In addition, the farmer would have 

 to perform all of the services rendered 

 by a locker plant. If the producer de- 

 sires to be relieved of this type of work, 

 then very likely the most practical home 

 freezer to purchase is one of the small- 

 er type which will include a small 

 sharp freeze compartment for freezing 

 fruits and vegetables gathered from the 

 garden and a storage compartment for 

 holding enough of these and other 

 products to reduce the number of trips 

 to the locker plant. 



Another classification can be made of 

 present manufactured home freezers, 

 namely, those with top-door openings 

 and side-door openings. The side open- 

 ings are the ones with shelves inside 



This dua]-l*inp«rature modal in six cubic 

 loot aize includes two cubic ioet of low 

 temperatur* space which can hold 80 

 pounds oi frozen food. Note elimination of 

 bothersome coils in storage space. 



for storage or with drawers to be 

 pulled out. 



The relative merit of top versus side 

 opening doors, is worthy of considera- 

 tion. Since cold air settles down, top 

 openings will not lose so much cold 

 air as do side openings or drawer type 

 cabinets. The latter, however, are more 

 convenient. 



Space available for housing a home 

 unit should be given consideration; 

 also if the size to be purchased can be 

 moved thru doors or perhaps to the 

 basement. The larger makes, such as 

 walk-in type can be assembled at point 

 of permanent location. 



Knowing the annual amount of froz- 

 en food consumed by a family of five 

 might be useful as a guide in determin- 

 ing the size of freezer to purchase. An 

 average family of five will consume of 

 such foods that can be frozen, about 

 3135 pounds annually. About one-half 

 or 1500 pounds of this will be con- 

 sumed fresh, therefore, only about 1 500 

 pounds will be stored in the unit an- 

 nually. Having the unit in the home 

 permits a rapid turnover of food and 

 with careful management, a 12 cubic 

 foot cabinet will accommodate 1500 

 pounds of food a year. 



If the home unit owner still plans 

 to rent a locker or lockers and purchases 

 services from a locker plant, then a 

 smaller home freezer will satisfy his 

 needs. 



The choice between a small and a 

 large frozen-food unit may depend on 

 the difference in the sales price, its an- 

 nual upkeep cost, place where it is to 

 be located and to what extent the pur- 

 chaser desires to do slaughtering, lard 

 rendering, curing and smoking, proc- 

 essing and freezing on the farm. 



NEW CLIC EMPLOYEE 



Guy Hawkins, formerly of the Illi- 

 nois Livestock Marketing association 

 and recently manager of the Wood 

 Land Co-op, has joined Country Life 

 Insurance company as field man for 

 southern Illinois. He will continue to 

 make his home in Sparta. Hawkins is 

 a former organization director for the 

 Ogle County Farm Bureau and was 

 graduated from the University of Min- 

 nesota. 



NEW ELEVATOR MANAGER 



John Crist, formerly of Princeton, has 

 taken over the management of the Ma- 

 coupin Elevator Company at Carlinville. 

 He formerly distributed Blue Seal feeds 

 in Bureau county. The elevator com- 

 pany was set up by a Macoupin County 

 Farm Bureau committee which authorized 

 the purchase of the elevator properties 

 last summer from the Carlinville Grain 

 Company. 



REGIONAL FSA DIRECTOR 



George Reuss, former instructor in 

 farm management at the University of 

 Illinois, has been appointed regional 

 director of the Farm Security Admini- 

 stration for Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Iowa and Missouri with headquarters 

 at Indianapolis, Ind. Reuss was grad- 

 uated from the University of Illinois 

 college of agriculture in 1928. He is a 

 native of Bethany, 111., and formerly 

 served as FSA director in Illinois be- 

 fore entering the armed services. 



NOVEMBER, 1945 



