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gradually in your ice box, and by Sunday your roast is ready to eat. Mut- 

 ton ripens first. If you have roast chicken it takes considerably longer to 

 ripen. They are picked well, then put in the ice box where they are cooled. 

 I know it takes three or four days for a roaster to ripen properly; it takes 

 about three days for a broiler to ripen. It takes, of course, from 24 to 48 

 hours for a chicken to thaw. It comes to the house frozen. These are 

 some of the problems of supplying your own home and family. Besides, 

 a man is needed to help out in the work generally. This is how your menu 

 is made up and carried out from the time it leaves cold storage until it is 

 served in the form of a meal on your table. The basket goes out 14 miles 

 by railroad, and then returned and delivered to the house from the sta- 

 tion by the ordinary carriages. 



Delegate: Can you soft boil an egg after it has been in storage a 

 year? 



Dr. Pennington: Yes, you can boil it, but whether you can eat it 

 or not I don't know. I never tried it and I don't think I would. 



Delegate: Yes, certainly it can be done. I tried it after 14 months. 

 We just tried it for an experiment, after 14 months. I represented the 

 storage house and the egg dealer. 



Mr. McDonald: I move that we offer a vote of thanks to Dr. Pen- 

 nington, Professor King, and Mr. Miller and Mr. Home for their able 

 addresses here this afternoon. 



[Motion seconded and carried by unanimous rising vote.] 



[Adjournment until the evening session.] 



