Site for constructing ice house (see also “[Cold storage ice house]”)[44], [45]
Accessibility from water and land[44]
Arrangement of house determined by lay of land[45]
Good site dependent on what[45]
How to select[45]
Transportation facilities considered[45]
Snow, usefulness of[16]
Sources of ice supply[11–14]
Artificial[13], [84–91]
Lakes fed by streams[11]
Purity of compared[11], [12]
Running streams[11]
Storage cellars, construction of[97], [98]
Streams, changing the course of[13]
Strength of ice[62]
Survey and foundation for house[45–47]
Drainage, the value of[45]
Foundations, extent of[45]
Importance of survey[45]
Inclined ways, use and construction of[54]
Life of house, how extended[45]
Tool room and fittings[35]
Tools, care of[32–35], [41–42]
Elevator machinery repairing[41]
Engine and its parts[42]
Good vs. inferior tools[32]
Inspection of after use[41]
Plows, how often rendered useless[34]
Plows, the best[34]
Repairing, the best time for[34]
Repairing tools required[34]
Saws, how to care for[32]
Storing room[35]
Uses of ice in refrigeration (see also “[Cold storage]”)
Cold storage, extent and benefits of[63]
Decay of fruits prevented[67]
Fruits, meats and vegetables, preservation of[65], [67]
Poultry, how best preserved[73]
Uses of ice, the growing[8], [64]
Ventilators, construction of[51], [68]
Use of[41], [56], [58], [68]
Wasting of ice in house, causes and preventives[56]
Weight of ice[62]