New Hampshire Experiment Station 



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[Bulletin 228 



Originally cooled by ice, the room was converted for electric opera- 

 tion by ai)plying a layer of insidating j)ai)er and cork board, varying 

 in thickness from 1" to 4", to the inside walls using asphalt to cement 

 the joints. To avoid decreasing the size of the room which was consid- 

 ered none too large, the thickness of cork was varied to even up the ir- 



FiG. 1. View through the door of cold room on Farm No. 2. This is an 

 old cold storage that was formei-ly cooled with ice and convei-ted 

 for the electric method. While the interior is left in the rough it 

 is none the less serviceable e.xcept from the standpoint of sluicing 

 down the walls. 



