[AT] Putting the tractor to use
Steve W.
swilliams268 at frontier.com
Mon Jun 16 05:36:54 PDT 2014
Mike wrote:
> If I'm not mistaken they used to pack the ice in sawdust to keep it from
> melting, maybe that's why it's lower. I'm not old enough to remember any
> of that, but some of the guys might be.
>
> Mike M
Yep, Sawdust or straw or both. There is an ice harvest near here every
year (canceled a couple times due to no ice).
They cut the ice on the mill pond, drag it out and transport it to the
ice house. All done using horses and original equipment. They do have
one engine powered gang saw, it gets used to start the cut lines so they
end up with uniform blocks.
They used to use the ice to make ice cream for the social fund raiser
but the DOH stopped that a while ago. Now the ice cream that is served
is donated. They do still make ice cream, you just can't buy it...
http://millersmillsny.webs.com/
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Steve W.
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