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Mr. Hedrick. In hot weather it is a daily job to have a man 

 crush the ice and take care of it. At this time of year it is probably 

 a weekly job, taking an hour or two to put the ice in. 



Mr. Allis. As I understand it. the elevator runs from the ice 

 house to the upper story where the ice is mixed. There is also 

 another point I had thought of in this system, that the ice storage 

 room would be nearly empty at the time you picked your apples in 

 the fall. You can store your apples in that room until you have to fill 

 it with ice the next winter. I asked Mr. Cooper about that and he 

 said it would work all right. That would give you that extra room. 



E. C. Tyson. Do I understand that the temperature is auto- 

 matic ? 



Mr. Hedrick, The temperature is pretty nearly automatic. 

 If you are looking after it closely you can make it automatic. It 

 varies little more than chemical storage. 



E. C. Tyson. What attention would be required? 



Mr. Hedrick. Putting in more ice and more brine, keeping that 

 more regularly supplied in order to have a lower temperature, and 

 in opening the ventilators and running the fans. It is always an 

 easy matter. And there are also automatic thermometers to help 

 you out. 



Member. What runs the fans ? 



Mr. Hedrick. Electricity. In a plant the size of Mr. Allis' it 

 would almost be necessary to have a small engine or electric power. 



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