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Fruit Storage Facilities 



That more apple-storage facilities 

 will be needed this year than ever 

 before is the opinion of local shipping 

 experts. This is due not only to the 

 constantly increasing acreage and yield, 

 but owing to the fact that it is becom- 

 ing increasingly difficult for the rail- 

 roads to furnish cars for shipment. The 

 unusual demands for cars, such as the 

 army contonments and shipments to 

 France for our army over there, are 

 displacing the ordinary routes of traffic, 

 and there have been no cars built re- 

 cently to replace the annual wastage 

 and depreciation. It is reasonable to 

 assume, therefore, that the supply of 

 cars available for use during the rush 

 season will be entirely inadequate to 

 take care of the demand, and the 

 grower who is able to store his crop in 

 his own frost-proof warehouse stands 

 to profit handsomely for his foresight. 



The distribution of labor effected by 

 a good storage warehouse is no unim- 

 portant item at this time when labor is 

 so scarce. The grower who has a well- 

 ventilated storage house can pick and 

 loose-store his apples from the orchard 

 and pack them later, using the same 

 labor, in many cases supplied by the 

 members of his own family, thus saving 

 in direct expenditure as well. 



Hollow interlocking tile seems to be 

 the most popular form of construction 

 for permanent warehouses. It is made 

 of burned clay, is fireproof and will last 

 for generations, while the dead-air 

 spaces within the wall act as a blanket 

 to keep out the cold in winter and the 

 heat in summer. Proper ventilation of 

 an apple-storage warehouse is as essen- 

 tial as proper insulation. Means should 

 be provided by which the warm air can 

 be taken out of the room at the ceiling 

 and fresh cold air brought into the 

 room near the floor line. By this means 

 and with intelligent care the tempera- 

 ture can be regulated and a proper 

 amount of fresh, pure air be always 

 available. It is possible to so ventilate 

 a storage room that there will be no 

 smell of the fruit when entering the 

 room. The practice of leaving large, 

 open attic spaces should be avoided, as 



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it simply provides that much more air 

 space which is very difficult to control. 

 A ceiling at the height of the top of the 

 walls should always be provided. 



Regulating the humidity of the air in 

 apple-storage warehouses is a subject 

 which should be given much thought by 

 those having apples in storage. There 

 are those who believe it is nearly as 

 important as the ventilating feature 

 and thai humidifiers should be provided 

 in all storage rooms. Where dirt floors 

 are used the same results can often be 

 obtained by soaking the earth thor- 

 oughly at proper times. 



The time is coming when every 

 grower will have a small, compact, sci- 

 entifically constructed, frost-proof stor- 

 age house on his own farm; just the 

 same as the manufacturer of various 

 kinds of foodstuffs lias his own storage 

 facilities al the factory and ships from 

 storage rather than from the factory, 

 according to the demands of the mar- 

 ket and his own convenience. 



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