July '2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.JF. 549 



iSxuitAGE Teiuperatuies for \;irious Uood« 



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35 



Canned Goods — 



Fruits 



Meats 



Flour and meal — 



Corn meal .,, .. ... 40 



Oatmeal . . ... ... ... 40 



Wheat flour 40 



Minrcllaiicow^ — 



Cigars .. . . ... .. 3.3 



Furs, woollens, &c. ... ... 25-32 



Furs, undressed .. ... 85 



Game to freeze — long storage... 0-5 



,, after frozen — short storage 25-28 



Hops 33-36 



Honey 33-40 



Nuts in sliell 35-38 



Poultry after frozen — short 



storage 28-30 



Poultry- to freeze —long storage 5-10 



Tobacco ... ... ... ... 35 



Fruit— 



Apples 30-40 



Bananas ... ... . ... 34-36 



Berries (fresh) for three or four 



days 34-36 



Date.s, figs, &c. .. ... .. 34 



Dried fruits 35-42 



Fruit (continued)— ° F. 



(irapes 32-40 



Lemons ... ... ... 36-45 



Dranges . ... ... ... 36 



Peaches ... .. ... ... 35-45 



Pears 33-30 



\\ ater-nielons, carrying about 



three weeks ... ... ... 32 



Viyrtidilex — 



Asparagus ..... .. 34 



Cabbage 32-34 



Carrots 33-34 



Celery 33-35 



Dried beans 32-40 



,, corn ... ... .. 35 



,, peas . ... ... 40 



Onions 32-34 



Parsnips 33-34 



Potatoes 34-36 



Tomatoes ... .. 34-35 



Fi.'<h - 



Dried fish ..'. ... 35 



Fresh 25-30 



Oysters 33-40 



,, in shell... 40 



in tubs ... ... ... 35 



Freezing Rabbits. 



On thi.s subject Mr. Inspector Bradshaw, of the New ,Soutli Wales Go^■ern- 

 nient Cold Storage Branch, .says : — "The crate now in use, which is the result 

 of several years' experience, although more difficult to freeze than thost- 

 originally used, has the advantage of carrying more carcasses to the ton than 

 any of the previous ones, while that great dread of all cold stores — mould — 

 is now rarely seen. The case, for holding twelve pairs of large rabbits 2.^ lb. 

 each and over, is flat, being but 6 inches deep, 33 inches long, and 17 inches 

 wide ; appro.ximately, 2 cubic feet in size. The top and Ijottoai are 3-inch 

 thin boards, with al)out the same space between each.'' 



To en.sure .soundness, each carcass has to be specially examined by those 

 having experience of the product, for, to the unskilled, a fresh rabbit and one 

 termed sweaty, are much alike in appearance. The latter term refers to a 

 .stage when the carcass is just turning, and, wlien packed tightly and placed 

 in cold storage, may became unsound before the cold penetrates the centre of 

 the package. The carcasses are placed two deep in tlie box, the first row on 

 their backs, with heads at each end of case, and legs meeting in the centre 

 of the case, the upper row being reversed, thus leaving the furred side of the 

 oarcass exposed on the two .sides, a circumstance which, with the close 

 packing, is respon.sible for rabbits being the most difficult of all prodticts to 

 freeze. The thick fur carries info the freezing-rooms a (juantity of the air 

 of tlie same atmospheric heat obtaining outside the chambers, and thi.s has all 

 to be driven out before the 2 feet of solid fiesh benefits from the refrigera- 

 tion, this fact warranting a lower temperature than is neces.sary foi' any other 

 meat. 



