June, 1929] 



Electric Household Refriger.\tion 



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tion for the house and also need a limited amount of cold storage space 

 for a small amount of marketable j^roduce. The refrigerator on Farm 

 Xo. 2, although market products have not been stored in it, is of ad- 

 e(iuate size for this practice. Under such usage the current consumption 

 would be somewhat higher. 



For fanus in the first group, electric refrigeration offers a means of 

 eliminating the ice problem and its difficulties. In such a case, ice 

 house, equipment, labor, trouble of getting ice in, are all for the sole 

 purpose of providing for the household. 



Farms that fall in the second group consider the problem of the farm 

 cold storage plant first, which eliminates the bulk of their ice require- 

 ments, but, unless the house refrigeration problem is similarly handled, 

 the problem is only partly solved. Where mechanical refrigeration is 

 used, the logical plan is to get away from ice entirely. Either two 

 separate units are required, one for each purpose, or the house and farm 

 requirements must be combined. (Farm No. 4). 



In the third group the double requirement may be readily met by the 

 use of a large size commercial or home-made electric refrigerator for 

 both house and farm products. 



Some farms undoubtedly are in a position to continue to use ice to 

 better advantage due to local conditions, labor, investment, etc.; for 

 others and where electricity is available, mechanical refrigeration offers 

 a successful solution to the ice problem. 



Results Compared to Other Sections 



Results obtained in other states are given in Table 9. While in some 

 cases the data are in the form of advance or partial reports rather than 



TABLE IX. — Comparison of Results loilh Those of Other States. 



(1) E. W. Lehmann, Universitj' of Illinois, Farm Mechanics Dept., Report of 

 March, 1926. Term of observations September to January 1925-26. Size of units 

 not given. 



(2) F. J. Zink and F. D. Paine, Iowa State College, Engineering Experiment 

 Station Vol. XXVII, No. 12, July 1928, Report No. 6. Refrigerators varied in 

 size from 4.5 to 35.5 cu. ft. 



(3) H. Beresford, University of Idaho, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Department of Agricultural Engineering. Progress Report No. 5, May 1929. 

 Three refrigerators of 7 cu. ft. each. 



(4) E. R. Meacham and W. C. Krueger, Wisconsin Committee on Relation of 

 Electricity to Agriculture, Summary Report, June 1925. Capacity of refrigerator 

 not gi\-en. 



