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October 4
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FOOD LOCNFR PLANTS
The modern locker plant, v'ith Its
sharp freezer, chill room, cutting,
grinding, v.'rappin", and other ser
vices, is distinctly c. product of
l£ it decade. In fact, a large
pro’ 10rt ‘ on of the es timated 2,000
to 2,500 lochsr plants operating1
ir. the United States were i uil t
during the last 5 years. Assuming
an eve rape capacity of 300 lockers
per plant, thars Is sufficient
capacitv to install more than
600.000 lockers. A preliminary
analysis of a Nation-ride survey
conducted by the Farm Credit Ad
ministration indicated that over.
350.000 families were using lock
ers on January 1, 19AC.
The chief adv.'ntay© is .preserving
foods by freezing is that the fresh
color and f1avor and vitan1 con
reser 1, and if
•ly ndl( d, frozen fruIts
and vo~eta les are considered safe
it! . blic healt-h standpoint-.
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1
peaches ere the fruits most fro
frequer.tl;- frozen. Fruits should
pacl i in i . -rup, in . -
ti ;hi cc •• . pri .ts • ad :
in s;1 t.!' sfrup should he placed,
in the c 11 room at 30-35° F. for
1-2 hot rs t ■ .11- vj an inf il trr-1' r
of su?ar.
Veget£ s, co: nl1 'rozen, ar
ness, corn, snap beans, fresh linn
■" -ans, ? s . rt ■ s, ar spiji€ eh.
All vegetalIns must he scalded in
boil in f no. ter for varying neriods
of time, lepor'diu-'upon the kind
of vegetah] . J rr 1' £ te jooli
of all vor31ab 1 or. af'tr sc 1 d i •
is essential. Ve .
either dry-pa deed or packed in n
2 percent brine. The kind of
vemetable determines the t-pc of
pack. Air-tight containers*should
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CO-OP NOTES
After days of planing: and work,
checking equiptmont we had our
first fire drill Thursday aftor
noon. All the boys were on the
job and I'r. Th.uma had coo orated
by tieiny in the school children
for their drill at the same time
so every thina went off record
ing to schedule except that the
firs hoses.would not fit the hy
drants .
ho ever bought the last new fire
hose forgot to get a standard
size coupliro;. Steps have already
been taken to correct this but
what if there ''.ad been t r c 1 fire#
it would have been too late to
correct.
Construction • ill strrt i usdiately
a* r • ’.v potato store r >m. hie
roon rill be continued on fro;s the
one constructed last -ear hi the
■ ■ house l. ■ jn t a1 : vi 11 to he
' p the mt 3 *e Length : o' he
nt. This we i ' c d d on i
considering another plan to build
a s e pc r a t e b u j. 1 d. i r r v/h 1 c h w o v 1 < I
have cost around '7,000. Eased
upon our experience on la t pears
c ?ustruetion the loca tion the
asemont should not cost C". r 2500.
ct* w
Elevators 11 111 be provide; to lov
er end raise the vegetables in and
out of the cellar. Also f pos
ible to do so a door v*il? be cut
hru the rail to have ,'t '■’ourd
floor locdinp pi a t f o r:r.
Several have asked rr 'T- d'L ■ ^ L
donds . No v;o haven ’ or • >tt ,o
them but with the vast amount of.
red tape to unra vel rc - arc :.. - foe
transfer of the property: ',J,o i 1 and
'■ Lnf. to find out exact!••• the pro
per procedure: to f'llor t' . - vve
been hold up. LOS