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stances are known where an equipment of this sort has paid for itself in 

 a single season through the advance secured by holding the egg output 

 for only 60 days. Dealers purchase and store eggs while they are most 

 abundant and cheapest and dispose of them during the season of less 



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Fig. 88. — Diagrams showing cross sec'Aon and details of construction of a farm refriger- 

 ator. A, detail of wall construction and ice bunker; B, front elevation; C, floor 

 plan; D, sectional view 

 (From Farmers' Bulletin 47s, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. D. C.) 



abundant production at an advanced price. A well-constructed and 

 well-handled refrigerator of this kind on the farm will enable the 

 producer to keep this profit at home." 



To make an ice box. — Every fami should be equipped with an ice 

 box. A good one may be made at small expense by the " handy man " 

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