236 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Toward the inside a layer of one-inch matched boards is 

 nailed on the studs, and against these boards 2 l)y 2 inch 

 studs are placed 24 inches apart. In order to form the in- 

 side of the wall, one layer of one-inch matched boards is 

 nailed on the 2 by 2 inch studding, then a layer of two-ply 

 paper, and lastly another layer of one-inch matched boards 

 on top of this paper. The spaces left between the 2 by 2 

 inch studs are left as air spaces, while the spaces between the 

 2 by 6 inch studs are filled in with shavings." 



As to the organization of a co-operative cold-storage com- 

 pany, it can be done upon the same lines as that of a co- 

 operative creamery company, or any other business enter- 

 prise. That a large capital is not required to establish a 

 plant in the average New England town is plainly obvious. 



With a co-operative cold-storage warehouse once estab- 

 lished, its patrons would doubtless find its practical worth 

 and advantage even greater than is now apparent. If any 

 among the owners should wish to store articles that are not for 

 others to handle, this end can be secured by building a cup- 

 board or cabinet of inch wide strips or slats. Place these 

 one-half inch apart, and let the top, bottom shelves and door 

 be made of like inch wide strips. This cupboard, if placed 

 on castors, can be moved easily at will, and can be placed 

 under lock and key. In it can be placed a great amount of 

 farm produce, allowing such cupboard to be 7 feet high, 5 

 feet wide and 2 feet deep. As the cupboard is open on all 

 its sides, top and bottom and shelves, the cold air would cir- 

 culate around all its contents. 



The same idea as is represented in the construction of the 

 cupboard can be utilized in the making of crates or boxes for 

 eggs. The open-work of such would allow of a free circula- 

 tion of air, and, as the boxes had l^etter not be over 16 inches 

 deep, they could be packed one above the other, by which 

 method there would be a maximum economy of room. 



Every farmer knows how greatly depressed is the price of 

 eggs in the summer season, simply because the supply is so 

 much greater than the demand. But let the farmers store 

 their eggs in such depots as this paper suggests, and a far 

 better average price for the year must result. 



